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Just started Houdini – aiming for film FX, am I on the right Sept. 22, 2025, 12:27 p.m.
I just wanted to share – I finally started learning Houdini. My dream for a long time has been to work in film as an FX artist. Right now I’m going through Christian Bohm’s course to get the basics.
Quick background: I spent about a year before this on 3D modeling for games (props and environments). It was a good experience, but I realized it wasn’t really for me. Still, it gave me some foundation in 3D.
Now I’ve switched to FX and it feels way more exciting, even if half the nodes still make no sense. My goal is simple: keep pushing, build a reel, and one day hopefully land at a studio that works on movies.
I just wanted to say it out loud here and maybe hear from people who already work in FX: am I on the right track by focusing directly on Houdini from the start? Any simple advice for beginners would be great.
Thanks, and good luck to everyone else grinding through this beast of a software.
Quick background: I spent about a year before this on 3D modeling for games (props and environments). It was a good experience, but I realized it wasn’t really for me. Still, it gave me some foundation in 3D.
Now I’ve switched to FX and it feels way more exciting, even if half the nodes still make no sense. My goal is simple: keep pushing, build a reel, and one day hopefully land at a studio that works on movies.
I just wanted to say it out loud here and maybe hear from people who already work in FX: am I on the right track by focusing directly on Houdini from the start? Any simple advice for beginners would be great.
Thanks, and good luck to everyone else grinding through this beast of a software.