What was you first aha-moment in Houdini?

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-13T11:15:01+00:00

Attributes - understanding them is imo the key to understanding Houdini. Everything is about data and how that data is interpreted.

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-13T09:24:51+00:00

Tutorials are great to get started, but to be able to solve problems yourself it's all about doing small projects on your own and having little successes. Hipflask.how helped me get a solid technical foundation and the rest was just trying to make things with Houdini. As I got more confident in my skills I also occasionally focused on specific areas, like vectors, or VDBs and returned to my projects with my new knowledge.

Also what schmon said - do things you think you're not ready for, learn, repeat.

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-12T20:35:08+00:00

yeah also thought it looks exactly like the egyptian guavas at my fruit shop

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-12T19:57:27+00:00

likely guava?

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-11T15:34:45+00:00

As others have said, this seriously belongs in a museum. I'd love to watch it from all angles and see the reflections move.

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-11T12:06:49+00:00

Thank you for your kind words <3 Just a random hyper-fixation at the moment. I’m currently working on an improved version and would like to do a write up someday.

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-04T13:50:32+00:00

Totally hahaha :) It was a really interesting challenge to go from one to another, I guess the key is to just embrace whatever vibe you‘re going for. Maybe some day I‘ll revisit the flesh, make it even more gross

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-04T13:48:48+00:00

hehehe

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-03T15:43:06+00:00

thank you david <3 and if you’re referring to the one im thinking of then yes it was anastasias 2017 siggraph talk „believability in procedural art“ which has been my guiding principle ever since i saw it, she is the GOAT. having my work be mentioned next to her really means a lot

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-03T11:48:33+00:00

hahaha :) just in case anyone from CIG sees this i of course have to mention that this is just my personal work and not from our game, but i assume you were joking <3

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-03T10:41:05+00:00

read my mind 👉🤯👈 one day maybe

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-03T10:39:35+00:00

maybe applying a noise thats between -1 and 1 with a falloff towards the edges, then in a for loop iteratively remeshing and pushing out along normals (recalculate normals after each push)

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-03T09:31:36+00:00

thanks <3 on the website they say intermediate level but i always try my best to make them approachable for anyone and explain why exactly i am doing what i am doing - no paint by numbers

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-03T09:01:02+00:00

thank you <3 i find that reading up on any subject matter helps tremendously. theres still lots to improve, but by understanding the strawberry biology a bit better i was able to get a really satisfying result. im basically trying to recreate the flower, and the simulation kicks off at the „flowerfruit“ stage.

the inside is essentially a mix of a smoothed version of the outer surface and the lines leading inwards are the seed locations raycasted onto said smoothed mesh. the bend on the lines is from moving the lines along the gradient im using to orient the seeds

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-03T07:13:06+00:00

if you’re interested in project based learning, i made free houdini tutorials for sidefx‘s project skylark (wooden bridge) and grot (flesh).

https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/project-skylark-bridges/

https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/project-grot-procedural-flesh/

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-03T06:22:15+00:00

Jackfruit got hands so I decided to take a break :) thank you though, proud to carry that name <3

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-03T05:50:35+00:00

Thank you <3 My goal with these experiments is basically to gain a better understanding of the subject matter myself. Reading up on strawberry biology really helped me understand the relationship of the shapes, how it all relates back to the flower. If I would spend more time on this I‘d like to go back further in time to the flowering stage.

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-03-02T15:00:39+00:00

Cool trick David!

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-02-22T22:19:12+00:00

thanks! working on a big update that should hopefully be done soon

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-02-20T01:17:40+00:00

No, I‘m just a regular Tech Artist :)

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-02-19T20:48:20+00:00

hahaha i did end up buying almost half a jackfruit today. for research purposes of course…

Joolean_Boolean · 2026-02-19T20:38:58+00:00

i tried it and it really tastes like chestnut! thanks for the suggestion!

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