The eye of E-Line Vision
Personal project · Houdini, VEX and Octane
My logo is an eye, and it is my eye. As a 3D & VFX artist, my work is all about looking and light, so it was a perfect fit. For this project, I rebuilt the logo in 3D in Houdini and rendered it in Octane.
From 2D to 3D
My logo started out flat, in 2D: an eye with a golden iris and white lashes. In Houdini, I built the eye procedurally. The iris got depth and a metallic sheen, and lines and paint splashes now surround the eye.
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- The golden iris with silver paint strokes
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- A ring of silver paint around the iris
Inspired by Jackson Pollock
For the lines and splashes, I was inspired by Jackson Pollock. For his famous drip paintings, he laid the canvas on the floor and let the paint drip and splash onto it. In Houdini, I generated those splashes and lines with VEX.
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- A silver paint stroke with golden lines
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- Golden paint splashes around the iris
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- Long paint strokes, as in a drip painting
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- Paint strokes as eyelashes
Light
I chose hard light from the side and from above, so the small details in the iris and the paint really stand out. I rendered the final image in Octane.
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- Hard side light on the letters
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- The word Vision in silver paint
The animation
I’m currently creating a 3D animation of my eye in Houdini. The images above are a first glimpse.
To be continued…
Next project: Water in Houdini →
E-Line Vision
Bringing vision to light.