Motion designer and animator Keith Johnson takes us through how he modeled a classic neon sign in Side FX Houdini.
[pullquote]the pros and cons of using procedural modeling techniques[/pullquote]Keith discusses the pros and cons of using procedural modeling techniques, which actually provides some nice insight from his experiences with leaving Softimage and moving to a completely procedural tool that is Houdini.
This represents part 1, modeling the classic neon sign. Part 2 of the Houdini tutorial will look at shading, lighting and rendering to create photorealistic shots.
Keith shares the a download the Houdini file, you can check this post on the sidefx forums
