Fire Tornado in Houdini 19 | Joshua Rizzo | Houdini 19 HIVE

Houdini 19 has some awesome new toys for Pyro and Volumes. This talk will highlight the process for the Fire Tornado seen in the Sneak Peek, which makes heavy use of the new Volume Deform workflow, showcasing some of the methods behind and to conclude highlighting some challenges and problem solving. Joshua Rizzo is a Junior FX Artist currently in his graduation year at Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, studying International Game Architecture and Design. Houdini has been an integral part since he started studying and has quickly become his focus of learning VFX and Technical Art. Joshua enjoys the flexibility of working of Houdini, making learning technicality and visual development very accessible and fun.