Karlis Stigis
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karlisstigis.comMerging Space Colonization Solver with Pyro Simulation to Create Looping Smoke Bursts
Karlis Stigis explains how his frustration with his Instagram account getting hacked inspired the entrancing smoke ball effect, with numerous branches spreading and bursting inside it, and talks us through the process of creating the effect using Houdini's geometry nodes.
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