https://agrabovskiy.space/tags/volumetric/ Recent content in Volumetric on Anton Grabovskiy https://agrabovskiy.space/images/ava.jpg https://agrabovskiy.space/images/ava.jpg Hugo -- 0.152.2 en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:58:27 +1200 https://agrabovskiy.space/projects/house_of_the_dragon_3/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:58:27 +1200 https://agrabovskiy.space/projects/house_of_the_dragon_3/ <p><img alt="House of the Dragon: Season 3" loading="lazy" src="https://agrabovskiy.space/images/projects/hotd3.jpg"></p> <p><strong><em>House of the Dragon: Season 3</em></strong> continues HBO&rsquo;s epic fantasy series and involves large-scale water, fire, and volumetric effects.</p> <h3 id="my-role-and-responsibilities">My role and responsibilities</h3> <ol> <li><strong>Water simulations:</strong></li> </ol> <ul> <li>Developed a setup for distributed simulation of large-scale shorelines.</li> <li>Supported the artists who used this setup in their shots.</li> </ul> <ol start="2"> <li><strong>Clouds and volumetrics:</strong></li> </ol> <ul> <li>Created a setup for turning low-res cloud templates into detailed clouds at the scale required in frame.</li> <li>Simulated interactions of dragons flying through clouds.</li> <li>Smoke simulations.</li> <li>Dust simulations for dragon interactions with the ground.</li> </ul> <ol start="3"> <li><strong>Fire:</strong></li> </ol> <ul> <li>Participated in the development of the dragon fire setup.</li> <li>Created simulations of dragon fire, burning objects, and smoke for the opening sequence of the second episode.</li> </ul> <ol start="4"> <li><strong>Tools:</strong></li> </ol> <ul> <li>Developed and maintained an asset for flexible control and compensation of extremely fast fire source motion.</li> <li>Developed and maintained an interactive placer for quickly laying out library elements in a scene.</li> </ul> <h3 id="key-skills-developed">Key skills developed</h3> <ul> <li>Gained experience developing and maintaining a complex automated water pipeline used by other artists.</li> <li>Deepened my knowledge of proprietary in-house tools and mastered the fire solver and fire simulation approaches.</li> <li>Managed a large number of tasks under tight deadlines.</li> </ul>