Nick Medukha

[Project Files] Vellum Fluid UV Mix

And here you will find the setup from my project and all the necessary files :)

Vellum Fluid UV Mix

Heyya guys!

Since my previous tut got so much attention, I decided to show you another way of creating a viscous fluid setup. Technically, it doesn't fill the shape like the FLIP in previous tut, but I share some tips & tricks how to fill a closed container and overcome vellum solver issues you might have had when doing so. I didn't plan to mix the colors at first but then remembered this cool flip fluid sim made by Gabriel Morala and thought that all the swirls could look cool on the surface.

P.S. I decided to do a separate tutorial where we go step-by-step modeling the top part, I'll be recording it today, so expect it soon next week :)

[Project Files] FLIP + Morph VDB

And here youll find the project files for the tut. Note, it doesn't contain wheel model that i've bough.

FLIP + Morph VDB :)

Hey guys!

This one took me some time as I again dived deep into the flip sim haha. In today's tutorial, we use flip to fill in the shape of the collider, but as I didn't want to spend hours caching it, I used a lower-res sim and then morphed it with the VDB of the initial shape. Sounds complex, but it is not :)

Anyhow, hope you enjoy it!

[Project Files] Viscous Honey

And here you will find the setup!

Viscous Honey :)

Heya guys! It's this rare day when we do some meshed flip fluids! Inspired by MvsM Honey renders and a particular project by Aahritya.tv, this one took me so long to get it looking good haha, but I hope you will find lots of tips & tricks and your flip setups will become much easier.

Massive thanks to everyone involved in solving the clipping issue in our Discord, you guys are the best!

P.S. Youtube upload is broken today, so this tut will be here. Hope this will be solved for the next tut. Also, should apologize for clipping audio, didn't saw the gain turned out on my mic :(

[Project Files] Vellum Swirls Look Dev [3 scenes]

And here you will find project files! These don't include the model and textures, since i bought  it, but you can check this link to purchase the model yourself

Vellum Swirls Look Dev [3 scenes]

Heyya guys!

Today we are creating 3 scenes using some vellum, but our main goal is to use beginner friendly techniques and come up with something decent haha :) This tutorial is more about art direction, lights, scene composition etc, so its a great practice to elevate these skills in addition to the technical side of Houdini.

Although there are many projects utilizing abstract fabric shots, I found inspiration in Xfinity project done by FutureDeluxe 

Upcoming tutorial :)

Heyya everyone! Exploring some wavy-swirly vellum shots this time. Its something less technical than we usually do, but i found these, usually, "transition" shots very versatile and used it lots and lots of motion projects, so in the upcoming tutorial we will create these 3 scenes, focusing on the scene setup, lights and textures.

[Project Files] Mutliple RBD Interaction Tutorial

And here you will find the project files :)

Im adding both demo setup I did before, and the one I've done in tutorial. As i said in the tutorial, i've added a few extra things, like the mask for the shader blend in the center of the scene, so in case you wanna check it out, check the "demo" file too :)

Mutliple RBD Interaction Tutorial

Heyya guys! 

To finish the line of our RBD explorations, I wanted to share some classic, basic and universal methods of setting up RBD sim consisting of multiple objects that interact with each other :) In this tut I cover fundamental principles of how it all works, so I think this will be a great basis for all your future explorations :)

P.S. I will take a break from RBD for sometime, as we have 4 RBD tuts in line already, so expect some vellum, fluid and maybe even pop stuff coming up next!

[Project Files] Tearing Grains With Vellum Softbodies

And here you will find all the necessary project files :)

Tearing Grains With Vellum Softbody

Hey guys!

Quite a while ago I saw this great sim done by Edvin Cindrak and wanted to create something similar using two vellum sources with different constraints, so this evolved into this fluffy grain setup that has vellum softbody spheres inside :)

Enjoy!

How To Learn Houdini :)

Hey guys!

I'm out on vacation, but as promised, I prepared a few tutorials and videos for you :)

This one was requested a few times in our Discord, because apparently, especially when you are just starting out with Houdini, it can be hard to know which one of my 50+ tutorials would be best to start with. So today I wanna share this video where I rank my tuts in 3 categories, based on their difficulty, straightforward-ness and node tree complexity.

Hope this will help you navigate trough my tuts :)

[Project Files] Cracking Ice Effect

And here are all the project files! This doesn't include the speaker model, cause i bought it from Turbosquid.

Cracking Ice Effect :)

Heyya guys!

A bit late but, Happy 2024 everyone! Starting this year with another ice-cold setup, last one, i promise haha :D In todays tutorial we create a think layer of ice on top of a product and use RBD solver to crack it and dissipate.

Enjoy!

2023 →

I wish every one of you guys here stays safe, loved, creative, ready for the new challenges, and able to cheer yourself for all the wins and reflect on things that didn't go as planned. I hope that 2024 will bring each one of you to new heights, and while you probably joined my Patreon to grow professionally, I sincerely wish you to be present in all the other aspects of your journey.

It's all the great things and crazy stories along our journey that we share with others that make it worth all the challenges.

Thanks so much for your trust, it's truly heartwarming to hear that my tutorials actually help some of you to land a job or start a freelance careers. I'm truly glad I can be that helpful.

P.S. To be ready for all the things I planned for 2024, I  need to recharge a bit.
I will be out on vacation from Jan 10 till Jan 25, but I've prepared a few tutorials, so don't worry :)

Love you,
Nick

Icy Swirl

Heyya guys!

Frosty things again haha :) Well this one is packed with various stuff, from custom advection, to UV blending. Took me a bit of time to wrap my head around all the things, but i reworked it for a tut so should be easy to follow even for beginners. 

Enjoy!

Multi Layer Frost Setup :)

Heyya guys!

Today, we are creating some frosty-icy scene! Recently, I found this amazing work for Moncler by Orse Creative Studio, just look at the texture! Wanted to recreate it and ended up with this setup we have here today!

Enjoy!

P.S. Model used is part of the brilliant 3d model done by Szymon Kubicki!

[Project Files] Vellum Cable Emitter

And here you will find all the files for this setup :)

Vellum Cable Emitter

Heyya!

Today we are setting up a growing vellum cable emitter! Initially, this artwork by Ruye was requested as a tutorial by Ali, but Kash came in with a hip file even before i saw that request haha.
So, i wasn't sure if there is a need for a tut, but i think there is still value in it, as there are lots i added and/or modified. So here we have it.
Love learning new things also from my supporters, so you will hear me credit Kash a few times in this vid! Go say thanks to him in our Discord too!

[Project Files] Pyro Vellum Advect

And here you will find the project file (containts both the setup from tut and the hq one you see in the intro)

texture used: https://ambientcg.com/view?id=Fabric059

Vellum Pyro Advect :)

Heyya!

Having lots of fun with that 2D smoke sim from previous tut, so wanted to check how to translate this to the swirly, weightless, vellum sim :) Technique itself is pretty straight forward, but there are couple of styling tricks i applied to achieve this look.

Enjoy!

[Project Files] Heightfield Pyro Advection

And here you will find the project files for this effect!

Heightfield Pyro Advection

Heyya boys!

Today we are recreating this amazing project done by Ars Thanea! Saw this last week on Linkedin and man this looks sooo good! UVs where a bit tricky, but it was really interesting to figure it all out and can't wait to share with you.
Expect more pyro advected setups in future!

Coming soon :)

Havent decided on the palette, but looook at this beautyy!  Inspired by majestic work by Ars Thanea 

[Project Files] RBD Spherify Morph

And here is the hip file for this project :)

RBD Spherify Morph

Heyya guys!

In this tutorial we are building an deforming rbd setup with something simillar to C4D Spherify deformer :) Saw this done by one of my fav C4D & X-Particles artists - Maurice Fransen aka Stracknl and wanted to see how i can make something simillar in Houdini.

Enjoy :)

[Project Files] Vellum Polyslice Fun

And here you will find the project files for this setup :)

Vellum Polyslice Fun :)

Heyya guys!

Recently I saw a lot of cool 3d animations with vellum strips or sort of haha. In this very short and beginner friendly tutorial we will create some nice transition effect that utilises Labs Polyslice in it core.

Hope you ll like it!

P.S. I'm in the middle of moving to the new appartment, so some tuts might come slow in next few weeks, but ill catch up :)