Fully procedural mineral 02 / Rutilated Quartz

Second project of my mineral studies, rutilated quartz, Done in sidefx Houdini.

Challenge was generating an intricate internal structure that would be seen in the refracted quartz material. Created a bunch of houdini digital asset to help my process and push the level of detail as far as I can...

Rendering so much refraction is very challenging for my laptop though, will try to do more renders later.

Fully Procedural / Rutilated Quartz

Fully Procedural / Rutilated Quartz

Breakdown / Timelapse

Houdini node graph

Houdini node graph

Edge mask for shader

Edge mask for shader

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