https://k-kaitezidis.com/ 2026-04-25 monthly 1.0 https://k-kaitezidis.com/portrait.png Kyriakos Kaitezidis — Senior FX Artist Senior FX Artist working in Houdini, Solaris, and Karma XPU. Six years of large-scale destruction, fluid, and pyro simulations for film, television, and commercials. https://k-kaitezidis.com/work/dune-explosion-poster.webp Dune Explosion — FX study Procedural rocket-trail system auto-detonating on heightfield terrain. Houdini, Solaris, Karma XPU, Axiom Solver. https://k-kaitezidis.com/work/godzilla-rise-poster.webp Godzilla Rise — hero ocean breach FLIP surface with curvature and velocity-driven whitewater for tight foam control around the silhouette. https://k-kaitezidis.com/work/white-chocolate-poster.webp White Chocolate — food and liquid lookdev FLIP white chocolate flowing over fractured chocolate chunks. Studio R&D lookdev brief in Solaris with Karma XPU. https://k-kaitezidis.com/work/nyx-poster.webp Atmospheric Environment Creation Personal environment study with procedural shaders, scatter, fog, and background terrain in Solaris with Karma XPU. https://k-kaitezidis.com/work/dune-explosion-poster.webp Dune Explosion — Personal FX Study Personal FX study inspired by the destruction sequences in Dune. A procedural rocket-trail system auto-detonates each missile on contact with a heightfield terrain — Axiom-driven pyro plays out in Solaris without hand-keyed triggers, rendered on GPU with Karma XPU. Sole artist, 3–5 day turnaround. https://k-kaitezidis.com/work/dune-explosion.mp4 yes no no 2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 Houdini Solaris Karma XPU Axiom Solver Pyro https://k-kaitezidis.com/work/godzilla-rise-poster.webp Godzilla Rise — FLIP Hero Shot Hero shot of Godzilla breaching open ocean for a freelance client. FLIP surface with a custom whitewater spawn driven by curvature and velocity for tighter foam control around the silhouette. Built in Solaris and rendered on GPU with Karma XPU. https://k-kaitezidis.com/work/godzilla-rise.mp4 yes no no 2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 Houdini Solaris Karma XPU FLIP Whitewater https://k-kaitezidis.com/work/white-chocolate-poster.webp White Chocolate — Studio R&D Lookdev Studio R&D brief on food and small-scale liquid lookdev. Fractured a chocolate bar with break patterns matched to how real chocolate snaps, then hand-placed the milk chocolate chunks to shape the white chocolate flow. FLIP sim inside Solaris, rendered on GPU with Karma XPU. https://k-kaitezidis.com/work/white-chocolate.mp4 yes no no 2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 Houdini Solaris Karma XPU FLIP Lookdev https://k-kaitezidis.com/work/nyx-poster.webp Atmospheric Environment Creation Personal environment study rebuilt from memory. Extended with procedural shaders, procedural scatter, fog, background trees and a rocky horizon — all in Solaris, rendered on GPU with Karma XPU. https://k-kaitezidis.com/work/nyx.mp4 yes no no 2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 Houdini Solaris Karma XPU Volumetrics Procedural Scatter