Castle Flag

I  completed this exercise to become more familiar with Houdini's simulations in my VFX Postgraduate course.
The original castle picture (BODIUM CASTLE) was taken by user SATELLITESW.

HOW WAS IT MADE? ✏

Simulating the flag was an interesting challenge, but thanks to the tools I learned in my course, I was able to achieve a realistic result. I used Houdini to create the flag simulation, including wind forces and cloth dynamics. Then inside Maya, rendering using Arnold, I added texture and shading to the flag to make it even more realistic. Finally, I used Nuke to composite the flag and castle into a cohesive shot, as well as adding some camera shake.
In this breakdown video you can check out a little bit of the creation process for the project: