Pot Plant Work In Progess

A quick update I've been do some basic poly modelling following the Pot Plant tutorial (See the link in past post)

Here is a quick screen grab, as a long time 3DS Max user (10 years +) the change is a bit strange at first but I think I've started looking at the node tree for poly modelling as some where between the Stack and an infinite history. I'm not sure yet if I could make the move over to using just Houdini and from all the blogs and industry posts I read maybe I will take another journey into Maya.

Keep watching this space !

Tutorials to do in January

I've been taking a look at the list of tutorials that I have to go through and the vast wealth of free online tutorials. So with that in mind I'm looking at the the first few that I will be doing, not sure of the order yet but here are the ones I'm going to start with in January.


Adrian Lazar's Counting Frame, as it looks to cover a whole range of topics and basics of Houdini

http://vimeo.com/36617637

and then maybe the Plant Pot too.

http://vimeo.com/35814258

There looks to a few other good ones there, so I'm sure I'll go back to those later on.

Then a few from the sidefx site, starting with Flip fluids and Pyro

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1875&Itemid=262

Intro to Pyro

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1874&Itemid=262

Learning Pyro

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1524&Itemid=262

and Pyro FX Volcano

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2209&Itemid=262

Should see me through January and into February

Procedural Lighting Field

This is one of the frames from the tutorial I have just finished, CG-Masters, procedural lighting field. I the render settings need changing for the finished version but gives you an idea of what the final video will look like.

Notes on the Plan

I few points to note, firstly I do have some knowledge of Houdini already I'm not starting this as a complete novice, I used it for a large part of my final year project at Teesside University. The basic UI, node functions and some basic expressions I already know. So if your following along and I appear to be jumping ahead that is the reason why.

Secondly due to starting this in the new year and with all the xmas things going on, I have already started the first tutorial and may well get on the the second one before the year has started, OK that's cheating I hear you say but hey this is may plan and I can mess around with it if I choose, I also think that some of the later projects may take me more than a week so starting a little early I'm giving myself a kick start for the harder times ahead. 

It All Begins Here!

This is the start of my new blog that will cover a year starting January 1st 2013. It will be as a record for me and hopefully you too, following the process of learning Sidefx Houdini in-depth. The main aim will be to start and complete one tutorial or mini project per week for the whole year. I plan to start around the middle of the year doing the mini projects in such a way that as the year comes to an end there will be added together to make a full portfolio worthy piece.

I hope you follow me and maybe join the journey too if your learning Houdini.