Halloween-Themed 3D Beach Simulation Inspired by Terminator

Technical Artist and FX Supervisor Matthieu Pujol has celebrated this year's Halloween with an incredible ocean shore simulation inspired by one of the shots from Terminator: Dark Fate's infamous opening scene. According to the author, the simulation was set up in Houdini 19 using a combination of FLIP and Vellum grains, and rendered with Arnold. The goal of the project was to study how sand interacts with water and learn more about setting up digital foam.

Here's the original shot from Terminator that the simulation was inspired by:

And here are some of Matthieu's earlier works, you can check out more by visiting the artist's LinkedIn and Vimeo pages:

If you would like to learn more about Houdini's Vellum Grains, here are some great tutorials that will help you comprehend both the basics and advanced techniques:

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