Houdini Jobs

I have a fully animated dragon sequence that needs a Houdini-driven fire-breathing pass suitable for a feature-film composite. The brief is straightforward: one continuous exhalation of flames that feels physically plausible, with rich temperature variation, secondary heat ripples, and natural smoke roll-off. I am aiming for the kind of highly realistic Pyro look you would expect in a modern VFX pipeline—think Scales vs. Knight-type quality, not a stylised or game-ready shortcut. The creature animation will be delivered to you as an Alembic cache together with camera tracks and a low-res body proxy. You can work in Houdini 19 or 20; PyroSparse or the classic Gas model is fine as long as you keep voxel efficiency in mind. Lighting should stay neutral—our final grade is still ...

Overview I’m hiring a CG animator / motion designer to create a short, premium animation using nighttime satellite imagery as the visual base. The concept: we show how growth has expanded in mega regions on the East Coast, the West Coast, and now in Texas by animating city lights merging along major throughfares and cities. The aim is to communicate that Texas is the next chapter in that growthVisual References / Base Assets I will provide the base satellite night images (examples attached): East Coast night lights West Coast night lights Texas night lights Core Animation Idea (What needs to happen visually) We want the lights to feel like economic/people/activity growth: EAST COAST (5–8 sec) Start with visible city clusters (lights). Lights intensify, spread outward, and conne...