Creating Xgen Style Artwork In Houdini
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to create artwork like the one below in Houdini. This artwork was popularised by Lee Griggs , using Xgen. Although there are different ways of doing this I'm going to show you the easiest way to achieve this look using the grid surface and extrusion. !Note: The quality of this artwork depends on how many times you subdivide the grid. Version 1: With Diffuse Maps/ Image Textures Firstly I'm going to show you how to create this art style with any diffuse map and extrude them based on their colour values. When you open Houdini create a geometry node by clicking on the Tab key and searching for it. In this tutorial, we're going to name ours Landscape. Double click on the node or tap the I key to open it. Once you're in, click on the Tab key to open the menu. Search for grid and select it. Set the number of subdivisions. Let's rename our grid by calling it floor. Search for Uv Projection and connect the Uv project...