Simon Verstraete shared a beginner-friendly tutorial on how to generate procedural crystals in Houdini covering the base shape, different kinds of noises, the mountain node, and masks.

The first part of our talk with Adolfo Reveron explains what proceduralism is and how it can be used to optimize production. 

The second part of our talk with Adolfo Reveron explains how you can build environments procedurally with Houdini and UE4. 

0:49 - PART 1.1 : PUMPKIN MODEL (pointvop + Skin sop )
19:30  - PART 1.2 : PUMPKIN STEM MODEL (Sweep sop)
25:39 - PART 1.3 : CARVE THAT PUMPKIN ! (Labs Trace psd + Ray sop)
40:25 - PART 1.4 : LAST DETAILS
49:43 - PART 1.5 : SHADING ATTRIBUTES & CLEANING


Hi there,

You've been a lot to ask for beginner friendly tutorials about Houdini... I figured it's October, let's make pumpkins !

So in this "Pumpkin Hell" tutorial I am finally taking the time to talk more in detail about procedural modeling .. I usually try to explain my thoughts process as much as I can, but going slower and deeper this time so hopefully should help if you are still fairly new with Houdini procedural.

But don't get desperate if you can't totally grasp everything yet...  there's a reason it's called "pumpkin hell" . A lot of information in one hour and I still picked a pretty challenging topic for beginner... So let me know if you have any questions I'll try to answer.

Carving pattern used for this tutorials can be downloaded on : ht…

Workshop on creating your own PyPanel HDA’s and quality of life tips and tricks.

Thomas Tobin is a Procedural Tools artist at Ubisoft Montreal. He is currently developing procedural modelling tools, game pipeline tools and quality of life HDA's. He also teaches Houdini at the Game Art Institute online and has an intro to games course with Houdini. His goal is to smooth out art pipelines and create seamless transitions between DCC's with Houdini tools.