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HaveConquest β HC learns 3d, week 1
Published: 2012-04-22 09:49:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 2990; Favourites: 61; Downloads: 38
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Index:Week 1: [link]
Week 2: [link]
Tools used:
Blender 2.62 - [link]
Neal Hirsig's Blender 3d design course - [link]
Photoshop Cs3
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Glad to hear it.
Also glad to see your improvementative process from whence you arrived.
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Knowing your style, I'd love to see you do stuff in Sculptris or Z-Brush!
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daymn..
to think that you're a fast learner..
i still cant do this 3d stuff.. T_T
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how much does blender cost? Judging by what it can do I imagine it's expensive...
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Blender is free. : ]
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oh, where do you download it from, if it is okay to ask?
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Sorry to butt in, but:
This is Blender's homepage and this is the download page for Windows, Linux and Mac versions.
Happy 3D-ing!
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Thank you, it'll be fun to learn to use this.
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Thanks for sharing your process, very cool.
I just started to teach myself blender and 3D programs are quite daunting, glad you've had good success, I look forward to seeing the next update
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Takes a bit of getting used to, to be sure! Though a lot of the skill sets from painting (and I mean painting, vs drawing) seem to carry over well to 3d space, so far as the thinking in terms of volume, surface texture, ambient lighting and color goes. : ]
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I would totally want you as a 2D and 3D teacher for art.
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Wow, that's great! I've been looking into getting into 3d with Blender as well. Where did you find the video series?
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[link] heres the link to the course I'm currently following. : ]
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Looks like you made some awesome progress HC
You're a fast learner
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i LOVE blender <3 o_o
You're incredible, HC
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Keep at it; it's really rewarding to start seeing models you're proud of. Blender Forever!
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Damn, that's looking pretty good. It makes me want to try my hand at 3D modelling again.
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Not bad, in fact I like it, I'm no 3d modeller, But I have been around 3DS max once or twice and have to say, for as difficult as this field is, you've done pretty well so far. The only thing that I don't like about this is how shiny the model is. Which is fine, not sure if there is a luster filter.
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Yah, the course really hasn't taken me through much in the ways of shaders and textures, so until it does the renders will look like they're made out of plastic. : D
thanks!
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What tutorial are you using?
I'm also pursuing 3D, but currently work in Maya due to being a student.
You've definitely taken on a lot and really pushed yourself! The improvement easily shows within your pictures here. I look forward to more updates.
Oh! I would also love to see your model's geometry before you smooth it. I'm curious as to the forms you use and how nit-picky the tutorial is teaching you to be in regards to topology. c:
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[link] - tutorialsss
Maya's been the industry standard for a long time, heh. The tutorial hasn't taught me to be picky, but I sure as hell am starting to pick that up anyway. Extra duplicates of my vertices are the bane of my existence. : ]
Oh, hm. It'd be a bit hard to show for all the objects in the model but, I can show the head piece a bit here.
[link] - Unmodified polygon
[link] - Subdivided x3 by modifier
[link] - Smooth Shading enabled
[link] - Wireframe of unmodified polygon
[link] - Wireframe of modified polygon
Its pretty fun to predict and make use of the ways a subdivision modifier will tone down the edges, helps creates things like fingers on a hand out of practically square components, which saves a loooot of time if you're just after a working render of de model. : ]
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Thanks so much for the link!
Oh fantastic! I was curious as to how you went about the head, actually. Thanks for giving me the chance to take a quick peek at it.
It's good to keep an eye out for those duplicated vertices, for sure! haha They can mess you up pretty quickly. Also try your best to make sure all polygons only have four sides. A few with three is generally okay, but five sided polygons are the ones to try and completely avoid. If it's just for the rendered model then I suppose it doesn't matter as much, but it's a habit you don't want to create if you can avoid it! Anything above four sides will create huge issues when you get into rigging. It is okay to have five sided polys in your first draft, but then it's always good to go back in and see if you can simplify the geometry.
Sorry if I'm repeating things you have already been told! Just trying to lend a hand. c:
I'm really glad you're enjoying 3d work so much! You integrate your style into your models really well so far. I look forward to seeing more.
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Ok, now im 100% convinced we are either Twins subconsciously linked together....or clones with physic connections. Because I recently downloaded DAZ studios and started to learn how to work with 3D. I'd be interested in seeing your tutorials, since I havent been able to find many regarding my program. Or to just chat about it sometime....that usually helps.
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I had looked at DAZ before.. but, all in all everything I see about blender impresses me a lot more. Plus its free. 8D
[link] is the course I'm currently plowing my way through.
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Awesome. Daz is free too...I'll have to give blender a look though, now that Im coming up on summer vacation with a LOT more time to play around with. Thanks for the link
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Holy coooow, this is amazing. I had blender for a while, and was never able to figure it out- tell me, did these lessons cost money?
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Nope, theres a ton of free resources for blender.
[link] you can acquire the video lessons in bulk in the sagefans.net download section there, It's certainly been showing me the ropes, perhaps it'll do for you as well!
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Ah, right. Thank you! I'll be sure to check it out!
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Impressive progress in a week, keep it up!
Just out of curiosity - what course are you following?
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[link] seems I'm going to be handing this link out alot today. : ]
just following video tutorials from this without additional .pdf stuff.
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I sort of imagine those creatures as different evolving stages as if it were a pokΓ©mon or something. 
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Only instead of two evolutions we're going to see... a lot. : D
If I follow the pokemon theme and make each evolution less cute and more complicated, by the time we get around to number 8--
Haah, and thank ye.
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These are brilliant! Learning so much in a week; I'm highly envious and even moreso impressed.
I must say, though; I'm extremely curious as to this vid-course.
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Thanks!
[link] used the sagefans.net downloads to procure mine, learning lots.
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You are very welcome~ and... thank you! XD
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Welcome to the third spatial dimension!
Can we expect a jump to fourth, time, dimension anytime soon?
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I will likely conquer every dimension at some point, its only a matter of time (and caffeine). : ]
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You're doing great! I think you're ready to do sculpting in Blender if that's part of the video series. If it's not you can find good free videos on Blender Cookie.
[link]
[link]
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What I've seen of the sculpting has me pretty darn excited, but as the poster below has mentioned, it seems there's a lot left to learn before that, heh x).
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You'll get there in due time.
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I think learning proper topology should come way before learning to sculpt... because with uneven and horrible topology problems are bound to come up in the sculpting phase...
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