Finding hank: or how to sim an octopus.

The grumpy septapus Hank from Finding Dory presented our teams with a huge challenge. His charm immediately insured he would receive plenty of screen time, and his complexity meant we would need a host of techniques to bring him to the screen. Building on an already complex animation rig, the simulation team was tasked with adding flesh and skin simulation effects as well as tackling the serious challenge of Hank's suckers and Mantle behavior.