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Differential Growth
sop Differential Growth

Implementation of Differential Growth algorithm using Vellum and SOP Solver. Based on Junichiro Horikawa tutorial Differential Growth with Vellum Part 1

Nov 30, 2025 · 20.5.584 · vellum · by kif
algorithms growth plants organic biology bio
Unfurling Flower Pod
sop Unfurling Flower Pod

Building up from the unfurling stem example, this snippet assembles the stems into a flower pod. The animation includes a rig attribute wrangle as the main control, and a kinefx secondary motion for extra livity.

Nov 08, 2025 · 20.5.584 · animation · by snay
kinefx plant organic unfurling secondary motion kkfrag
Simple Petal
sop Simple Petal

A few nodes to create a basic petal shape, with common masks, deformation, and UVs. This should provide a good base layer of detail to feed into a vellum simulation.

Nov 05, 2025 · 20.5.584 · geometry · by snay
flower kkfrag plant nature organic
Unfurling Stem
sop Unfurling Stem

Create a plant like unfurling animation by converting a line to a KineFX rig and applying a compounding rotation.

Nov 05, 2025 · 20.5.584 · animation · by snay
nature organic plants kinefx rig stem kkfrag