NVIDIA GeForce Graphics

NVIDIA is a company that specializes in artificial intelligence (AI) computing and GPU-accelerated platforms. Their products are used in gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and automotive markets.

Design Challenge

In this project, A visually appealing piece to represent Nvidia’s Graphics. This could be an abstract, surreal scene.

Object that is set on fire must be no larger than a car, the fire is the focus of this assignment, NOT a billowing smoke sim.

Design Idea - Fire Flower (Flora Ignis)

Imagine a delicate flower blooming in the void—its petals not of flesh but of fire, unfurling in mesmerizing slow motion.

Pitch

Reference

Composition and Lighting REF

Technical Execution

Initial Development

When I started this project I already hade a pretty good Idea of where I wanted to go with this, so with the Houdini explosion tests already rendered I decided to Experiment with what other types of fun effects I could add to this. I originally was just gonna have an explosion inside of glass but as the project went on i tried something a bit more ambitious

Process

1. Model all of the assets in C4D

5. Combine Voronoi fracture and explosion inside Houdini

2. 3D animation, primarily done in C4D.

4. Export Voronoi fracture as a Alebic

6. Animations combined and running together.

3. Explosions created in Houdini and rendered as a VDB to import in C4D.

Final Animation

Breakdown

Learning and Outcomes

This project required alot of experimentation to get right, this project showed encouraged me to add more to my original vision for this project, not everything is set in stone once the plan is made. Things can be added to push the design even further when proposed, knowing this is what elevated it to an excellent compositing piece and one of my personal favorites.