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rmagee: Staff; 1428 posts; Joined: July 2005; Offline

March 28, 2026 midnight

Blend into the crowd or stand out and win the day!

Robert Magee
Senior Product Marketing Manager
SideFX


siddheshsawant321: Member; 31 posts; Joined: Nov. 2019; Offline

March 28, 2026 2:36 a.m.

Houdini Mardini.
Daily Art Challenge Day 28.
Crowd.

#houdinifx #mardini

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Edited by siddheshsawant321 - March 28, 2026 02:37:05

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adafe770-ca0c-4b3d-b626-d79585487d27.mp4 (8.8 MB)


afermier: Member; 32 posts; Joined: Oct. 2020; Offline

March 28, 2026 7:38 a.m.

robberto superbowl!

Edited by afermier - March 28, 2026 07:38:58

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graph.png (1.5 MB)


Furuya Takumi: Member; 227 posts; Joined: Aug. 2018; Offline

March 28, 2026 8 a.m.

Day28

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Day28_Crowd.png (1.2 MB)


FFlabs: Member; 32 posts; Joined: March 2023; Offline

March 28, 2026 10:47 a.m.

Day 28 ~ Crowd

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Screenshot 2026-03-28 144125.png (1.5 MB)


leviathanbadger: Member; 131 posts; Joined: Aug. 2021; Offline

March 28, 2026 12:29 p.m.

HDRI is from PolyHaven.

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Node_tgree.png (3.6 MB)


maxmax003: Member; 20 posts; Joined: Dec. 2016; Offline

March 28, 2026 2:02 p.m.

I didn't read the rules intirely when I started, so my spider asset is from turbosquid, but I rig it in apex and I did the animation in houdini, I guess is only for show now so no point in rendering

Edited by maxmax003 - March 28, 2026 14:03:52

Attachments:
Mardini A.png (3.8 MB)
Mardini B.png (2.4 MB)


pamplemousse225: Member; 33 posts; Joined: June 2023; Offline

March 28, 2026 2:19 p.m.

Hello

mardini entry 28

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eduardobieta: Member; 56 posts; Joined: June 2017; Offline

March 28, 2026 3:26 p.m.

Day 28. Crowd.


pirate sheep: Member; 54 posts; Joined: March 2019; Offline

March 28, 2026 5:50 p.m.

Bit of drama on the Paddleboards.

For the pixel style render I used Pixel Plugin for Houdini from Joshua Rizzo.

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SOPS.JPG (204.5 KB)
sops2.JPG (313.3 KB)
beauty.png (162.6 KB)


Wakaema: Member; 31 posts; Joined: Jan. 2026; Offline

March 28, 2026 5:56 p.m.


Sudeep-astrosynth_logs: Member; 32 posts; Joined: Aug. 2020; Online

March 28, 2026 6:33 p.m.

Day 28 Zombie Logo Assembly

I’m still pretty new to crowd simulations, so I decided to keep it simple and fun today. I built an image-driven setup where the zombie horde procedurally forms a shape.
Also, I managed to break the render xD so it's black and white.

Edited by Sudeep-astrosynth_logs - March 29, 2026 06:38:33

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render 1.png (3.5 MB)
hindie_f77ZwcSjft.png (194.9 KB)


LeePetrl: Member; 70 posts; Joined: March 2024; Offline

March 28, 2026 6:36 p.m.

Day28 - Crowd - Wroom wroom toycar crowd in a carpet desert of simple shapes!

Edited by LeePetrl - March 28, 2026 18:37:20

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day028_CROWD_snip.jpg (706.6 KB)
day28_toy_truck.gif (494.8 KB)


chimiart: Member; 32 posts; Joined: March 2018; Offline

March 28, 2026 8:22 p.m.

Day 28!
Against the Flow!

Screenshot

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COPS_Mardini28_Jorge.png (528.5 KB)


Plankti: Member; 72 posts; Joined: March 2023; Offline

March 28, 2026 11:22 p.m.

Not a ususal crowd but crowdy

so played again with MPM

see you in the future mardini folks

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LOP.png (1.3 MB)
SOP.png (706.4 KB)


TomMinor: Member; 133 posts; Joined: April 2018; Offline

March 28, 2026 11:58 p.m.

The horde is coming (and going)

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zombies_crowd_setup.png (761.1 KB)
zombies_solaris_setup.png (2.3 MB)


HYUN_3: Member; 32 posts; Joined: June 2024; Offline

March 28, 2026 11:59 p.m.

Had fun learning some new stuff! Making agents, terrain foot locking, putting vellum on crowd sims... learned a lot and I'm very happy

Edited by HYUN_3 - March 29, 2026 00:00:54

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스크린샷 2026-03-29 090615.png (1.6 MB)


kushaanc: Member; 28 posts; Joined: Feb. 2021; Offline

March 29, 2026 12:23 a.m.

This may be my favourite submission so far

rigged and animated using APEX. It was supposed to be a room full of them but he decided to rebel

Attachments:
oops.gif (11.7 MB)


Andy-Van: Member; 44 posts; Joined: Oct. 2016; Offline

March 30, 2026 3:48 a.m.

Had never used the crowds system before and got way wrapped up in the tutorials figuring it out. Wanna catch up on the last couple days of Mardini so I cut it short before learning how to re-apply textures and waiting for a render, here's an obstacle course flipbook

ignore the hip file name, never got sticky collisions on the arrows to work right

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race_along_curve_sticky_attempt_2.hiplc (2.3 MB)


kuzwk: Member; 26 posts; Joined: Jan. 2022; Offline

March 30, 2026 11:32 p.m.

Day 28 Crowd

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