Mardini 2024

This year, for the first time, I participated in the SideFX event "Mardini2024", an event where daily small challenges are held throughout the month of March, each with a common prompt to interpret.

This year seemed particularly interesting to me because the prompts themselves were specific nodes of the software, providing the opportunity to learn about new or less common nodes and functionalities.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to finish the entire month due to work commitments, but I participated in the first week, and I must say it was an electrifying experience to compete with incredible artists from around the world in a collaborative workshop of style and technical cleverness.

It was also a great opportunity for me to deepen my knowledge of using Karma and to have fun creating an interesting effect in less than 24 hours. Additionally, I was pleased to see that the 'still life' from day 4, for the layout node, was selected as the daily winner. Even though it would have needed much more attention to the rendering part to add that extra touch, but.. you know...

'time eats time' :)

Here, I've only posted the works that I consider most valid; it's only four days, but I hope you like them!

Feedback is welcome!

Cat statue by Warkarma
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/cat-statue-4f32fb314d5246babd75994e5894796e

Mask by Världskulturmuseerna

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/mask-c04fa5efa55149f49fb2e7d09afc6cf6