Ornamental Designs in Houdini – tutorial

lesson plan :

• Copy stamping – An introduction to the 3 different copy nodes in Houdini and the use of copy stamping
• Basic Leaf – Building a basic leaf using wrangle sop
• Basic Leaf variations – Building various designs from the basic leaf
• Leaf complex – Building a more complex ornamental leaf design using copy stamping and vdb
• Flower – Building a controllable flower petal shape and using that to build a variety of flowers
• Phyllotaxis – How to make a phyllotaxis pattern without complex math and using ti build sunflower seed pattern and a rose.
• Cylindrical Phyllotaxis – Making a vertical phyllotaxis pattern for building pine cones or floral pillar designs.

Content Details –  8 Video Chapters (with Audio) : Duration –  140 mins

lesson plan :

• L-system basics – Understanding the basics of L-systems to help build more complex designs.
• L-system patterns 1 – Building a couple of patterns using l-systems and copy stamping.
• L-system patterns 2 – Building repeating l-system patterns for wallpapers or texture purposes.
• Helix – Building a helix using copy stamping.
• Corinthian leaves – Making the corinthian column leaf element using all the various techniques learnt in the training
• Spirograph – Making a simple spirograph without complex math.
• Voronoi pattern – Building patterns using voronoi fracture.
• Corinthian Column – Looking at the final corinthian column file to see how it was built.