First Render Ever

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Just found the first render I made. 

Then after watching some tutorials online, made the second one. 

If I could see life stats, I must've hit the render button thousands of times by now and maybe spent too much time seating in front of the computer. Maybe is not a good idea to see life stats. 

  • Kaj Suominen(louhikarme) replied

    well, you could approximate the amount of times you've hit render for a pic then times the amount of projects you've done, add 20% for good measure and you have rough estimate. :)

    yeah, i agree, maybe not worth to go through that. :) 

  • Kent Trammell replied

    This is a fun thread! I managed to dig way down deep to get my first renders. I can't remember the order these were created, but I know they were all done when I was in highschool desperately trying to teach myself about 3Ds Max 😅

    A bizarre idea to make the Master Chief dance to "Smooth Criminal" (Halo 2 was popular):

    A more appropriate MC animation test:

    Wow, I haven't looked at this stuff in a loooong time lol.

  • Omar Domenech(dostovel) replied

    Well your first renders put my first renders to shame. My plan was to gradually step it up, model the Super Nintendo version of the R-Wing, then the N-64 and then the Game Cube one as I challenged myself a bit more each time. In your case nothing would top Smooth Criminal. 

  • Kent Trammell replied

    These probably aren't the first first renders but they're the oldest I still have. BTW are the videos playable for you? They were yesterday when I uploaded but aren't today 🤔


  • Phil Osterbauer(phoenix4690) replied

    I can't believe I found this. This was one of my first serious attempts at rendering. I think the need/drive to learn more started here.

  • Omar Domenech(dostovel) replied

    @theluthier I get "Your browser does not support HTML5 Video." I took a while before I realized it was browser, not Bowser.

    phoenix4690 Weirdly your serious attempt reminds me of The Legacy Of Kain Blood Omen cinemas. Your early stuff looks better than what professionals did in 1996

  • Cody Winchester(codywinch) replied

    My oldest project that I still have. My first attempt at a character