The goal of this project was to create a shot that has a look and feel of an animated feature film from Disney/Pixar, while exploring the features from Houdini's vellum solver. The color and lighting were influenced by "Finding Nemo," and the betta fish texture was hand-painted in Procreate. The completed project was later featured in the SideFX Gallery.
Fish body geometry and texture (except fins): Sketch Fab. Foreground/Background plants and ground assets: Megascan
Digital drawing created to better understand the subject's shape/color/texture, and a color/lighting study from the movie poster of "Finding Nemo".