Deborah R. Fowler
Courses
Active Courses
VFX 160 – Introduction to Visual Effects Programming
VFX 350 – Procedural Modeling and Animation
VFX 721 – Grad
VFX 705 – Grad
VFX 428 – Particles and Procedural Effects
VFX 728 – Grad
VFX 375 – Advanced Programming for Visual Effects
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TECH 450 – Motion Capture and Crowds
TECH 326 – Motion Capture Technology
VSFX 753 – Motion Capture and Integration
VSFX 705 – Programming Concepts for Visual Effects
ITGM 315 – Programming using C++
CLC 580 – Rehabilitation VR (password required)
SCADpro 580 (password)
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Houdini
C++
OpenGL
Python
Scratch
Mocap Resources
Shogun
MotionBuilder
Crowd Resources
Houdini Crowds
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Math for VFX
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Deborah R. Fowler
Seashells
Updated Jan 5 2016
Updated March 18 2026
Modeling seashells - from Siggraph 1992
The Algorithmic Beauty of Seashells
Exercise SeaShells Reference Material (password required)