“I’m the Butterfly Wrangler!”
During my most involved season, I developed a scalable butterfly swarm system capable of handling millions of butterflies. Using custom Thinking Particles tools, I created artist-controlled behaviors including sitting, takeoff, flight, landing, and collision handling while allowing precise control over on-screen density. The simulations were then processed through Frost, where animation timing and mesh selection were driven by linear indexing from the original particle simulation, maximizing visual variety and rendering efficiency.