Crystallization

CGI Motion & Look Development by Krisztina Vichnál, CGI & 3D artist in Budapest.

An abstract CGI motion and look development study based on crystal growth. Transparent geometry, refraction and caustic light form the visual system of the project.

Digital Growth

CGI Crystallization is an abstract animation and visual study that uses crystal formation as its subject, exploring how geometric structure and organic growth can coexist in a single CGI system. The project combines procedural modeling with material lookdev to simulate the way real crystals develop: faceted, irregular, and defined by the light that passes through them.

Refraction

Caustic rendering was central to the project, the way light bends through transparent faceted geometry and projects complex patterns on surrounding surfaces. Refraction indices were tuned to different crystal types, and the animation explores how these light patterns shift and change as the crystal structure grows.

Year

2025

Role

Art Direction / CGI / Look Development / Motion

Medium

CGI

Category

Still Life / Product

Artist

Krisztina Vichnál

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