Mentorship & Discord chat: https://www.patreon.com/lebrov Check out Simon & His teams work: Website: https://panoply.co.uk/ NFT: http://makersplace.com/simonholmedal Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 01:37 - Remote work 05:32 - The Benefits of being Remote 07:30 - Hardware for Houdini 09:54 - VEX vs VOPs 10:29 - Switching from C4D to Houdini 13:03 - Lockdown consequences 17:14 - Render Engines (bad sound) 18:54 - Artistic Preferences (bad sound) 21:03 - Referencing the real world (bad sound) 22:47 - Inspiration (bad sound) 25:16 - Research and development (bad sound) 28:55 - HDAs (bad sound) 33:50 - Inspirational artists (bad sound) 36:12 - Early Years 39:49 - Competition in the Industry 42:10 - Nuke vs. Fusion 45:40 - AOVs 47:59 - Overcoming Creative Blocks 50:35 - Chaos vs. Organised Hierarchy 53:43 - Panoply in 10 Years 55:53 - Simon in 10 Years 59:51 - Cryptoart 01:03:33 - Production Times 01:05:30 - Prep Stage 01:09:53 - DOF & Motion Blur 01:11:11 - Tips for Houdini Newcomers 01:15:10 - Self-Development --------------------------------------------------------------------- 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗖𝗚 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗙𝗫 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀: https://goo.gl/8y5znz ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: https://www.instagram.com/andreylebrov ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 𝗠𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲: https://lebrov.com/ Business inquiries: andrey@lebrov.com