Back, just a warm up project to get into the swing of things again.
Made this monitor A LOT faster than my first one months ago. I'm surprised how much I remember. I missed Blender. I utilized light and shadow linking as well so the 3-point lighting doesn't cast onto the floor. These are still just warmup projects. Not sure what to do next, to be honest. Waiting to resubscribe to CGCookie with a student discount.
I could have added buttons on the monitor by knife carving but I'm so fearful of ngons, lol.
Are there any course offered here on learning proper retopology (poles, quad junction, flow, etc)?
Hi Blake,
This is an excellent one to start with: https://cgcookie.mavenseed.com/courses/introduction-to-retopology
The rest is mostly down to Practice, although there are some guide lines to Retopology of characters (especially faces, hands...), but they are just guide lines; if you ask any person to Retopologize the same face twice, you'll probably get two different results.
Something I've been dealing with too is that I compare myself and I'm way over ambitious. I have all these ideas I want to execute on but realize I need more practice and time, and I'm looking at people who've done it for years and years against myself, lol. I get discouraged when I shouldn't be.
FalloutSeeker, it's easy to get discouraged comparing yourself to someone who is better than you simply because they've been doing it longer or seeing something easier than you see it. Admire the work of others and allow it to inspire you.. but compare your work now to work you did 6 months ago... a year ago... 5 years ago... You'll see how much you've actually improved.
Not sure what to do with this model. Maybe practice retopology then throw on some fur?
