Black Hole Sun
I've been working on this one for a little while now, and the scope of the project seemed to just keep growing the longer I worked on it, but I am satisfied with how it turned out, and am finally ready to move on with it. This was also one of my first projects using Houdini as an integral part of my workflow, and I'm very happy with how it turned out. Enjoy!
Black hole HDRI used in all 3 shots
Breakdown of the first shot
Comet in the first shot, modeled in Houdini, and brought into blender for rendering.
Breakdown of the Second Shot
Breakdown of the 3rd shot
Foliage used during the 3rd shot, made with Speedtree
Cliff I made for the 3rd shot, modeled in Houdini, and textured/rendered in Blender
Comet in the final shot, generated procedurally in blender shader nodes
Test for an explosion that was planned as the last shot in the sequence, but ultimately was cut because it didn't fit.