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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Next Friday (9th), I will be performing live visuals for NZO at No Bounds festival opening night (Sheffield), I've spent many many hours working on a new setup in TiXL specifically developed for her live set, I really recommend you try and come, if only just to see Max Cooper also play after

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blackle mori @blackle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I just wrote a paranormal story in the form of a fictional forum thread! A young woman discovers a video captured from inside a recurring dream. Read here: suricrasia.online/unfiction/sp...

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

this is a live audiovisual setup I made recently, its made using TiXL, sync over custom OSC messages from Tidal Cycles where I'm live coding the audio

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jb @jbakergraphics.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

new pathtracer, messing with delta tracking for volumetrics

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kruger @kruger.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Hello,i am looking for new job opportunities in gamedev as a concept artist, also open for commissions! i can draw vehicles, weapons, spaceships, environments, etc. You can check my portfolio in my Bio and DM me here or via: valahor@gmail.com for more info Reposts are most welcome!

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jb @jbakergraphics.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

$Pathtraced fractal renderings from Daedalus$

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This is the most detailed 3D rendering of a eukaryotic cell to date, obtained using X-ray, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and cryo-electron microscopy datasets. 🔬🧪

3D rendering of a eukaryotic cell obtained using X-ray, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and cryo-electron microscopy datasets.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 26/04/2026

🔭 Mystic Mountain Monster being Destroyed Image Credit: Hubble, NASA, ESA; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt ap260426

The featured image shows a large pillar of dust and
gas in the Carina Nebula. The pillar has many humps and
several jets.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

This tool from NASA uses fractions of the earths surface, taken by satellite, to spell out your name. science.nasa.gov/mission/land... This one says Bluesky

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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

EVERYBODY STAY CALM! we have realtime area lights in godot, I REPEAT, AREA LIGHTS IN GODOT, this is not a drill 🚨 🗣️

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Happy to share this short music video I've been working on. The entire thing is made using only signed distance functions in #TiXL, please check it out, been working on it on and off for a few months now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiMx... #shorts #music #musicvideo #animation

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Ivernal - La Halle Condamnée

YouTube video by Nik Nenov

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Modus Interactive @modusinteractive.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Obsessed with these (Bryce?) renders from Total Annihilation

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MOPs @motionoperators.com · 29/01/2026

My MOPs course on Houdini.School is now free! If you want a start to finish course on how (almost) everything works, plus the math background, you can watch it all here: www.houdini.school/courses/mops...

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MOPs: Motion Operators for Houdini

This course provides an overview of the MOPs workflow and how it integrates with the rest of Houdini, shows concrete examples of how MOPs can be used in both motion graphics and visual effects workflo...

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nnenov @nnenov.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/01/2026

im very satisfied, will try messing with different material IDs tomorrow maybe

rule 73 elementary cellular automata pattern which has been extruded by various amounts based on shape uniqueness, rendered with narrow fov at near isometric angle using realistic path tracing

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damarberlari.bsky.social @damarberlari.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

the 2nd part of my dithering visual article is finally out! 🔗 visualrambling.space/dithering-pa... this one mainly explores the threshold map and how it generates those unique visual patterns hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed making it! made with #threejs & #animejs

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Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com · 05/01/2026

Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum (Okimu) in Naha, Okinawa, Japan by Ishimoto and Niki Architects (1975) r/brutalism

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Just discovering this today, been meaning to check out Composers Desktop Project, this makes it look soo much more accessible, cant wait to dive in.

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I will be VJing at one more event next sunday, the Pattern Club christmas party at Sidney and Matilda, im gonna keep the momentum going on my setup and add some new scenes and work on it some more in general #sheffield #alpaca #patternclubhttps://www.tickettailor.com/events/patternclub/1952979

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Buy tickets – Pattern Club Christmas Party

Pattern Club Christmas Party, Sun 14 Dec 2025 - ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ We have had a really nice year doing pattern club events, from workshops and the Winter school, to algoraves and the Alpaca fe...

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anosci @anosci.net · 04/12/2025

i made some blank vhs cover inspired animations + jingles :D

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animations for blank vhs covers

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

this week after work I have been mostly frantically trying to prepare a new VJ setup in #TiXL for this friday's #sheffield #EMOM (electronic music open mic), im not sure how im going to fill 6+ hours lol, its a chill event so im not too worried, but its still 6 hours..

$a vast twisted and warped cube-like fractal landscape in metallic black and white$

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

my first code contribution to #TiXL, @newemka.bsky.social for guiding me through the implementation and PR process, it feels so good to contribute and be part of the team!

A github screenshot showing approval of my pull request to contribute a spatial displacement node with example useag to the main branch

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

pixtur showed me how the SDF shader nodes work under the hood in C#, so thanks to him I was able to make my own custom SDF spatial distortion effect by sampling simplex noise with xyz offsets, the stairs in my scene look so much better now #tixl

a dark grainy gothic looking scene, the view is just above a warped stairway with columns to the right and distorted fibrous surfaces to the left, the stairway leads to a dark opening in the fibrous structure

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

houdini tip: Did you know you can set specific sops how they are displayed in the opengl viewport? Or you can use the 'Visualize Properties' SOP and set it there, it will carry over in OBJ level #houdini #tip

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

its going to be a short music video, im almost done blocking out the cameras for the first pass

a vast scene of pillars enshrouded in fibrous abstract structures highly contrasted dark and grainy

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

seamless looping little flame spritesheet I made in TiXL for my SDF scene

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

The Triomphal Arch of Titus in Rome By : Franz Von Lenbach (1836-1904) German Painter #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

the merge packed node will automatically assign names to each merged packed prim based on its node name in the network view #houdini #tip

houdini viewport showing HUD panels of different nodes being merged into the merge packed node

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Curzon Film @film.curzon.com · 17/10/2025

This is your chance to watch the all-time classic ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST on the big screen in a new 4K restoration. Milos Forman's dramedy won five Academy Awards in 1976, including Best Picture. Now showing in select cinemas across the UK and Ireland.

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

More messing with SDFs with #tixl

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Quint Buchholz (German Artist, born 1957) "The Cat's Assembly", 1995. Ink, Pen on Paper, 21.5 × 13.5 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Dendritic sort of setup I started messing with, inspired after the TiXL meetup on discord last night

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Was messing about a bit today with this node in TiXL, MoveToSDFsurface, which i can adjust to be relative to individual point scale, the result technique is really cool, excited to mess with it further

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Eyvind Earle (American, 1916–2000) "Grazing in Peace", 1970. Serigraph on Paper, 55.6 × 69.2 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyAr

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

NIGHTMARE IN RED (1981) Acrylic Over Pastels - 25 ½” x 20” Tales from the Nightside is a collection of macabre stories by Charles L. Grant. I accepted a commission to do the cover art in the gloomy winter of 1980-81. 1/4

Angled view down on a horror montage set upon a red tinted, textured skull topped by a trio of rose blooms. Low in the immediate foreground one orbital reflects the glint of light on an eyeball. Nested low on the forehead a bat opens its maw wide in a scream. Set to the side is a tile with the number 3 and a creeping spider. Opposite rests a small stack of coins, the topmost decorated with a triangle. Smoke wafts out of a crack at the top back of the skull while tendrils of roots grow off the opposite side.

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

My submission to this year's minute MAPP Festival: It was my first time animating for video/laser projector and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Also, my friend Simon Girard did an incredible job on the sound design www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wybf... #houdini #projection #mapping #3D #lazers

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Intersection [ subission for MAPP Festival 2025 ]

This was a quick but fun 1 minute animation I created for the Minute MAPP 2025 festival in Montreal this year. It was my first time designing content for video/laser projector and I'm really happy…

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

some late night messing with TiXL, im trying out the new SDF mesh fragment field feature with a bunch of fun render comp tricks with some different render targets and re-use camera youtu.be/-OS_HSJPu0k #tixl #tooll #realtime #3D #fvx #animation

a fragmented mesh obscured inside glassy abstract globules

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jb @jbakergraphics.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

very successful porting this for pathtracing usage in Daedalus, neat to be able to look at these patterns with so many spheres

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 09/09/2025

🔭 Up from the Earth: Gigantic Jet Lightning Image Credit: NASA, Expedition 73, Nicole Ayers apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25090...

An image of Earth from space shows an unusual multi-colored jet in the middle of the frame. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Nik @nnnenov.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

@simonfarussell.bsky.social just had this exact same experience, saved me a bunch of time thanks to this ancient forum post hehe www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/...

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Sprite Rendering in Mantra | Forums | SideFX

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Mr. P. Explores @mrpexplores.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The sad remnants of a once grand and massive high school, now abandoned and decaying, in St. Louis, Missouri. It never ceases to amaze me how much detail and effort we once put into our public education, both in richness of curriculum and architecture... #abandoned #urbex #EastCoastKin #photography

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