Here's How You Can Groom a Lion in Houdini With No External Plug-Ins

Vinayak Patwariya, a talented CFX and Groom Artist at SPINVFX, has recently shared a follow-up on last week's Lion project, presenting a condensed breakdown of the grooming workflow in Houdini, a procedural 3D software developed by SideFX.

In a short one-minute video, the artist demonstrated how the creature's realistic-looking fur was made 100% in Houdini without using any external third-party plug-ins, showed how photos were used as references to ensure that the digital lion looks as closely as possible to its real-life counterparts, presented the fur at different stages of production, and more. You can watch the full breakdown attached above or by clicking this link.

And here are some of the renders and WIP shots shared by Vinayak last week, you can check out more by visiting the artist's LinkedIn and ArtStation pages:

Several days ago, the creator also presented a great Monkey Groom project, achieved with Houdini and Nuke:

If you would like to learn more about grooming animal fur, we highly encourage you to read our recent interview with Groom Artist Tobias Lenz, who showed us how he created the Fennec Fox project, explained how texturing was done in Mari, and described the grooming process in Houdini.

We also recommend checking out our 2022 80 Level Digest, featuring ten amazing tutorials on grooming fur in Houdini.

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