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| Houdini Team: Simon, Dan & Mark |
SideFX Houdini is an increasingly useful digital tool that allows users to create FX work such as smoke, fire and water with much less difficulty than with traditional software packages.
Mark Spevick is one of our most experienced VFX tutors at Escape Studios, and teaches our 20 Week Evening Class in Houdini, which starts in May.
Dan Shutt is one of our most experienced VFX tutors, with over 23 years’ experience in a wide variety of 3D fields, from feature film effects and games graphics, to TV commercials and architectural rendering. Dan has been with Escape Studios since 2009.
Dan Shutt teaches our short course and MA in 3D VFX, and is also an expert in Houdini, the leading software for physics-based FX work such as water, fire and smoke.
Simon Browne is a 3D Generalist with a specific interest and specialism in procedural animation. Simon will be teaching Houdini to our 2nd year VFX students, starting in early January 2023
Simon Browne has worked in TV, advertising and corporate media. He specialises in simulation-based animation, but he is also an experienced 3D animator with over 20 years of experience.
Simon has experience with Matchmove, Coding, and is skilled in Maya, Houdini, 3DSMax, Redshift, After Effects and Unity.
Mark Spevick
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| Mark Spevick |
Mark is our Head of Industry Training at Escape Studios, and combines teaching with working in industry, most recently at Framestore, one of the UK's leading VFX houses.
Mark Spevick has many years of experience working both in industry and in higher education and teaching. Mark Spevick started his career at Peerless Camera, the production house co-owned by Terry Gilliam, working on ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ and ‘The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus’.
Dan Shutt
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| Dan Shutt |
Dan Shutt teaches our short course and MA in 3D VFX, and is also an expert in Houdini, the leading software for physics-based FX work such as water, fire and smoke.
Dan Shutt also does live installations such as this immersive live installation at London's Science Museum.
Escape Studios Vimeo Tutorial Channel supports our students with online resources for their studies, including an extensive playlist in Houdini.
FX Tutorials in Houdini
Houdini in Industry - Intro to Houdini and Conversation between Mark Spevick and Escapee Alex Budulan, Houdini Artist at DNEG.
FX Animation with Houdini
To see Mark Spevick's free Houdini tutorials hosted at the SideFX official site, follow this link.
There are currently five Houdini Tutorials at the official SideFX site:
Brick Wall Destruction in Houdini with Mark Spevick.
Create Fire and Smoke in Houdini with Mark Spevick. Houdini "Pyro FX - Fire & Flames" - Part 1
Procedural Modelling in Houdini with Mark Spevick. Build complex sets rapidly using Houdini (55 mins).
Introduction to Houdini Groom Tools with Mark Spevick (55 mins)
What's new in Houdini 18.5 - including the Pyro Tool. With Mark Spevick. 1 Hour.
Advanced VFX Simulations in Houdini with Mark Spevick.
Learn to animate a ship crashing into water.and create realistic water effects in Houdini.
Learn to procedurally Shatter a mesh in Houdini, to create a "Game of Thrones" effect.
Houdini at Escape Studios
The Vimeo Tutorial Channel is a hub for our animation and VFX video tutorials, making it easy for our students to find tutorials to support their classroom studies.
Houdini in Industry
There are currently five Houdini Tutorials at the official SideFX site:
- Brick Wall Destruction - Beginner
- Fire and Flames - Beginner
- Crashing Wave - Intermediate
- Destruction VFX in SOPS - Intermediate
- Modelling a Procedural House - Intermediate
Houdini Brick Smash (Parts 1-3)
Smash up a brick wall in Houdini in three short tutorials with Mark Spevick. Learn to create a "Hollywood Style Destruction Effect"
Part 2: (25 Minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq_mJAw-S4c&list=PLxk6jMxEsFn7yh9lXWO4woP19Mc1T3Axx&index=44
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY1uAlKtVTk&list=PLxk6jMxEsFn7yh9lXWO4woP19Mc1T3Axx&index=43
Brick Wall Destruction
Learn how to smash up a brick wall in Houdini.
Create Fire and Smoke in Houdini
Procedural Modeling in Houdini
Houdini Groom Tools
What's New in Houdini 18.5
Advanced VFX Simulations in Houdini
Animate a "Splash Down" in Houdini
Procedurally Shatter a Mesh in Houdini
Vimeo Tutorials
To find more tutorials on animation and VFX, see the main Escape Studios Vimeo Tutorial Channel
VFX Team at Escape Studios
The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our new BA/MArt, now recruiting for September 2023 follow this link. To apply, visit the official page here.
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