Here's a tidbit from the Term 2 students at CG Masters in New Westminster. 8 students had 15 weeks to recreate 54 shots from scratch. All fx, shading, lighting, rendering done using Houdini/Mantra/HQueue.

http://youtu.be/i0KGs7icPXA [youtu.be]

Really good.

Thanks chevita. Here's the finished piece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSLqz11wSV8 [youtube.com]