Flip Sphere from Ian Farnsworth on Vimeo.

I have 240 frames simmed, and I’m now working on getting the render a little less noisy and I want to work on bringing out some more of the details better before I fire off the whole sequence.

Some stuff I’ve been messing with lately. The water stuff may become some album art for a friend… but either way I think it’s pretty neat, and may turn it into a gallery / art project of it’s own if I can find the time and motivation. 🙂

H12 Flip – Point Render from Ian Farnsworth on Vimeo.

Just a 'dam break' style sim rendered as points… nothin' fancy. Just had it sitting around, figured I should upload it. 🙂

Fluid Curve Follow from Ian Farnsworth on Vimeo.

Just a fluid following a curve. About a million particles by the end

Ian Farnsworth – Demo Reel 2011 from Ian Farnsworth on Vimeo.

This might as well be called my “SuckerPunch” reel since so much of this reel is work from the work I did on that movie while at Prime Focus (and it’s not even all of it). 🙂 Anyway, this has been sitting on my HD for a while now.. figured I might as well share it. Enjoy!

Special thanks to the talented crews I’ve worked with!

Original Hi-Res mov: www.fx-td.com/content/Farnsworth_Demoreel_2011.mov

My first real try at a PyroFX explosion. Nothing fancy, but it turned out decently for how little time I spent on it. Low Res grid is 50x50x100 and UpRes grid is 150x150x300. Sim time was ~1 hr with the UpRes taking most of the time. Render time was ~6 hrs with scattering.

Here’s two awesome dvd’s you should check out if you’re into FX (specifically Max)…

https://sites.google.com/site/m3dgptpprojects/home/tp4-projects/dvd-projects/tp4_dvd-1 << Thinking Particles 4.0 for Production by Joe Scarr and Goran Pavles.  A great dvd for n00bs and pros alike. Joe is an excellent teacher and goes through everything in a very easy to understand manner. I strongly suggest this if you are learning Thinking Particles.

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/920/Production-FX-Workflows << Production FX Workflows: Dragon Age: Origins by Brandon Young.  Brandon runs step by step through an awesome fx shot from a cinematic done at Blur Studio.  He goes over a bit of Fume, a bit of Pflow and a bit of Fusion as well.  Brandon rocks. 🙂