Creature Breach

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2 жыл бұрын

A single test FX shot of a creature breaching through and the ocean just below a container ship.
Creature rig, anim, water and rendering done using Houdini and Mantra with a single home machine.
Creature model by Mariam Ferrer
www.mariamferrer.com
You can find a new tutorial to produce a creature breach shot using these techniques here!
www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tut...

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@happymaskedguy1943 6 ай бұрын

Better than 99% of the movie industry’s effects. Absolutely superb.

@johnnyshinnichi1785 5 ай бұрын

That's just what I was thinking. Is that ship CGI? It looks totally real.

@TulipCD 4 ай бұрын

This doesn't seem like a compliment, it just seems like "there's nothing better so go with it"

@JohnSmith-pj6wb 2 ай бұрын

one step closer to holodecks/holosuites like in star trek....i really really want to see that tech be reality before i die

@JET7C0 Ай бұрын

Well, when VFX studios forced to work on fixed budgets they have to outbid others for, and for a certain number of shots, but then those shots can be reworked and changed over and over, plots can be changed, etc., instead of being paid hourly like everyone else in the movie industry, so the artists end up crunching and doing 100-hour workweeks, but still don't often don't have enough time - I don't blame the VFX studios, but instead the movie studios. Primarily the 6 major ones that produce/fund most films by forcing VFX studios into a "race to the bottom". Most of the (increasingly) bad CGI you see, are from directors that if not for fixed bids, would've probably went "overbudget" and still did in way, by passing the buck and forcing VFX artists into impossible financial situations/deadlines - it's one reason we see worse CGI in the 2020s than even in the late 2000s, and that they're unionizing this year. The studio that won Oscars for "The Life of Pi" (which is amazing work and well over a decade ago) ironically had just went bankrupt right before winning because of the aforementioned issues.

@ataridc Ай бұрын

never understood trashing others works to compliment someone. kind of a lousy thing to do TBH.

@BorisaoBlois 10 ай бұрын

This is a level I want to reach. Impeccable work.

@ImBiofr 9 ай бұрын

I AGREE

@mattiyt2782 9 ай бұрын

you did an insanely good job on that bloop video tho!

@felipebarbosa3656 9 ай бұрын

What software do you use? Do you teach how to use it in any course?

@catedoge3206 6 ай бұрын

@mrosskne 3 ай бұрын

please do something other than boring monsters

@Tyrexthecreaturedesigner 10 ай бұрын

so this is why my shipment has been delayed. Seriously though, absolutely incredible! the animation, the monster's design, all of it!!!!!!!

@MangaGamified 10 ай бұрын

glad I have it on COD

@akumakh00 10 ай бұрын

2021.... an 3d artist make a clip of 1 min that is waaaay better that the entire Flash (2023) CGI

@Tyrexthecreaturedesigner 10 ай бұрын

@@akumakh00 I’ve only seen clips and I know Toy Story had better effects than Flash

@geoffreysorkin5774 10 ай бұрын

@@Tyrexthecreaturedesigner And by Toy Story, you mean the nightmare fuel early test animation for Toy Story.

@_spooT 10 ай бұрын

there goes our delivery I guess. It's at the bottom of the ocean now TvT

@mikemcaulay9507 10 ай бұрын

The ship really sells this. Great job. The ship provided the anchor in reality to give life and scale to such a creature.

@MP.893 10 ай бұрын

the ship actually looks and feels like a real ship, heavy. it doesn´t just float away like a little tug boat. very well done!!!

@dominikvukelic2412 10 ай бұрын

Yes, however, containers start falling too easily and too soon.

@MP.893 10 ай бұрын

@@dominikvukelic2412 they´re just scared of "the creature". makes total sense to me! 😉

@Gorvinhagen 9 ай бұрын

Not really. The ship itself starts breaking apart immediately is if it's made of paper. Still a good animation, it's just that the animator themselves probably don't know just how tough these boats really are.

@MP.893 9 ай бұрын

@@Gorvinhagen Dunno what you mean, it doesn´t even break apart. o_O

@eltacrash 6 ай бұрын

The ship isnt real? :o

@Jizzlewobbwtfcus 10 ай бұрын

This was NUTS! The flow of water as it is being lifted into the air and distorted while maintaining realistic fluidity was astronomical. But my favourite little detail was as the beast roars the water vapor being pushed out of it's mouth along with any surrounding water vapor being pushed. You really get a sense of sound projection from its larynx. Triple A animation and effects all round!

@Axgoodofdunemaul 10 ай бұрын

What's amazing to 80-year-old me is how the ocean water animation has improved so much lately. It's completely convincing. I don't care what anybody says, CGA special effects are the best thing that have happened to movies since high-fidelity sound.

@amaramachupa6422 10 ай бұрын

You must've seen some amazing evolutions of cinematography through your time sir. Have a good day 😀

@Sarnarath 10 ай бұрын

Yeah movies like Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean both relied heavily on CGI but did so in a way where it still looks good 20 years on.

@sciencefictiontvstories9268 9 ай бұрын

@@Sarnarath Pirates of the Caribbean is a master piece, that's why can past 20 years. Another example is 2001: A Space Odyssey from 1968 that you can see nowadays without pain in the eyes

@erikals Жыл бұрын

The Answers > 🔵 The creature design side of things was done by Mariam Ferrer 🔵 Threadripper 3970x and 128 GB of RAM 🔵 Houdini! 🔵 The ship is fully a bullet rbd sim 🔵 Used Mantra, no distributed sim, and an average render time of 10 min/frame overall (some frames longer, some shorter) 🔵 The comp was done in nuke 🔵 Did you upscale it to 4k? --- Indeed I did, using Topaz video enhancer 🔵 Whitewater is rendered as a frustum volume. 🔵 There were three render passes. The bg ocean (unaffected by the creature), everything else that is polygonal (creature, boat and water surface), and then the whitewater, which is volumetric. --- adding an answer from Micheal Espinola regarding render time - ~950 frames x 10 min/frame... > 158 hours (>6.5 days)

@MiguelPerezSenent Жыл бұрын

This is very handy, I should copy it back in the description :)

@erikals Жыл бұрын

@@MiguelPerezSenent Happy to help ☺️Thanks

@cl11334 Жыл бұрын

🙏

@beaustine6093 Жыл бұрын

Whaa??? Render took 6.5 days?!

@MiguelPerezSenent Жыл бұрын

There's only 400 frames in the shot, not 950

@cryptidliker5294 2 жыл бұрын

Coming here after this was stolen and used as a leaked deleted scene from Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

@ScarletStudios001 2 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@Ollimus 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@joannot6706 2 жыл бұрын

It's that good isn't it

@rebeccaberton4144 11 ай бұрын

This guy actually worked on a couple shots in Godzilla 2014

@17denby 10 ай бұрын

@@rebeccaberton4144I can see the resemblance / style to 2014

@FarseerAnimation 10 ай бұрын

The fluid effects alone are exceptionally well done! Great work

@jharden1305 10 ай бұрын

You have captured perfectly, the weight, force and power of the sea. I have never seen it created like this. Other artists think it’s all about how it flows, but you show the weight and terror, far more frightening than any creature. Absolutely incredible work

@MichaelWildeVFX 2 жыл бұрын

I still can't get over how good this is

@TheGrrson 10 ай бұрын

I love how the falling containers show the massive scale of the creature. Each one weighs a ton in real life but they are easily tossed around by the beast. Great work!

@melonshop8888 9 ай бұрын

NOW WHAT IT LACKS is SOUND ENGINEERING :3

@BrianWelch-vc7xy 10 ай бұрын

What really sells this shot for me is the realistic ocean mist that gives a sense of distance from the viewer. A lot of ocean shots, even in big-budget movies, have crystal-clear shots that aren't very convincing. In reality, when you're on or near the ocean, there's going to be a lot of spray and fine mist that slightly obscures anything more than a hundred or so feet away. Great work here. Seriously 100x better than "professional" movie shots made for Syfy schlock, and absolutely on par with the best VFX produced by the biggest studios. Thanks YT algorithm!

@ConnectDots. Ай бұрын

The water animations holy crap, well done overall.

@macedophotoshop680 2 жыл бұрын

This guy deserves 147 times more credit than he's getting. That was awesome!

@UrbanNoizeMusic 10 ай бұрын

I agree about the water being as terrifying as the emergence of the beast. So unsettling and absolutely well done.

@BaldPerspective 9 ай бұрын

I've seen my fair share of amateur animations on YT over the years, but this is by far the best I've come across. I watched this twice on a huge projector screen at one of my jobs & it's just impeccable. This is better CG than I've seen in pretty much any indie or low-budget film & obvi better than the more infamous sloppy big-budget films too. Very impressive work.

@francisbaranski 10 ай бұрын

Wow! It looks super-realistic!

@Daniel-xi2nc 10 ай бұрын

It Looks like your mum

@RalseiGaming 10 ай бұрын

@@Daniel-xi2ncpranked

@blackspear217 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Miguel, just wanted to say that this is absolutely phenomenal and truly inspiring. As an aspiring generalist, creating something like this, is truly astonishing. Cheers man

@tomsquad1979 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best individual project using Houdini I've ever seen on KZfaq.

@Terandium 2 жыл бұрын

Its made by a professional so it's not that fair haha, still impressive doe!

@mak_attakks Жыл бұрын

Dude, this is one of the most impressive solo projects I've ever seen

@TheGrrson 10 ай бұрын

Even the hardware preview looks badass.

@thaninhoz 4 ай бұрын

Unbelievable! No worlds to describe your job. ⚡

@jonathasgil 10 ай бұрын

Better than Marvel's cgi currently. Excellent job!

@_Point Жыл бұрын

Can we just appreciate the work of this man? The fluid simulation is amazing. Gread job mate!

@robertwilkins3837 2 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely insane. The cinematography, the breath of the beast injecting velocity into the sim, the wires snapping on the boat. Just incredibly inspiring. If you don't mind me asking, what was the compositing like? How many render passes, and how long did they take to render?

@MiguelPerezSenent 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! There were three render passes. The bg ocean (unaffected by the creature), everything else that is polygonal (creature, boat and water surface), and then the whitewater, which is volumetric. Render times overall averaged 10 min/frame between all of those.

@user-sl309jd90 2 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelPerezSenent That's crazy! How many hours in total would it be to render all the frames? Fantastic work!

@colehamrick6252 2 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelPerezSenent does your Kaiju creature have a name?

@A.T.O.M.I.C.7329 2 жыл бұрын

@@colehamrick6252yup he's right

@colehamrick6252 2 жыл бұрын

@@A.T.O.M.I.C.7329 Wdym I asked if it had a name

@bcatbb2896 10 ай бұрын

if only movies made monster scenes this good

@SuperManthatcan 8 ай бұрын

This is legitimately on the same playing field as the recent Godzilla movies and Pacific Rim 1 in terms of not only how realistic the textures are, how realistic the physics of the water feels, how real the weight of both subjects feel, but also sound design. Finally a unique and still awe inspiring Titan roar that doesn't just sound like the T-Rex from Jurassic Park remixed in Audacity.

@rush2513 2 жыл бұрын

Omg this is just pure gold to my eyes, amazing job men congrats. 100 years to Render all this?

@Charlie_Alpha_Lima 2 жыл бұрын

This is that Hollywood level of work! Nice one

@deepeshkatiyar1 10 ай бұрын

never seen water depicted so accurately

@ordogemini 10 ай бұрын

Insane work, this xould be from a new Godzilla movie, the quality is sooo good!

@joachimkarstens9769 Жыл бұрын

are you fucking kidding me?? this looks better than most blockbuster fluid sims do with an entire team involved. respect man!! great scale and size.

@wintonsam496 2 жыл бұрын

i was like "damn this was made by a casual vfx artist at home" then i find out that miguel is a cg supervisor at ILM lmao anyways, just amazing!.

@bakkerem1967 10 ай бұрын

Amazing job, also the details on the ship, like the collapsing of the antenna mast make it very convincing !

@vascobroma8907 5 ай бұрын

This is seriously better than a lot of blockbuster films. Not only with the CGI but also the sound effects. I like how the sound of the water is a distant, almost faint rumble. Most movies would just slap on some dumb overbearing sound effect of waves crashing, making it sound like you're right there on the boat. You on the other hand give the action a real sense of scale. Well done!

@corcanish 2 жыл бұрын

Whaaaaat? This is so absolutely amazing! The cinematography, creature design, animation, timing, simulation work, everything just rocks!! And on 1 computer? Edit: also how each container hitting the water feels like a huge splash in itself 👌🏾

@pragmaticvfx 2 жыл бұрын

Great work Miguel and amazing soundtrack!

@Dev_kun051 9 ай бұрын

That soundtrack is actually the Kyojuro Rengoku's theme from Demon Slayer

@BScott7220 10 ай бұрын

While a creature like that could never exist, if it did, this is EXACTLY how I'd imagine it in real life. The physics of the water, the scale, the way it and everything else moves around it - looks 100% accurate.

@mymindistv 10 ай бұрын

YES! THIS is what water displacement looks like!

@LuisRivera-jk1vo 2 жыл бұрын

Your Creature Design are Done well 100% Perfection

@MiguelPerezSenent 2 жыл бұрын

The creature design side of things was done by Mariam Ferrer (www.mariamferrer.com)

@LuisRivera-jk1vo 11 ай бұрын

@@MiguelPerezSenentthank you to know

@AQHackAQ 11 ай бұрын

Looks really good. My one critique would be the container ship seems a little weightless and too rigid. That size of ship being moved suddenly that quickly should show some structural deformation and damage. It should have more 'weight' to it.

@tankmaster1018 5 ай бұрын

That seriously looked better then alot of modern movies... The cargo falling into the water and bouncing off the creature as it breaches the surface was fucking stunning!

@MrRugbyloosehead 10 ай бұрын

FANTASTIC!! Absolutely a winner!!❤😎👍

@MeowVFX 2 жыл бұрын

Is 128gb memory enough for this large scale ocean scene?? This is incredible!!!!!! I'm interested in the details, how did you interact the ocean tank and rbd? what is the key nodes in dop? how many particles here? How did you optimize the whole simulation? Did you convert creature to vdb in order to collide with ship? vdb voxel size?? I'm a houdini beginner, really curious about this. Please, I hope you could answer me!!!

@spydergs07 Жыл бұрын

Yeah 128gb is fine. A decent amount of RAM and a good GPU is what makes renders like this possible. You can have 128gb of ram but a crappy GPU and it will either not work or it will take a VERY VERY long time to render.

@higorss Жыл бұрын

@@spydergs07 I don't think Mantra supports GPU rendering

@ayushkaudiyal955 Жыл бұрын

@@higorss yeah mantra is more cpu based.

@ShawarmaBaby Жыл бұрын

@@spydergs07 really 128 gb is fine?? im doing water sims at a small scale and it crashes because i cross the limit (i have 128gb). I mean i think i dont have the knowdlege to make my sims more efficient

@spydergs07 Жыл бұрын

@@higorss Octane with Houdini. Still get to use Houdini but get the performance of GPU rendering.

@papaamiin9658 2 жыл бұрын

this is incredible , so beautiful , i was wondering how much ram needed for simulating this?

@crabman3722 2 жыл бұрын

128gb

@gcharb2d 2 жыл бұрын

@@crabman3722 Nice, I thought it would require more, 128gb is what I got, I am learning flip fluids at the moment! :)

@balazsszekely2132 3 ай бұрын

I gotta admit you have some talent

@BiblicallyAccurateToaster 3 ай бұрын

That slight head shake coming up is real nice & the water/mist/shading helping to hide it was wonderfully used.

@BinaryBlood Жыл бұрын

Man, what a great job! do you have a tutorial on this? I would love to learn how to make this type of compositions

@videostarts Жыл бұрын

To make something like this a tutorial is not enough. To many things happening here

@MiguelPerezSenent 11 ай бұрын

I just made a similar shot in order to make a tutorial out of it, and it just came out :D You can see it here www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/large-scale-water-fx-in-houdini

@LindenHS-Hillcraft 2 жыл бұрын

Heads up someone tried stealing this and using it to say it was Titanus Typhon on here and Reddit, it’s been dealt with.

@MiguelPerezSenent 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting me know!

@transientdreams 10 ай бұрын

Impressive! Better than we see in most movies. That one video would be enough to get you hired somewhere and making TOP dollar. I can't remember ever seeing anything this superior in any 'Marvel' films. Not even close. Thanks for sharing your amazing talents. Very inspiring.

@patricksidlovsky8241 10 ай бұрын

this reminds me of Blastoise and Gamera. Excellent work!

@grzdiz 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing, absolutely better than some crap CGI in Marvel these days. I can't believe this has only 15k views, unfair! How long did it take you to finish all of this? Excluding render time, that took a long time for sure...also, what specs does your machine have?

@lachlantrescott5533 Жыл бұрын

Too bad he's actually one of the CG Supervisor that worked closely with Marvel 😂

@grzdiz Жыл бұрын

@@lachlantrescott5533 Oh, really? Thanks for letting me know! Then it just shows how talented people that work for Marvel are, but it also shows how ridiculous deadlines and the pressure that is on the artists in order to create as much content as possible. Have you noticed how Marvel CG has dropped in quality recently, along with other things? ( lazy scripts, too much needless comedy etc)

@lachlantrescott5533 Жыл бұрын

@@grzdiz Agreed, their deadlines are unreasonable. I have no experience in the VFX industry but a lot of people that I know of are trying their hardest to avoid working with/for Marvel, or Disney for that matter. Just answering back to your previous question, his specs at the time of rendering this sequence is a Threadripper 3970x and 128GB RAM. Rendering time is about 10 minute per frame according to Miguel.

@grzdiz Жыл бұрын

@@lachlantrescott5533 Yes, VFX artists are really treated harshly by Marvel. I hope they come to their senses, since the audience is starting to dislike their recent products too. As always, it should be quality over quantity... And yes, thanks for answering! That's a serious setup right there, makes sense. Ten min per frame for this quality is astonishing. On my laptop, it would take days for a single frame like this haha

@ramcga Жыл бұрын

He leant on Marvel projects and created this at home without the pressure of deadlines it seems. So he refined it to his max satisfaction. Just kidding. Miguel rocks! Incredibly talented!

@robertdouble559 10 ай бұрын

DUDE!!! Very very very very very very very very very very very solid work!

@skyhigh776 10 ай бұрын

Blimey mate, you nailed this one!

@mgh666 11 ай бұрын

Phantastic. Beautiful. 10/10!

@SilentKnight43 10 ай бұрын

Rivals pro Hollywood studio FX. Great job!

@Rahru 6 ай бұрын

I legit think this is among the best (if not the very best) water sim I've ever seen

@paulwillson268 10 ай бұрын

To make something like this in a studio you'd go bankrupt. This guy did it himself. Respect. Incredible 😍. I can't stop watop watching this.

@ManonPutneyHill 5 ай бұрын

Gorgeous rendering, beautiful creature design, simply amazing. Fantastic work.

@vice.nor.virtue Ай бұрын

Holy crap the water looks amazing on this!! Better than many new action movies!

@TurdFurgeson571 27 күн бұрын

Having all those Conex boxes fall on your head during your big reveal must be the eldritch equivalent of stepping on Legos in the middle of the night.

@DanceManAlex 2 жыл бұрын

That is UNREAL! Terrific job!

@Emulond Ай бұрын

Can somebody bloody tell me, WHY this looks more realistic that cinema CGI like Godzilla or Kong?! WHY.

@leifashley 10 ай бұрын

Surprisingly well done. Good job.

@nathant7437 10 ай бұрын

Awesome animation, looks pretty real and grand!

@slickperspective2745 10 ай бұрын

I thought this was the next Cloverfield monster. We need more monster movies!

@alessandrocaviola1575 2 ай бұрын

Just WOW! Passionate about CG since JP came out and implemented a path tracer myself, and still can't believe how good is this scene! Everything absolutly superb, from the animation to the simulation, from the scene design to composition/editing, from color grading to the models. I imagine it was houdini, but still... simply amazing!

@whatmakesyouwonder6363 10 ай бұрын

Call the Jaegers and Godzilla! We got a kaiju here! This is phenomenal! crazy work Miguel!

@haircastrorodriguez3896 10 ай бұрын

Ruby Gillman could help too, she's got her body armor and lasers from her eyes

@santiagorinaldi1712 11 ай бұрын

cant believe u finally did a course for this! thank u so much

@alessandrocernuzzi 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely fantastic!

@nerdsman567 10 ай бұрын

The CGI is so damn impressive! The attention to detail is impeccable, from the sense of scale/weight of the ship, the monster, and the crashing waves, to the tiny water particles projecting from the monster’s mouth! Movie quality! If someone isn’t hiring you to do CG work for a big-budget kaiju movie, they definitely should! 🐲🐲🐲

@leobetts5899 4 ай бұрын

This is magnificent. I’d pay to watch even 10 minute short film of something like this!

@Malphaze 4 ай бұрын

This CGI is so realistic looking from the camera view to the Cargo boar, water, fall dynamics, etc. Amazing..

@enchanted_apeling 3 ай бұрын

I love that you made his front limbs tucked under and one of his tusks broken - such attention to detail!

@SimpleJackPC 4 ай бұрын

this is ABSOLUTELY movie worthy

@davidmcpoland5286 10 ай бұрын

Wow, what an amazing job!

@user-cz9qq8re4s 2 ай бұрын

Bro this look’s straight out of a WB movie, absolutely amazing

@eellieable Жыл бұрын

That is beautiful and epic! You are doing an astronomically excellent job with this.

@ExploringUndercover 2 жыл бұрын

That was hands down the coolest monster shot I've ever seen. Screw Hollywood!

@RobertVanderStelt 10 ай бұрын

Spectacular work!

@AllanGildea 2 ай бұрын

Stunning, world class work.

@oldgoat142 10 ай бұрын

Just spectacular!! That's all that has to be said. Just freaking spectacular!!

@henningKO 10 ай бұрын

Got damn... never seen it done better. Beyond movie quality...

@user-uo9qm6jy6v 3 ай бұрын

отличная работа.я думал эта сцена из фильма и очередной блогер выложил её под копирку,а оказалось человек создал шедевр!

@omgthisblowsmuchos 10 ай бұрын

Wow! This is good stuff! Color me intrigued 🤯

@SumNumber 10 ай бұрын

Really looks great Mike . :O)

@jamescalitri2654 10 ай бұрын

This is better than most modern movie cgi

@igorzanic 2 жыл бұрын

Great job as always

@AAvfx 4 ай бұрын

Amazing! really. wow!

@mycreativefxlibrary 2 жыл бұрын

loved your work man amazing

@EGarrett01 10 ай бұрын

Holy crap, that looks great. EDIT: It's even better without music.

@georgebyron468 10 ай бұрын

Well, thats pretty, damned impressive.

@B_dav 2 жыл бұрын

Dude that's top notch, congrats. The sense of scale is brilliant

@richieellis6636 9 ай бұрын

Yea!!!!!! I'd watch monster breaches all day man....

@FassinTaak 10 ай бұрын

Just when I'd got out of my Subnautica trauma group, thanks! Seriously awesome though.

@aftereffects00 10 ай бұрын

Wow! This is awesome!

@xDaShaanx 10 ай бұрын

The scale and everything is so good. :)

@creativebluebottle8510 9 ай бұрын

Awesome job! Really well done

@lVaderl55 4 ай бұрын

One thing they missing about epic monster movies these days, is how majestic they are as terrifying it would be, The vast size of monster should put viewers mesmerized, they always put these stupid angles that would make monsters apparently small and imaginatively reachable, it should always be on the pov a human perspective as it represents full experience from what it's like to have these magnificent creatures right in front of you