Environment · Lighting · FX

Dalton Love

Environment & FX for film — cinematic worlds built procedurally in Houdini, Solaris & Karma.

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SC. 009 — Monolith Valley

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USD layering · procedural scatter · volumetric fog · Karma lighting

A large-scale sci-fi environment assembled in Houdini Solaris — terrain, vegetation, and architecture layered as USD, with fog passes and Karma lighting holding the uranium cube as the focal point. Drag to reveal the build.

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Selected work

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ENV 009 — Monolith Valley

WK 01

ENV 009 — Monolith Valley

Personal Project · 2026

WK 02

On Patrol — Commercial

REELZ Channel · 2025

WK 03

Houdini Space Explosion

Personal Project · 2024

WK 04

Maiar Hackathon Announcement

Personal Project · 2024

Stills

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Capabilities

Built to ship under deadline

I work where world-building, lighting, look development, and FX overlap — from first references to final comp — keeping shots readable and on-pipeline.

Disciplines

  • Environment
  • Lighting
  • Look development
  • FX simulation
  • Layout
  • Compositing

Tools

  • Houdini
  • Solaris
  • Karma
  • Nuke
  • Renderman
  • Blender

End credits

Open to environment, lighting, and FX roles for film.

Dalton LoveEnvironment · Lighting · FXSan Antonio, TXdalton.lov@outlook.com
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