MARDINI 2022

Daily Art Challenge

SideFX is proud to announce the winners of the MARDINI 2022 Daily Art Challenge where Houdini artists competed for cool prizes by creating a new image or animation everyday during the month of March. Each week had a theme and each day had a Houdini node to help inspire the artwork. 


WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

Week 1 | GEOMETRY NODES

Week 2 | VELLUM NODES

Week 3 | SIDEFX LABS NODES

Week 4 | KINEFX NODES

Week 5 | SOLARIS NODES


WINNERS

 

Category

Winner


   BEST COLLECTION!  



  BEST ARTWORK - IMAGE  

1st PLACE

wolskikrzys | Day 31 | Material Variation


2nd PLACE

joakim-e | Day 2 | Revolve


3rd PLACE

Furuya Takumi | Day 1 | Curve


  BEST ARTWORK - ANIMATION  

1st PLACE

cdordelly | Day 3 | Copy to Points


2nd PLACE

julca | Day 10 | Grains


3rd PLACE

darylatkins | Day 8 | Balloon


   DAILY WINNERS



   IRON HEART


JUDGES: Thanks to Carl Drifter, Chris Rutledge, Matt Estela, Moeen Sayed and Paul Esteves for judging the Best Artwork categories and Chris Hebert, Ben Mears, Rob Stauffer, Luca Pataracchia, Danicka Oglesby, Yolanda Charlo and Robert Magee for judging the daily challenges. Thanks also go to Kim Davidson and Bill Self for breaking any ties that came up along the way! 


FINAL LEADERBOARD | DAY 31

Place 

Artist                      

# Points                   

1

Wolrajh                                 WINNER BEST COLLECTION!  

106

2

wolskikrzys

83

3

ResilientPictureCompany

66

4

mitchellsaunders

56

5

PierreRpn

52

6

Fridgestalker

51

7

brandonmcfarland

49

7

JoshBarlow

49

9

fdroess

43

10

Furuya Takumi

42

11

aloeks

40

11

Felipe Amaya

40

13

cdordelly

38

14

paulcolton

36

15

Hertz_

35

15

Retsushi

35

17

electricalpencil

34

17

KentM

34




DAILY WINNERS

BEST IMAGES

First Place

Second Place

Third Place


wolskikrzys
Day 31 | Material Variation


joakim-e
Day 2 | Revolve


Furuya Takumi
Day 1 | Curve

DAILY IMAGES

DAY 31

MATERIAL VARIATION

SOLARIS

DAY 30

LIGHT MIXER

SOLARIS

DAY 29

BACKGROUND PLATE

SOLARIS

DAY 28

LAYOUT

SOLARIS

DAY 27

RIG MATCH POSE

KINEFX

DAY 26

SECONDARY MOTION

KINEFX

DAY 25

IK CHAINS

KINEFX

DAY 24

FULL BODY IK
KINEFX

DAY 23

SKELETON BLEND
KINEFX

DAY 22

RIG POSE
KINEFX

DAY 21

SKELETON
KINEFX

DAY 20

MESH TILER
SIDEFX LABS

DAY 19

SCI FI PANELS

SIDEFX LABS

DAY 18

CABLE GENERATOR

SIDEFX LABS

DAY 17

LIGHTNING

SIDEFX LABS

DAY 16
TREE TOOLS 

SIDEFX LABS

DAY 15
LOT SUBDIVISION

SIDEFX LABS

DAY 14
BOXCUTTER

SIDEFX LABS

DAY 13
SHAPE MATCH

VELLUM

DAY 12
TET SOFTBODY

VELLUM

DAY 11

FLUID

VELLUM

DAY 10

GRAINS

VELLUM

DAY 9

HAIR

VELLUM

DAY 8

BALLOON

VELLUM

DAY 7

CLOTH

VELLUM

DAY 6
MATCH SIZE

GEOMETRY

DAY 5
TOPOBUILD

GEOMETRY

DAY 4
SWEEP

GEOMETRY

DAY 3
COPY TO POINTS

GEOMETRY

DAY 2
REVOLVE

GEOMETRY

DAY 1
CURVE

GEOMETRY



BEST ANIMATIONS

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

cdordelly
Day 3 | Copy to Points


julca
Day 10 | Grains


darylatkins
Day 8 | Balloon

DAILY ANIMATIONS

DAY 31
MATERIAL VARIATION

SOLARIS

DAY 30
LIGHT MIXER

SOLARIS

DAY 29
BACKGROUND PLATE

SOLARIS

DAY 28
LAYOUT

SOLARIS

DAY 27
RIG MATCH POSE

KINEFX

DAY 26
SECONDARY MOTION

KINEFX

DAY 25
IK CHAINS

KINEFX

DAY 24
FULL BODY IK

KINEFX

DAY 23
SKELETON BLEND

KINEFX

DAY 22
RIG POSE

KINEFX

DAY 21
SKELETON

KINEFX

DAY 20
MESH TILER

SIDEFX LABS

DAY 19
SCI FI PANELS

SIDEFX LABS

DAY 18
CABLE GENERATOR

SIDEFX LABS

DAY 17
LIGHTNING

SIDEFX LABS

DAY 16
TREE TOOLS

SIDEFX LABS

DAY 15
LOT SUBDIVISION

SIDEFX LABS

DAY 14
BOXCUTTER

SIDEFX LABS

DAY 13
SHAPE MATCH

VELLUM

DAY 12
TET SOFTBODY

VELLUM

DAY 11
FLUID

VELLUM

DAY 10
GRAINS

VELLUM

DAY 8
BALLOON

VELLUM

DAY 6
MATCH SIZE

GEOMETRY

DAY 5
TOPOBUILD

GEOMETRY

DAY 4
SWEEP

GEOMETRY

DAY 3
COPY TO POINTS

GEOMETRY

DAY 2
REVOLVE

GEOMETRY

DAY 1
CURVE

GEOMETRY