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The Work
Explosions, oceans, creatures, machines and whole galaxies – a look inside two decades of simulations, renders and concepts. Click any image to dive in and find out what it is, where it comes from and how it can work in your production.
Enter the archiveThe Demoreel
Two decades of explosions, oceans, destruction and creatures – compressed into a few minutes. Turn the sound up.
What you see in the reel
- 0:06Gnomon Creature Fluids CoursePersonalHoudiniKarmaSim · Render · Comp▶
- 0:16Robot Ocean EmergePersonalHoudiniRedshiftSim · Render · Comp▶
- 0:26The Man Who Fell to EarthTV seriesHoudiniGalaxy sim setup▶
- 0:34The Sun of the EmpireStar Wars fan filmHoudiniSim · Rendering · Comp▶
- 0:43Under NDAClient workHoudiniMantraSim · Render · Comp▶
- 1:00Ground DestructionPersonalHoudiniSim · Render · Comp▶
- 1:08First ContactShort filmHoudiniNukeSupervision · Render · Comp▶
- 1:27The Spiegel AffairTV film3ds MaxFumeFXSim · Comp▶
- 1:37The Sun of the Empire – Force FXStar Wars fan filmHoudiniAfter EffectsSim · Render · Comp▶
- 1:471983SeriesHoudiniKarmaAfter EffectsSetup · Render · Comp▶
- 1:57Roisin El CherifClient workHoudiniNukeSetup · Render · Comp▶
- 2:23Ships of AtlantisPersonalHoudiniMantraSim · Render · Comp▶
- 2:31Car Crystal GrowPersonalHoudiniRedshiftSim · Render · Comp▶
- 2:41Valley River – Big Scale FluidsR&DHoudiniMantraSim · Render · Comp▶
- 2:51The Sun of the Empire – BreakdownStar Wars fan filmHoudiniMantraSim · Render · Comp▶
- 3:13Ocean Fluids FXR&DHoudiniMantraSim · Render · Comp▶
- 3:26MPM SolverR&DHoudiniKarmaSim · Render · Comp▶
- 3:53Under NDA – BreakdownClient workHoudiniKarmaSim · Render · Comp▶
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Six worlds
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Filmography
Credits on screen
Feature films, series, games and shorts Maik Donath has worked on as VFX artist, FX artist and VFX supervisor – as listed on IMDb.
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