21: Armin Lotfi -- 3D Designer, On Alien Plants, Teaching Houdini & Proceduralism
“Recording our twenty first episode, the guest of honor today is Armin Lotfi, 3D & Motion Designer with Microverse Art. In addition to making gorgeous CG himself, Armin helps students learn Houdini around the world with his Youtube channel Simple & Procedural. He's an NFT Artist and even runs a music label with his friend Neema under the same name. Calling all the way from Iran, a very special thanks to Armin for making the time.”
00:01:52 Microverse Art
00:08:49 Backstory: Architecture & Photography
00:12:52 What Made You Get Into Houdini? (The Answer Is COVID)
00:19:20 Getting Into Teaching
00:21:33 Am I a Professional CG Artist?
00:29:29 Creating Tutorials to Teach Himself (And You)
00:32:45 Learning German to Move to Germany
00:41:04 Most Important Concepts To Understand Houdini
00:51:54 Houdini Role Models
00:54:39 Redshift Realtime Rendering & Other Cool Tech
01:09:33 Advice to Beginners Learning Houdini
01:16:26 Outro
Armin’s Curriculum
