Travis Saul
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Travis Saul
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Artist, Tech-Artist, TD, Developer, Illustrator, Husband, & Father. #freelance / #contract #houdini & #python

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Fun little sketch. Worked out some VEX to transform an object so it will look exactly the same relative to two completely different cameras. The cameras can be still or animated. And it works with imported cameras as well as imported cameras. #houdini #sidefx #vex #squab
April 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Feeling pretty happy with how the particle sim is behaving. The simulation is driven by music. Frequencies are assigned to regions of the surface and source volume drives the speed and density of the particles emitted. #sidefx #houdini #simulation
December 7, 2024 at 6:41 PM
More APEX rigging in Houdini: this is another example where rigging has helped me realize there's a lot more going on in our forearms than I had previously realized. Coming up with a rigging solution to get the proper radius rotation working was actually kind of fun. #houdini #sidefx #APEX #rigging
November 29, 2024 at 10:59 PM
This custom APEX rig setup allows you to control each side of the rib cage as well as the sternum separately. You can also add secondary breathing motion with a dedicated control. #houdini #sidefx #APEX #rigging
November 24, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Deep breaths... I had no idea how much our ribs move and are not rigidly fixed to our spine. Rigging the rib cage was much harder than I initially thought but I'm liking where it has landed. #houdini #sidefx #APEX #rigging
November 24, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Nice seeing the custom APEX spine tools working with an actual head on that spine. #houdini #sidefx #APEX #rigging
November 21, 2024 at 7:36 PM
I've made a little more progress with APEX rigging in Houdini. The jaw rig tool will handle setting up the blending between pivots and creation of the controls. Nothing fancy but I do like how APEX lets me save this to disc as geo and now I have a reusable tool. #houdini #sidefx #APEX #rigging
November 21, 2024 at 7:33 PM
I've been diving in and learning APEX rigging in Houdini for a personal project. I wanted to rig a spine and allow myself to pick an arbitrary number of controls positioned at specific joints and blend rotations for the between joints. #houdini #sidefx #APEX #rigging 1/2
November 18, 2024 at 9:46 PM