Future Direction of 3DBonfire + Houdini especially for C4D-Artists/3D-Generalists

Hi Friends,

I thought a bit about my next plans as a freelance 3d artist and what feels to be the right next step as a youtube/patreon/instagram tutorial-guy/mentor;-).

Let me keep it short: I want to commit to add Houdini simulations to my toolkit! But I´m only interested in adding it´s fluid/softbodies/grains/particles simulation capabilities to my Cinema 4D workflow and NOT abandon Maxon.

C4D will stay my ideal place for 90% of my daily design workflow, I honestly couldn´t think of a faster and more elegant design tool for most of my workflow with clients. But it definitely still lacks some of the really powerful simulation features and I want to bridge that gap with Houdini.

In addition, I also want to keep an eye on JangaFX Embergen/LiquiGen so it might be a combination of Houdini and JangaFX + C4D lessons the next weeks/months, but let´s just see.

My idea is to slowly - but steady - grow 3DBonfire into a good ressource/learning-place especially for those artists who want to stay in their main software (Cinema 4D;-) but like to add Houdini (the most powerful simulation tool) and/or JangaFX Elemental Suite (probably the fastest) into their design workflow with clients.

And the focus should be on keeping those upcoming lessons super-easy and only share workflows that everyone can understand without writing code or crazy complexity that would scare you off.

I actually would love to grow 3DBonfire into a place which will be not just known for it´s easy C4D / design techniques but also as a good ressource for beginner-friendly Houdini knowledge! But yeah, just dreaming a bit and making big plans this morning;-)!

Let´s just see how it goes and it could be that houdini overwhelms me and I have to give up on my idea but at least... I wanted to put some pressure on me!

Alright! Of course I will also have new training for you soon.

Have a nice day everyone!

Markus