1911 Procedural Animation
A generic 1911 handgun firing in slow motion. This animation was done procedurally with SideFX Houdini. Compositing was done in After Effects.

In-Depth:
This was my second piece done in SideFX Houdini. All the animation was programmed procedurally through math ( It was not fun ), but the results really make me smile at the end of the day. I wasn't able to throw any evident HDR into the scene, because the rendertimes were ridiculous for the subtle effects ( and it sometimes rendered very dark )

Here's a look at the node structure that created this wonderful piece:

The second time around wasn't as bad, because I learned to organize and color code my nodes accordingly. ( or else the world ends ) The next project will be an extention of this one with particle simulations.

Here's the finished particles simulation for the gun. Complete with muzzle flash, air distortion, shell smoke, muzzle light, and sound effects. Enjoy.