Fast-track your workflow by undertsanding the principles and techniques behind good look development and lighting. A sound understanding of these techniques will not only provide you with a method to consistently achieve a desired look, but will also allows you to view the world around you in a new and exciting light.

Drawing on his experience drawn from working on films like, Avatar, Iron Man 1 & 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Avengers  and  Guardians of the Galaxy Noah wil take you from the fundamentals to lighting using captured environments and HDRI Images. You will learn what what makes or breaks lightiing in production and come to understand a broad range of industry practices.

Throughout this series of lessons we will be setting up procedural bakes and batch texture mapping. We will use sculpts from ZBrush, Headus UVLayout, xNormal, Quixel nDo2, and Quixel dDo 5.2.

https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/getting-started-with-look-development-in-houdini
Houdini is fast becoming one of the most essential tools for the entire pipeline in film and feature animation production. This workshop covers the essential skills to get started with texturing and shading using the industry-standard tools Maya, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, and Houdini with Redshift. Brent Le Blanc, a Texturing & Shading Artist with over 10 years of experience in film and feature animation, guides you through the complete process of look development in this 2-hour workshop.