I wanted to make a beginner friendly Houdini course that would start with the basics and work it’s way up to a production level shot… All without touching any of the simulation tools. I wanted to focus on underlying techniques and work with procedural animation instead. That is how I made howdini101.

The final shot doesn’t use any textures or dynamics, it’s all procedural textures and animations. 

You can learn how to make this from scratch in my howdini101 course (link below the video)