Cinematic Lighting in Houdini

The sci-fi landscape was inspired by the film The Creator. I assembled the scene, some of the objects came from Sketchfab, I animated the ship and I did the smoke lines on Houdini. For the scenes in space, the animation was done by the instructor, and I was responsible for the lighting and compositing.
I was lucky enough to learn about USD (Universal Scene Description) technology: An innovation developed by Pixar to make it easier to share and manipulate complex 3D scenes, cinematic lighting in Houdini, integrating a filmed scene into an entirely 3d set, Sci-Fi landscape creation and compositing in Nuke.

Many thanks again to the trainer for his expertise and passion, and to the whole community for the support! 🙌