Stylized Experiments (Inktober 2024)

In 2024, I attempted the "Inktober" challenge, with my own cg twist! Inktober is typically a month long challenge where artists create ink drawings for daily prompts, but I decided to try and create procedural animations in Houdini instead!

My biggest goals were to explore unique styles and novel techniques in each animation. Artistically, I was invested in pushing myself creatively and improving my ability to hit different looks. On the technical side, I wanted to expand my knowledge of different techniques so I can continually improve my pipeline and not be reliant on the same bag of tricks.

I ended up creating the following 31 animations over the course of about 4 months. With the exception of the occasional paper or canvas background texture, I created everything in these animations from scratch. I'm very proud of the final collection, and I learned so much about stylization, proceduralism, and the entire cg pipeline throughout the process. 

The carousels to the right contains gifs of all 31 animations, and the full resolution videos for all of them are below. 

I'm also currently working on creating breakdowns for each animation, and I'll add links to the breakdowns below as I complete them. 

Inktober Animations 1-15

Inktober Animations 16-31

Inktober_01_Backpack_v02.mov
Inktober_02_Discover_v02.mov
Inktober_03_Boots_v03.mov
Inktober_04_Exotic_v02.mov
Inktober_05_Binoculars_v03.mov
Inktober_06_Trek_v01.mov
Inktober_07_Passport_v02.mov
Inktober_08_Hike_v02.mov
Inktober_09_Sun_v01.mov
Inktober_10_Nomadic_v02.mov
Inktober_11_Snacks_v02.mov
Inktober_12_Remote_v03.mov
Inktober_13_Horizon_v02.mov
Inktober_14_Roam_v03.mov
Inktober_15_Guidebook_v01.mov
Inktober_16_Grungy_v02.mov
Inktober_17_Journal_v04.mov
Inktober_18_Drive_v01.mov
Inktober_19_Ridge_v01.mov
Inktober_20_Uncharted_v02.mov
Inktober_21_Rhinoceros_v02.mov
Inktober_22_Camp_v04.mov
Inktober_23_Rust_v03.mov
Inktober_24_Expedition_v01.mov
Inktober_25_Scarecrow_v02.mov
Inktober_26_Camera_v02.mov
Inktober_27_Road_v04.mov
Inktober_28_Jumbo_v01.mov
Inktober_29_Navigator_v02.mov
Inktober_30_Violin_v02.mov
Inktober_31_Landmark_v01.mov