Fantasy Creature Grooming in Houdini

Grooming Techniques for Film VFX with Sohrab Esfehani

Discover the entire process of creating a fantasy creature groom in Houdini for film-quality visual effects, with professional techniques and insights from Sohrab Esfehani. You’ll begin with the fundamental principles of grooming and learn the importance of gathering and analyzing reference materials to ensure your groom is both creative and grounded in reality. From there, you’ll move on to creating a solid template to build the groom upon, ensuring that your scene is structured in a way that makes sense for a production environment.

Sohrab explains how to manage your Houdini workflow efficiently, allowing you to create a groom with a wide variety of details, from fine strands of hair to more complex patterns and textures that bring the creature to life. He will also share the same workflows and techniques that he has personally used on several blockbuster films, providing you with an insider’s perspective into the process of making a realistic, hero-level Hollywood VFX creature. 

By completing this workshop, you'll have a sound understanding of the knowledge and skills needed to apply these techniques to any creature or project.