LogIngeodraws shared some trigonometry tips.
Chih-Yu Hsieh, known online as geodraws, has put together a quick breakdown on how sine waves and their graphs can enhance your visual effects.
One of the defining features of a sine wave is its repeating pattern. This makes it perfect for animating looping effects like wind flowing through flames in a fire VFX. A subtle detail like this can really make your work feel polished and professional. Check out the original X/Twitter thread here.
The artist earlier made a video about math in VFX, so refresh what you learned in school and check out geodraws' other tutorials on his YouTube channel:
geodraws is also a Senior VFX Artist at Tuatara, whose amazing VFX tips we frequently share. On their X/Twitter page, you can find helpful tricks like faking lighting on particles, a breakdown of a raindrop shader, ways to add variation to panning textures, creative distortion effects, chromatic aberration, and much more.
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