So, this asteroid hits the earth, yeah… and, hmmm, the earth cracks open and there’s all this lava and glowing mantle and stuff, yeah… and then, well, from the asteroid - which has obviously disintegrated because its not there - these alien sort of tentacles come out and, start spreading… hmm, just like loads and loads of sci-fi films. Hmm. Or Something?
Just messing around with Gaea, Blender and Geometry Nodes (shortest path - love this - and although this is a first stab - and quite a simple use case for the node - I think it can be quite effective.). I don’t know if this will turn into something. I doubt it 'cos not sure where to go with it. But I enjoyed learning something new while making it, so thought I’d share it anyway. Why not?
Top one is a kind of semi-stylised illustrative/drawn/painterly/style. Bottom straight out of the compositor (with some volumetric atmosphere, mist and probably too much fog glow).
Edit 1: Pew pew pew.
Edit 2: Cinemascope!