Mesmerizing Lava Lamp Patterns Made With Houdini's COPs

José Molfino, the creator of the gorgeous short film made with Houdini that took us on a journey through a deep-sea world, has revealed the outcome of his recent exploration of Houdini 20.5's new Copernicus context.

To set up this mesmerizing animation of liquid blobs shifting in a constantly evolving pattern, the artist followed a tutorial on recreating a similar effect in TouchDesigner by paketa12:

If you're looking to get started with COPs, the 2D and 3D GPU image processing framework with nodes that provide real-time image manipulation within a 3D space, we highly recommend checking out the Houdini HIVE presentations from industry experts and Matt Estela's CG Wiki entry, along with Stormz's introductory videos:

Have a look at some of José's recent Houdini creations below and follow him on X/Twitter for more:

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