Creating a Photorealistic Hyena | The Mill | FMX HIVE 2022

The Mill's Tony Atherton talks about how his team brought to life a photoreal hyena using Houdini to groom the character, create muscles and skin, simulate fur using vellum, shot assembly, and lighting tools. Tony Atherton is a FX Supervisor at The Mill London and has been working in the visual effects industry for about 13 years. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:17 - Meet Tony 00:00:42 - The Mill's Design Showreel 00:02:19 - Amazon Hyena 00:04:40 - Grooming 00:09:12 - Muscle Sim 00:20:24 - Fur Sim 00:27:04 - Lighting and Rendering 00:32:09 - Q&A