Zak Katara

zakkatara

About Me

Biomedical Animator - Lead Houdini Artist at Hybrid Medical Animation Instagram: @zakkatara
EXPERTISE
Generalist
INDUSTRY
Advertising / Motion Graphics

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LOCATION
Minneapolis, United States

Houdini Skills

ADVANCED
Procedural Modeling  | Solaris  | Lighting  | PDG
INTERMEDIATE
Environments  | Digital Assets  | Motion Editing  | Animation  | Hair & Fur  | Cloth  | Crowds  | Karma  | Pyro FX  | Fluids  | Destruction FX  | VEX  | Python
BEGINNER
Character Rigging

Availability

I am currently employed at Hybrid Medical Animation

Recent Forum Posts

Day 31 | Refract | Image March 31, 2026, 11:19 p.m.

Final Day - Refract

Hope you like it. I'll miss seeing all the great submissions. See you all next year!

Day 30 | Motion Blur | Image March 30, 2026, 10:26 p.m.

Day 30 - Motion Blur

Very abstract today. Curl noise and volume trail for this one - I just moved the camera around the structure until I found a cool spot - hope you like it!

Last day tomorrow already! Hard to believe

Day 29 | Volumetric | Image March 29, 2026, 11:46 p.m.

Day 29 - Volumetric

Some volume advected particles today