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rmagee: Staff; 1413 posts; Joined: July 2005; Offline

yesterday midnight

Day 24 means it is time to swarm!

Robert Magee
Senior Product Marketing Manager
SideFX


chimiart: Member; 25 posts; Joined: March 2018; Offline

yesterday 1:05 a.m.

Day 24!
Today I learned about fireflies and it wasn't something I was expecting from Mardini

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siddheshsawant321: Member; 25 posts; Joined: Nov. 2019; Offline

yesterday 4:55 a.m.

Houdini Mardini.
Daily Art Challenge Day 24.
Swarm {From my DO Series : 122}

#houdinifx #mardini

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2426b2c2-362b-48dc-a82d-3062591433bb.mp4 (9.6 MB)


Furuya Takumi: Member; 220 posts; Joined: Aug. 2018; Offline

yesterday 9:26 a.m.

Day24

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Day24_Orbit.png (1.6 MB)


AJun5: Member; 25 posts; Joined: June 2025; Offline

yesterday 10:43 a.m.

Day24 : Swarm
Tropical Fish

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Edited by AJun5 - yesterday 10:47:12

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MardiniDay24Swarm_TropicalFish.mp4.mp4 (10.1 MB)
TropicalFish_project.png (2.3 MB)


Heleen321: Member; 25 posts; Joined: Sept. 2023; Online

yesterday 4:30 p.m.

Look at all those butterflies

Edited by Heleen321 - yesterday 16:30:27

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Butterfly.mp4 (14.5 MB)
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pirate sheep: Member; 47 posts; Joined: March 2019; Online

yesterday 4:57 p.m.

Swarming

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sops3.JPG (125.1 KB)


izcho: Member; 2 posts; Joined: July 2013; Online

yesterday 7:06 p.m.

My entry for swarm, had some fun trying to make some flocking behaviour with a pop sim.

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Sudeep-astrosynth_logs: Member; 24 posts; Joined: Aug. 2020; Offline

yesterday 7:24 p.m.

Day 24 Blood Cell Swarm

Multiple power cuts made my blood pressure spike today, so I took inspiration from my own rising stress levels and made this microscopic swarm!

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Typh: Member; 4 posts; Joined: March 2023; Offline

yesterday 7:30 p.m.

Here are some gummy fishes for today

Edited by Typh - yesterday 19:31:39

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Swarm_setup.jpg (405.0 KB)


LeePetrl: Member; 57 posts; Joined: March 2024; Online

yesterday 8:33 p.m.

Day24 - Swarm'ing with the fly-bois - a bit overly ambitious here

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day024_SWARM_snip.jpg (594.9 KB)
day24_FLY.gif (162.1 KB)


PierrickOpitz: Member; 56 posts; Joined: July 2024; Online

yesterday 9 p.m.

Day 24 : Swarm

Wish I had more time for a better render. particles needs samples

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Capture d’écran 2026-03-25 002824.png (2.2 MB)
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pamplemousse225: Member; 25 posts; Joined: June 2023; Online

yesterday 11:14 p.m.

Hello

mardini entry 24

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eduardobieta: Member; 48 posts; Joined: June 2017; Offline

yesterday 11:40 p.m.

Day 24.


playhead: Member; 57 posts; Joined: Feb. 2025; Offline

yesterday 11:47 p.m.

Edited by playhead - yesterday 23:59:12

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Swarm Screenshot.jpg (202.9 KB)


Jackatack: Member; 51 posts; Joined: Dec. 2020; Offline

yesterday 11:48 p.m.

mardini day 24

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mardini_24_swarm_v005.karmarendersettings1.mp4 (6.2 MB)
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isonlygaem: Member; 10 posts; Joined: April 2022; Offline

yesterday 11:48 p.m.

My submission for today!

I went microscopic this time, T-cells taking car of an intruder!

edge detect was a life saver

Edited by isonlygaem - yesterday 23:57:50

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Wakaema: Member; 24 posts; Joined: Jan. 2026; Offline

yesterday 11:51 p.m.


HYUN_3: Member; 24 posts; Joined: June 2024; Offline

yesterday 11:59 p.m.

Moths add realism to anything! You are a legend if you get the reference

Today I finished simulating early so decided to have fun compositing in COPs.

www.instagram.com/hyun_k_3d/

Edited by HYUN_3 - today 00:00:36

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Plankti: Member; 64 posts; Joined: March 2023; Online

today midnight

this is my first Apex animation juhhhhhuuuuu. a full new world. I had no time to make proper materials and things but this was so much fun

see you in the future mardini folks

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LOP.png (1.1 MB)
SOP.png (57.9 KB)

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