Houdini - custom startup scene

Unlike C4D, Houdini doesn't have built in tool to create custom startup scene. So, I desided to deal with that! I believe that there are more options how to make that a lot more flexible. But my is following: 1) I created .hip project with scene preset 2) Then added new shelf tool with simple python script inside

PATH = r"//.hip file path"
hou.hipFile.merge(PATH, node_pattern="*", overwrite_on_conflict=False, ignore_load_warnings=False)

And voilà – now I can import my custom scene inside current project

Journey to Midjourney

So, I finally tried midjourney by myself.

In trial mode, but it has almost no difference in experience. Except that you need to type your prompts in public chat with a lot of other people.

Primarily, I was generating some concepts for cover of upcoming ukrainian jazz compilation, that my friends made. Will write about that a little bit later ;)

Here's what I got

*Also I made one test of cover with typography that I put above

Space Invenders in Brussels

Suddenly, during a city walk we decided to visit MIMA museum. And discovered Space Invaders exebition inside. That impressed me so much, that I even made some silly photos of artworks there.

I was following these guys during last few years. And during last year more intencevely. Always felt exited finding some of their mosaics in Paris. I even had one near my appartment in Kyiv, but with a very big question mark of its originality. In general exebition was funny. All artworks were made from cube-rubik toys in artists recognizable style, mimic pop cultural images. Enjoy photos and have fun today!