Sunday, January 5th, 2025Posted by Jim ThackerTutorial: Creating a Swamp & Mud Monster in Houdinihtml PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"The Gnomon Workshop has released Creating a Swamp & Mud Monster in Houdini, a beginner-friendly guide to the procedural 3D software recorded by VFX artist David Silberbauer.The workshop provides over five and a half hours of video training, and is suitable for both beginners and intermediate-level artists.Create a CG shot of a mud monster emerging from a swamp entirely in HoudiniIn the workshop, Silberbauer reveals how to use Houdini a staple of FX pipelines in film, animation and games to create a monster emerging from a swamp, dripping with mud.The entire scene a full CG environment with a 3D creature, animation, effects and lighting is created using a semi-procedural set-up in Houdini: no other software is required.Silberbauer begins by setting up an animation and modifying it using simple and efficient tools like Point Deform and TimeShift.He then reveals how to set up a basic heightfield for the environment, and how to create the mud simulation using the new MPM Solver introduced in Houdini 20.5.Since the MPM Solver can be very resource-expensive, Silberbauer discusses what is best at, and when it should be used in production.As well as the MPM Solver, the workshop covers the basics of Houdinis FLIP fluid simulation toolset, including fluid meshing.Silberbauer also demonstrates efficient workflows for building environments using heightfields, including how to scatter vegetation, before assembling the scene as a USD asset, and demonstrating basic lighting and rendering techniques to create a final CG shot.Viewers of the workshop can download the Houdini project file for the mud monster.About the artistDavid Silberbauer is a VFX artist at animation facility Sunrise Animation Studios.He previously worked at VFX studio BlackGinger on movies including Monster Hunter, Deep Blue Sea 2 and 3, Black Beauty and Escape Room, as well as commercials and cinematics.Pricing and availabilityCreating a Swamp & Mud Monster in Houdini is available via a subscription to The Gnomon Workshop, which provides access to over 300 tutorials.Subscriptions cost $57/month or $519/year. Free trials are available.Read more about Creating a Swamp & Mud Monster in HoudiniHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.Full disclosure: CG Channel is owned by Gnomon.Latest NewsTutorial: Creating a Swamp & Mud Monster in HoudiniCreate a creature, environment and FX simulation entirely in Houdini with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly new tutorial.Sunday, January 5th, 2025Celsys unveils Clip Studio Paint 4Check out the new features in the digital painting software for comics, illustrations and concept art, including updates to the 3D toolset.Friday, January 3rd, 2025Get 95 free modular village assets for Unreal EngineGet Scale XYZ's Pirate Stilt Village Island Modular Pack of 3D buildings, props and trees for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace.Thursday, January 2nd, 2025The Pixel Farm releases PFTrack 24.12.19Update to the match-moving software 'completely overhauls' the scene-reconstruction toolset. Check out its new AI-powered features.Monday, December 30th, 2024Get unusual iOS digital painting app Flame Painter for freeFull version of Escape Motions' iPad and iPhone app for painting images using particle brushes is now free, as is mandala-creation app Inspirit.Saturday, December 28th, 2024Faceform releases Wrap 2024.11 and Wrap4D 2024.11Check out the new features in the topology transfer tools for creating digital doubles and blendshapes from 3D scans of actors.Friday, December 27th, 2024More NewsDreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 1.7Sparseal releases Uniform 1.3Happy holidays to all CG Channel readers!Tutorial: Introduction to Marvelous DesignerBlack Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artistsRandomControl releases Maverick Indie and Maverick Studio 2024Pilgway releases 3DCoat 2024.30Terragen Sky now lets you paint clouds into the sky directlyPlanetside Software releases Terragen 4.8Photoshop users can now create filters in Substance 3D DesignerPixar releases RenderMan 26.3Create game characters with CC Auto Setup for 3ds Max and V-RayOlder Posts