Particles II - Velocity Fields is available!

Hey everyone! Just in time for the holidays, Particles II - Velocity Fields is available now!

We'll be making two effects in this lesson! Here's the first.

And here's the other effect we'll be making!

Hey everyone! Just in time for the holidays, Particles II - Velocity Fields is available now!

Go make cool stuff with it here: http://www.bit.ly/2kL5GP0

Applied Houdini Particles II - Velocity Fields will teach you everything you need to know to make stunning particle effects with velocity fields! We will create two different effects in this course, one based off of a dynamic Pyro sim, and one using curl noise to wash particles around a surface. After simulating, we'll take our particles even farther by shading, shaping, and lighting them based on data derived from the sims themselves. You'll be making professional looking advanced particle sims in no time!
 

Particles I and Rigids VI are available!

It's been a busy month with Applied Houdini! Just capped off the epic Rigids series with a lesson all about cone-twist constraints and chains, and now there's also a free lesson to kick off the new Particles series too! Go check them out!

Sweet robust chain simming!

Rad free lesson on getting started with particles!

Rigids V student work!

More awesome work from Applied Houdini students! Lennart Breede completely nailed the new Rigids V - Dynamic Blasts lesson, and added an awesome 360 degree spin that looks better than my own promo!

Find the lesson here if you haven't already!

Demo reel by Andrea Lazzarini

Check out Andrea Lazzarini's new demo reel, made in part with the Applied Houdini Rigids video tutorial series - that church collapse shot is awesome! Thanks for sending, Andrea!

SIGGRAPH fracturing presentation is online!

My #Siggraph2017 talk about fracturing FX was recorded and is online now! Thanks #SideFX, it was a blast! Watch me try to be funny while talking about cool workflows to fracture more effectively with Houdini 16's new Boolean SOP!

https://vimeo.com/228248086

Come to my Houdini talk at Siggraph in August!

SideFX has asked me to do a talk/lesson live at Siggraph 2017 next month, and I am happy to oblige! Want to hear about cool fracturing techniques, workflow ideas, or just want a free t-shirt? Then come to the super cool Houdini Hive section hosting my session from 1pm  - 2pm on Tuesday, August 1st in the LA Convention Center. Check it out:

https://www.sidefx.com/community/siggraph-2017/

Boolean or not Boolean: Fun with Fracturing
Steven Knipping of the Applied Houdini video tutorial series talks about Houdini 16's new workflows for making awesome looking fractures faster and easier! He'll discuss how to art direct certain material looks and when to use booleans, voronoi, for loops and more!

"Porcelain" by Chris Honninger

Don't know why I haven't already been doing this, but better late than never!

Here's a great piece that Chris Honninger just sent to me, partially based off of what he learned from the Applied Houdini rigid body dynamics video tutorials. Looks great Chris, and thanks for sending!

New FAQ section added!

I love all the emails that I get from you all - keep them coming! I did notice some common trends through some of them, so I decided to make a Frequently Asked Questions page for all to see. I'll be updating that page too as more come up.

FAQ

New Demo Reel!

Just updated my demo reel with some of my VES award nominated destruction work on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story! Check it out here: