Automation of Creature FX in a Small Studio Pipeline | Bacon X | FMX HIVE 2022

Learn how Bacon X created Frankie, a fully digital baby wild hog starring in last summer’s commercial for Coop. David will go over the approach used including how Houdini’s FEM and Vellum solvers helped automate the process of achieving realistic and reliable skin and fur simulations. David Ryberg Lessel is working as Co-head of CG at Bacon X. He has a strong creative & technical background and has worked in the CG industry for nearly 20 years. During his career he has worked on commercials and feature films for many of Scandinavia’s top directors. When he’s not busy on projects he is structuring and automating VFX workflows. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:13 - Meet David 00:01:03 - See Coop ’Frankie’ project 00:01:59 - Project intro 00:03:46 - Creating ’Frankie’ the pig 00:22:02 - Q&A