Brian Hanke

The Complete Houdini: Introduction to Rigid Body Dynamics is now live on Patreon! This one is the most epic of all epics: 2500 words and dozens of images and clips designed to give you a comprehensive introductory knowledge of RBD simulations in Houdini. Come on over!

Splashdown! They made it!

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Update! 7.5 is faster, but there's a change when rendering from a scene file. For some reason kick doesn't like Lentil's AOV generation any more. There's an easy workaround and I posted about it on the Gumroad product page. Rendering in DCCs (C4D, Gaffer, etc.) still works fine.

There are no words.

Twitter switched me to "For You" and the first thing I see is a 50,000 word tweet from Bill Ackman. 😂 Back to "Following," thank you very much!

I'm testing Lentil-BHGC with the latest Arnold to make sure everything is still working. Not only is it working, but my test suite is rendering almost TWICE as fast. The Arnold devs made some incredible improvements between 7.4 and 7.5. Amazing!

They should have used AI. I've been told that security holes and bugs are impossible that way!

No new features and more expensive. 😍

My Patreon articles are so elaborate now that I rely on scripts to keep from taking a week to assemble everything. I've got Photoshop scripts, Fusion scripts, OneDrive scripts... And of course every one uses a different language: JavaScript, Lua, PowerShell... What a world!

The Complete Houdini: For-Each Loops is now live on Patreon! This is true Practical CG Artist epic at 3000 words and over 30 pics and clips. We cover every aspect of Houdini's for-each workflow, including general concepts, iterators, VEX syntax and a whole lot more. Link below!

@jeffkilburg My one wish in life is that the people who drive stock prices would be less insane. 😄

So Crude Oil ticked under $90 initially on the 10-day Iranian pause after yesterday's equity close and now #WTI has rallied about $10 to $100 #goodgrief

Preparing a new installment of The Complete Houdini covering For-Each loops. This will be the definitive guide to how this very confusing part of Houdini works. Coming soon!

@chromaspring 😆

Everything should be reviewed like this

The human mind is simply too limited to fully comprehend the multidimensional suckitude of The AI CEO.

Tried Dave's Hot Chicken mozzarella sticks for the first time... Breathtaking, transcendent, 11/10.

▪️ Fresh interview just dropped! 👉 Meet the artist: Roman Prytuliak From discovering 3D Studio in the late 90s to building highly detailed environments for modern pipelines, Roman Prytuliak shares his journey as a 3D Artist. In this exclusive interview, he talks about: 🔸 How a childhood discovery of 3D tools turned into a professional career 🔸 Why composition and lighting are the foundation of strong environments 🔸 His workflow from rough sketches to final lookdev 🔸 How efficient UV mapping improves texel density, texture quality, and asset flexibility He also explains how integrating RizomUV into his workflow dramatically reduced unwrapping time, turning hours of technical work into a fast and optimized step of the pipeline. 👉 Read the full story: rizomuv.com/feature/all-yo… What part of Roman’s workflow or journey resonates most with you?

Whoa, that is a beautiful car. 1985 Aston Martin Vantage.

@janhebein This one is spectacular, bravo!

SideFX Mardini Day 15 - Fonts I have a passion for woodwork and have had this idea since the beginning, when I first saw "Fonts".

Oh man, somehow I've been completely unaware of Photoshop scripting until now. This opens up a whole new world!