For the destruction of Hawaii sequence (5 shots) I used Maya for Look-dev, lighting, and matte-painting camera projections of the Waikiki skyline, then fluids and dynamics for adding smoke, lava, and water splashes to destroy the city.
VFX Lighting TD – Robot Programmer
Look Development – Lighting – HDR Pano photography – Maya – Nuke – Robots
Just wanted to say that the destruction of Waikiki was Fantastic! Way too short on film, but was definently one of the highlights of the Special effects from this very cool movie. Great Work!