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§ Project Description

For our Master’s degree, we have lots of assignments in different classes. This Project was created for the introductory course to Houdini. The task was to create a model procedurally and then simulate it with Houdini.

My idea for the Project was to display the influence of social media on children and people in general. So I created a phone, vapes and some small alcololic drinks that get thrown out of the phone ( if it can be recognized as a phone lol). From the Phone several colorful tentacles strive towards the main character, symbolizing the weird force trying to pull people into addiction.

§ Learnings

Houdini

○ Modelling Workflow in Houdini
○ Building a small tool to bring a Metahuman into Houdini w/ Textures
○ Trying out the new material linker in 20.5
○ Generating Hair using the hair mesh as guidecurves
○ Using volume shaders to have a gradient falloff