The Gnomon Workshop

Learn how to use Vellum in Houdini to simulate professional-quality snow interactions. This 6-hr workshop is created for intermediate-level artists looking to expand their FX skills. Diego de Mendizabal, a Lead/Senior FX TD at Sony Pictures Imageworks, demonstrates how to use Vellum to simulate snow and shares Pyro and POP tips and tricks for generating secondaries, and briefly touches on Solaris, Karma, and Houdini's own compositing tools for shading and rendering snow.

Watch the first lesson for free: https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/workshops/snow-simulation-workflows-in-houdini

In this new 2.5-hour workshop, Guillermo Cortés, Groom and CFX Supervisor, demonstrates the complete process for creating a realistic, optimized horse groom for real-time environments. The complete workflow utilizes Maya, Marmoset Toolbag, Substance 3D Painter, ZBrush, Unreal Engine, plus FiberShop and GS CurveTools. Watch the first lesson for free: https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/workshops/creating-a-real-time-horse-groom-for-games/

Procreate process by the master of fantasy, Wayne Barlowe. Learn how to design and render fantasy characters in his tutorial at www.thegnomonworkshop.com

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FREE WORKSHOP
BLENDER HARD-SURFACE MODELING TECHNIQUES WITH BRYANT MOMO KOSHU
Adding Nuts, Bolts & Cables to Sci-Fi Models


This concise workshop has been designed to give artists immediate, actionable workflows for adding intricate layers of detail — specifically, nuts, bolts, panel lines, and cables — to 3D assets, and to teach how to avoid being held back by tedious modeling pipelines.

Lessons include:
⚫Fast-Track Nuts & Bolts
⚫Non-Destructive Panel Lines
⚫Efficient Cable & Segment Routing

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FREE WORKSHOP: For artists working in the entertainment industry, elevating hard-surface designs from acceptable to a professional level depends heavily on the final detailing stage. In this highly focused, 30-minute technique spotlight, professional concept artist Bryant Momo Koshu shares the powerful tricks he uses to rapidly enhance hard-surface models using Blender. This workshop is ideal for intermediate-level artists looking to advance their Blender skills.

Watch for free: https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/workshops/blender-hard-surface-modeling-techniques

CREATING A SCI-FI DOME BARRIER IN UNREAL ENGINE WITH FABIO M. SILVA
Advanced Real-Time FX Workflows for AAA Games

Lessons include:
⚫Introduction & Project Setup
⚫Gathering References & Creating an Action Plan
⚫Generating Textures from Substance Designer
⚫Dome Material: Part 1
⚫Dome Material: Part 2
⚫Render Target Setup
⚫Projectile, Barrier & Explosion Logic Setup
⚫Generate Flipbooks for the Projectile & Explosion using Embergen
⚫Setting up the Weapon
⚫Creating the Particle Systems
⚫Adding it Altogether

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In this advanced workshop, VFX Director Fabio Silva reveals the high-end technical workflows used to create cinematic visual effects for AAA titles. Having worked for Naughty Dog, Blizzard, Epic Games, Crytek, Guerrilla Games, and Striking Distance Studios, Fabio has designed this workshop for intermediate- to advanced-level artists, focusing on teaching how to create a reactive, high-tech sci-fi shield system over four hours of comprehensive instruction. Watch now: https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/workshops/creating-a-sci-fi-dome-barrier-in-unreal-engine/

CLAYMATION IN ZBRUSH WITH ALEXANDER LEE
Frame-by-Frame Workflow using ZBrush, Maya & UltraClay

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Lessons include:
⚫ZBrush Setup & Custom Menu
⚫Basic Claymation in ZBrush
⚫ZBrush Materials & PolyPaint Setup
⚫Scene Blocking & Character Sculpting
⚫Reference Tips
⚫Hand Sculpting & Rigging
⚫Animation in Maya: Pass 1
⚫Animation in Maya: Pass 2
⚫ZBrush Frame Sculpting: Pass 1
⚫ZBrush Frame Sculpting: Pass 2
⚫Lighting, Rendering & Compositing

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In this 5-hour workshop, Alexander Lee teaches his revolutionary animation workflow using ZBrush. Each frame is sculpted individually, resulting in a handcrafted final shot. This workshop covers the entire pipeline, including character setup in ZBrush and Maya, frame management with UltraClay, frame-by-frame animation in ZBrush, and final lighting, rendering, and compositing in Maya and Blender.

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⚫ Use coupon code ALEE20 at thegnomonworkshop.com to save 20% off the first month or first year of a new subscription*

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*This offer expires May 17, 2026, 11:59 PM UTC