Procedural Plants with L-Systems in TouchDesigner — Tips, Tricks, and Tox

L System Plus component and demo file download:   / toe-tox-plants-l-121685090   This video is intended as an intermediate tutorial for people already familiar with the basics of L-Systems. It covers rendering leaves separately from the trunk/branches, limiting generations, using instancing for leaves, and customizing the scale and color of those leaf instances. To learn more about L Systems, I recommend these resources: L System SOP docs: https://docs.derivative.ca/LSystem_SOP Algorithmic Beauty of Plants: http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/a... TDSW L-System workshop: https://derivative.ca/event/touchdesi... Houdini Kitchen article: https://www.houdinikitchen.net/2019/1... Magic Market Houdini tutorial:    • Magic Market | L-Systems   I created these L Systems for an interactive installation called the Boreal Oasis. You can learn more about the project here: https://www.kyle-meredith.com/single-... Check out @prismatic.visuals on Instagram to see more of my work Contents: 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - L-system learning resources 2:39 - Separating leaves from trunk 6:01 - A better separation method 9:31 - Limiting generations 12:36 - Using instancing for leaves 15:23 - Customizing leaf instances 18:18 - Customizing based on geometry 21:10 - Adding color to instances 23:54 - L System Plus component 26:50 - Outro