I had the great priviledge to contribute some visuals for the global electronic music event "AFTERLIFE". Working closely with creative director Michael Titze I developed an exploding Volcano Artwork that is shown as a backdrop on concerts all over the world. The special challenge was to provide the artwork in a Composition with multiple elements that needed to be loopable so the artwork can be customized for each musical piece and concert venue. Starting with an extensive RND phase we finally arrived at a very dark version of the mountain ridge to provide maximum contrast to the lava simulations. Everything was done using Houdini with a bit of Substance Designer for custom textures and some finishing touches in After Effects.
Title: "AFTERLIFE Concert Visuals"
Role: 3D Artist, VFX Design, RND & Look Development
Production Company: Karmat Music GmbH, Berlin
Creative Direction: Michael Titze
Type: Client Work
Client: Afterlife/Karmat Music
Year: 2024
See the visuals in Action below!

Design Explorations
The task was to provide various looping parts. In this short video you can see some different approches from the development stage. In the end we went for a much darker version. I also created a custom lava material/shader, that could be later animated in After Effects.

