Simple virtual pyrotechnics for celebrating the start of the new year, mostly just for fun (and for learning more about physics calculations, particle systems etc.).
This project was actually started last year already, but it didn't finish in time. The versions from back then were actually pretty terrible to be honest. This is far from perfect either, but I just thought that it would be fun to do it this time, especially as I've not been publishing much other 3D content either lately. "Hyvää Uutta Vuotta" is Finnish, and it simply means "Wishing A Good New Year" (basically the same as "Happy New Year").
Video rendered in Blender 2.79 (originally in 1280x720 format) using Cycles and denoising, audio track produced in Whisper.
Happy New Year 2018