Wood Protection Spell in Unreal 5 and Houdini.
This effect heavily relies on procedural Houdini-animations that I imported to Unreal via Vertex Animation Textures. I learned a lot about the finicky parts of the Houdini VAT-system and how to get them set-up in UE during this project. It also gave me a nice opportunity to experiment with cool procedural mesh-based 2D effects.
Inspired by Nick Maarschalkerweerd's amazing concept art of wood-based magic.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/29vaQg
Houdini procedural animations, exported via Vertex Animation Textures for lightweight animations in UE