Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to art-direct a liquid pouring into a helix-style pattern inside a container like the images shown in Pic1-3. I would like to make the thick liquid pouring look realistic using simulations if possible and have the liquid be viscous and like a creamy texture consistency so that when it is poured into the container, it would be "melting" into itself like the photos shown. Additionally, I am also trying to figure out how they got the rectangular object to "scrape" the excess liquid at the top to make a clean-cut surface at the end (See pic4).

https://imgur.com/v4del0y
https://imgur.com/wobEUUw
https://imgur.com/MgBiWXh
https://imgur.com/DJrW4q4

Also found another reference photo of a 'liquid scrape':
https://imgur.com/5YA8M2t

Thank you,
-Mia

@Dr-Sassi Thanks for the additional tips. I managed to reduce the spline points down using your technique and after applying the volume builder + and changing SDF smooth to about 90% strength, I got smoother lines!

I made some materials with a texture node that includes the pattern references I generated earlier in order to do a Camera Mapping Projection of the pattern for easier tracing (though I did have to whip out the pen tablet to draw them by hand).

Thanks for all the help! Feel free to mark the thread answered.

@Dr-Sassi Thank you for your helpful tips Dr. Sassi.

I gave option #1 a try yesterday but found that it was difficult to achieve 'clean-looking' splines with the Spline drawing tool in Sketch.

Since there was a lack of reference images on Google of the shoe, I had an idea to use GPT to generate some references of the shoe pattern with clean lines.

I'd like to hear more about your tips on using the Surface Deformer to set up a frame that defines a specific space and drawing it from a flat frame to project a pattern. I do have access to Adobe Illustrator to make the pattern myself from these generated references.

Hello,

Can anyone provide some help/pointers on how you would model an object like this?

Any tips are appreciated!

Thank you,
-Mia