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It's Raining Squids!: Simulating a rain of dissolving Squids for Watchmen

Published: 20 August 2020 Publication History

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Simulating thousands of small squid-like creatures falling to their deaths, oozing a gel-like slime on impact and slowly melting away was no easy task. Managing the amount of pink one-eyed extraterritorial squids proved to be quite a challenge because they also had to interact with one another as well as with the different surrounding elements. We had complex fluid simulations to manage as the squids would first transform into gelatin and then completely dissolve. Shading the squids also proved to be quite a challenge because we had translucency and complex internal shadings to handle, which required very long render times since we were dealing with such a large quantity of creatures. We needed to be able to iterate quickly so we could work closely with the client in order to find that perfect balance of squid dynamics such as splashing, melting and shading.
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    SIGGRAPH '20: ACM SIGGRAPH 2020 Talks
    August 2020
    152 pages
    ISBN:9781450379717
    DOI:10.1145/3388767
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    1. FX
    2. Simulation
    3. Watchmen
    4. deformation
    5. flip simulation
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