CGI Secrets: Stranger Things Mind Flayer

Get the project files and video tutorial: https://digipiction.gumroad.com/l/pzjhfy

This extensive breakdown takes you behind the scenes of a complex VFX destruction and animation scene heavily inspired by Stranger Things. It features an epic sequence at Starcourt Mall where Eleven and her friends encounter and fight the evil mind flayer.

Just how tricky is it to have a CGI mind flayer tear down a building? We'll find out by recreating the exhilarating moment in which the monster crashes through the ceiling of the Starcourt Mall.

The animation and all footage was created in SideFX Houdini.

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00:00 Intro
00:41 Monster Base Shape
02:10 Monster Detailing
03:04 Monster Teeth
03:31 Monster Shading
04:01 Cheat Code
04:14 Neon Signs
05:23 Destruction Simulation
06:14 Rigging and Animation
07:29 Monster Refinement
08:00 Destruction Tweaks
08:43 Extra Detail
09:18 Final Shot