Deborah R. Fowler
Student News (see also websites)
Updated on Aug 23 2024SCAD VSFX Student News
Houdini Student Reel https://youtu.be/q30L3w7hWWc?si=rg7W416iKYw_zDbE
Results from the SCADpro X NASA (Fall 2022/Winter 2023) are being released!
Planet Paige Latest post premieres Planet Paige on Winter Solstice:(Dec 21, 2023)
- NASA Ice / (and NASA Earth repost) https://x.com/NASA_ICE/status/1737916126779093282?s=20
- NASA Earth Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C1IPrLdrwqr/
- NASA Earth Facebook https://www.facebook.com/reel/3597758740499309
- NASA ICE Facebook https://fb.watch/p5jIVGWmj4/
Biome Buddies have been printed and were used at this
years AGU conference (Dec 11-15, 2023)
Lofi Paige on the Fifth Anniversary of the ICESat-2
mission (Sept 15, 2023)
- NASA Goddard YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2USiCwtans
- NASA Earth’s Twitter https://twitter.com/NASAEarth/status/1702763715131494465
- NASA Earth’s Facebook and NASA ICE Facebook (Oct 11)
- And SCAD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxYrte2xYX5/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7110008082738356224
- Twitter: https://x.com/SCADdotedu/status/1704244283681739122?s=20
- Facebook (September 19): https://www.facebook.com/scad.edu
Tourist Pho the first of the animations, Tourist Pho, was released on NASA ice facebook and twitter channels on Arbor day and Earth Day
- https://twitter.com/NASA_ICE/status/1649775217412120579?s=20
- https://twitter.com/NASAEarth/status/1652109974296829952?t=ut332z8_wkr-RGUgs193mQ&s=19
- https://twitter.com/GLOBEProgram/status/1649871149960929280?s=20
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrluUYzsONw/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
- NASA ICE account (Apr 22) on Facebook
Pixar's Soul - Check out this paper - Congrats Sasha Ouellet
https://graphics.pixar.com/library/SoulRasterizingVolumes/paper.pdf
Congratulations to the students featured on Houdini's Gallery:
Recent posts in
chronological order (color indicates
class/thesis project I supervised)
During 2024:
During 2023:
During 2024:
- Kulin Mehta https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/supra-burnout/
- Congratulations Team Riders! Ethan Nasiff, et al? https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/rider-ethan-nasiff/
- Congratulations Team Dusty! Ethan Nasiff, Anh Phan, Tempest Oh, Davis Hardy, David Geyer
- Chaithanya Kasireddy, et al? https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/the-drone-man/
- Congratulations Team SYD! Dee Divakaran, Yanni He, Sai Shashank, Mateoa Solorzano, Donnie Abrahamson, Cynthia Soe, Sawyer Bisson
- Storm Slawson https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/air-battle/
- Nathan Leichner https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/oh-gnome/
- Gen Li (ALUM) https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/houdini-vernal-falls-1/
- Davis Hardy https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/scad-startup-branding-trailer-1/
- Zach Jantz https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/watch-product-disintegration/
- Storm Slawson https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/underwater-scene-1/
- Congratulations Team Mountain! Dee
Divakaran, Zach Jantz, Mateo Solorzano, Yeona Choi,
Hannah Spillers, Bella So, Robin Uotila
- Sunique Plante https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/red-lotus-complex-scene/
- Sunique Plante https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/procedurally-modeled-shell-necklace/
- Yanni He https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/disintegration-effect/
During 2023:
- Yanni He https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/light-bulb/
- Yanni He https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/conveyor-belt-with-cartons/
- Wei Lou https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/ikea-warehouse/
- Jerilyn Tennison https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/pills-disolving/
- Phirada Kanjanangkulpunt https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/dry-ice-drinks/
- Phirada Kanjanangkulpunt https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/the-flying-machine/
- Avery Chang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/dragdoll-simulation/
- Yanni He https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/bergen-landscape/
- Serena Yoon https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/cookie-shop/
- Pete Gong https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/geisel-library-procedural-modeling/
- Palm Piraban (alum) https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/red-panda-cg-grooming/
- Phirada Kanjanangkulpunt https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/dandelions-home/
- Felipe Amaya (alum) https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/catharsis-i/
- Avery (Chun-Yen) Chang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/hogwarts-dining-hall/
- Kyle Lin https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/wall-destruction/
- Maria Fernanda Hormaza Gaviria https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/procedural-building/
- Maria Fernanda Hormaza Gaviria https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/procedural-animation/
- Maria Fernanda Hormaza Gaviria https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/blood-oranges/
- Xiao Yuzhou(Alum) https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/procedural-bacon-mushrooms/
- Juweifan Wang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/house-1/
- Juweifan Wang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/marble/
- Peiyu (Rey) Xue https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/procedural-carousel-still/
- Peiyu (Rey) Xue https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/procedural-carousel-scene/
- Peiyu (Rey) Xue https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/robot-assembly-procedural-animation/
- Peiyu (Rey) Xue https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/mocap-data-animation-pink/
- Peiyu (Rey) Xue https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/mocap-data-animation-yellow/
- Monica Chavez Trochez https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/procedural-building-haussmann-architecture/
- Monica Chavez Trochez https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/whale-automaton-procedural-animation/
- Monica Chavez Trochez https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/oranges-basket/
- Elizabeth House https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/rise-and-shine/
- Avery Chang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/jolly-penguin/
- Anderson Yang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/marble-machine/
- Ruguan Liu https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/norway-water-fall/
- Ruguan Liu https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/norway-environment/
- Abinandhan Srivatsav https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/star-wars-inspired-crowd-simulation/
- Alex Leatherman https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/marble-run/
- Joleen Zhang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/b1t1-robot/
- Nathan Huseth https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/lego-shark-automaton/
- Nathan Huseth https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/kelp-forest/
- Catherine Brennan https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/dog-treat-bakery-display/
- Kyle Lin https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/catan-boardgame/
- Kyle Lin https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/agora-garden/
- Kyle Lin https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/coin-sorter/
- Abinandhan Srivatsav https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/dramatic-building-destruction/
- Harold Wang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/lynx-point-siamese-cat/
During 2021:
- Luke Vuilliomenet https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/lunar-impact-comparing-fx-creation-for-real-time-and-off-line
- Nora Fang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/two-lab-tubes/
- Nora Fang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/baking-in-oven/
- Nora Fang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/magic-dust-wand/
- Xiao Yuzhou https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/lava-4/
- Xiao Yuzhou https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/warehouse-accident/
- Xiao Yuzhou https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/street-crowd/
- Felipe Amaya https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/bioma-an-alternative-procedural-locomotion-tool/
- Gen Li https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/houdini-breaking-wave/
- Amanda Skeith https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/book-and-record-sale/
- Justin Myrick https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/chops-in-d-major/
- Ruixuan Pu https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/candles/
- Ruixuan Pu https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/gone-with-the-wind/
- Ruixuan Pu https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/antique-bookshelf/
- Ruixuan Pu https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/dragon-automata/
- Ruixuan Pu https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/procedural-modeling-traditional-chinese-architecture/
- Felipe Amaya https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/magic-book/
- Nora Fang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/bear-hair-dryer/
- Desmond Du https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/the-invisible-universe/
- Elizabeth House https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/farmers-market-peaches/
- Kristy Huang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/bamboo-fountain/
- Kristy Huang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/aloe/
- Kristy Huang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/oranges/
- Huy Le https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/building-collapse/
- Nora Fang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/fruit-sticks-1/
- Nora Fang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/candy-cane-catapult/
- Yifei Pei https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/boatburning/
- Xiao Yuzhou https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/steamer/
- Felipe Amaya https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/tadpole-like-creature-eggs/
- Gen Li https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/flowing-lava/
- Abinandhan Srivatsav https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/particle-experiment/
- Yifei Pei https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/snowstorm/
- Joseph Chen https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/the-cincinnati-old-main-library/
- Xiao Yuzhou https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/procedural-database/
- Alum Sonali Dutta https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/green-crystal/
- Joonho Bang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/cliff-1/
- Yifei Pei https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/houdini-ocean-fluid/
- Xiao Yuzhou https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/volcano/
- Xiao Yuzhou https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/procedural-hotel/
- Chen Tang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/volcano_eruption/
- Chen Tang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/mosasaurus-out-of-water/
- Chen Tang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/seashells/
- Joonho Bang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/hamburger-1/
- Harold Wang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/mouse-warrior/
- Joonho Bang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/particle-effect/
- Joonho Bang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/cosmetic-brush/
- Harold Wang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/little-racoon/
- Felipe Amaya https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/dohrener-tower/
- Haritha Uppalapati https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/sweet-tooth/
- Felipe Amaya https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/guitar-vs-industrial-shredder/
- Gen Li
https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/bubble-merge/
- Joonho Bang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/vellum-peeling-effect/
- ChenTang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/red-stone/
- Felipe Amaya https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/vellum-peeling-off-effect/
- Lita Shih https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/gumball-machine/
- Alum Kiersten Yahn https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/hydrant-day-night/
- Alum Kushal Das https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/car-fire/
- Gen Li https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/underwater/
- Felipe Amaya https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/house-remedies/
- Luke Vuilliomenet https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/flood-water/
- Chen Tang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/a-venom-inspired-effect/
- Luke Vuilliomenet https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/flooding-stairs/
- Harold Wang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/elf-walk-cycle/
- Felipe Amaya https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/pop-grains-circles/
- Chen Tang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/kinetic-creature-running-elephant/
- Chen Tang https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/old-castle-in-the-mountain/
- Gen Li https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/boiling-water/
- Gen Li https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/tea-dipper-machine-replica/
- Gen Li https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/cola-can-party/
During 2019:
- Felipe Amaya https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/impossible-waterfall/
- Felipe Amaya https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/gear-walker/
- Felipe Amaya https://www.sidefx.com/gallery/la-vitrola-procedural-house/
Previously students featured
on Houdini's Gallery:
- Jinguang Huang SideFX Internship work and demo reel:
- Sasha Ouellet
- Viola Lyu
- Pam Wong-Bunten Above
the Clouds
- Meredith O'Malley soft body heart
- Ali Rizvi character decomposition
- Ryan Ruiz Goldberg machine grocery aisle fur coat simulation
(Feb 18, 2019) Congratulations to all our students working on 91st Academy Award nominated films - 76 of the 200 names on the list graduate with a Visual Effects degrees!
Sonova winner of a Red Dot Award 2017! Congratulations Ryan, Justin and the entire Team!
Ziye Liu winner of a Red Dot Award 2016 Communication Design for Themes and Variations
Syed Ali Haider Rizvi - winner
of The Rookies Internship award 2016 - check out his demo reel
Shango
- Michael Rhima's excellent short film and his demo reel
- featured on Farabale weekly
- interview Aug 8, 2016 at http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/daily-news-bytes-162/
Sonova - 2016 - on
vimeo and follow on twitter and facebook
- Official Selection - Animaze 2016
- Featured Short Film - Filmshortage.com
Watch for:
Wenie Rahardja - MFA thesis work by Wenie Rahardja on
vimeo
Themes & Variations
by Ziye Liu (August 2015) - MFA thesis
- Red Dot Award 2016 - Communication Design - WINNER
- 49Th Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival - Computer Generated / Mixed Media / 3D - PLATINUM REMI AWARD WINNER
- New Media Film Festival 2016 - BEST STUDENT FILM
- Riverrun International Film Festival 2016 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
- International Independent Film Awards 2016 - Animated Visuals - DIAMOND AWARD
- ASFF Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2016 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
- BBFF Byron Bay International Film Festival 2016 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
- Cinequest Film Festival 2016 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
- Broadway Film Festival 2016 - Experimental Film - OFFICIAL SELECTION
- The Fine Arts Film Festival 2016 - Animated Film - OFFICIAL SELECTION
No-A on vimeo and FX breakdown as well as
twitter and facebook
- Red Dot Award 2015
- RAINDANCE Film Festival 2015 - Official Selection
- SCAD Achievement in Animation 2015 - Official Selection