My homework thread for the August 2018 Class
To keep track of the homework, I've decided to put links to the gallery here:
Week 1: Primitive village (with additional close-ups)
ssmurfmier1985 Thank you. :-) And yes, it was - it took quite a lot longer than I expected. But then again, I'm not a very experienced sculptor (this is my third character - and first one intended as realistic). I hope I'll get better at making them, though. Most of my short film ideas have some sort of characters in them...
shiennar I think you're well on your way, never would have guessed that you didn't have much experience! 😊
had originally wanted to sculpt a horse - until the instructions changed. But with the ingenious help of Mr Old Dog , I was able to reconcile the two.
shiennar Oh wow that's a nice head! Quite well done, great submission!
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I have no idea how you have the skill and time management knawledge to nail it every week but you just keep on keeping on. I'm honestly a little scared as to what you have in store for us next week, but I know for a fact it'll be consistently amazing.
thecabbagedetective :-D I love reading your comments, Aaron, they always make me laugh (I'm still giggling as I write this). But I also have to admit that I'm little scared this week myself. (I haven't decided what to make yet... and the clock is ticking.)
As to the time management - it really helped me to start making one blog post per week (with a new render every time). It takes the pressure off deciding *if* I want to make something and puts it squarely on *what on earth am I going to make this week?*
And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to plead with the gods of creativity to send a few inspiration particles my way...
shiennar Your homework submissions never disappoint, Kate. Glad you gave 2.8 a shot with your primitives. And my apologies about the homework switch - I caused some unnecessary confusion. I.e. if you just did a horse that would have been fine but I didn't explain that well.
Anyhoo, you did a really nice job on both your head sculpt and the rest of the centaur! A+ for the week 👍
shiennar Katerina you would deserve some extra credit for the flexibility of combining the two sculpture in one homework :D The idea was also brilliant, but the biggest thing is achieving it
shiennar Why ta, I aim to please! The thread has gone quiet again though, that can only mean one thing... the inspiration was found...
Homework Week 4
When I was hunting for inspiration this week, I put together a short list of boxes I wanted to tick. The ideal project would:
It took me three days but I think I found it. First, here is the reference I used.
And now my take on it. Eh. Not happy with many areas (I'm looking at you, weird-shaped and impossible-to-get-right corner thingies!) but I think I managed to do all I set out to do.
First, the Blender (2.8) matcap views:
And now the Substance Painter ones (I was mostly using MultiRes, so UV unwrapping was not too bad, but with the corner thingies I had to do an unexpected retopo):
I hope that next week I'll be able to show you what's inside the box. :-)
shiennar this really is beautifull . tis really pretty love the design
shiennar Katerina you are able to always come up with some extra, when entering to your thread I feel already some excitement what will be that.
I think it looks great again and yes it could be the next level what is hidden there :-)
shiennar Oh come ON, you can't keep impressing us this consistently, it's just not mathematically possible. In all seriousness though this is great as always! Not sure if I asked before but how long have you been doing the whole 3D stuff?
thecabbagedetective Thank you very much :-) Hmm, let me check. I started doing the weekly thing in April 2017, so it will be a year and a half soon. I had a few on-and-off encounters with Blender before that but I never got further than a few beginner's tutorials. Well, eight years and a half more and I can start calling myself an accomplished artist. :-)
shiennar Damn, you're not far ahead of me in terms of experience, at least it doesn't feel like it, I need to work harder to meet your level lol. You got a strong future ahead of ya in 3D, not that you need me to tell you that.
thecabbagedetective Hah, I bet I'll feel the same about your submission tomorrow when I'm making the final reel (that's the only downside of it - I can't go see people's homework before Monday because I'd lose track of the unread posts). This class shows that you've made some huge leaps in the past month alone. I already have some serious competition on the rise. But you don't need me to tell you that. :-)