Couldn’t find a new users thread to post to so I started one.
waves to everyone
I’ve been using Blender off and on for about a year (I started with 2.49 but couldn’t deal with the interface but came back after the 2.5 release) and am working on how to make better models and get myself a decent workflow.
The only Blender project I’ve got going on right now is a 2005 VW Beetle just to get started with learning vehicle topology. It’s pretty bad so I’m probably going to start it over unless I can fix it after I get the body done.
Well I look forward to participating more on the forums and getting to know you all.
Ah I have to start my car over as it’s taken on an unexpected (not really) crappy mesh. Blah. Think I need to search the board look around. Can’t post images until 10 posts if memory serves me?
2005 VW beetle… that’s an interesting project choice. Some really challenging shapes to get right, but very clear and distinct. It almost looks more like a concept sketch (or Zbrush sculpt) made out of simple primitives than a finished car.
Thanks guys. I picked the beetle because I thought it would be a bit easier to make aside from the sports cars with all their cutouts and lines…not sure how to describe it just that they look a bit more challenging to me. I have to start it over my mesh was just awful and all over the place. Hopefully this restart of it will work out better than my last 2 attempts at it.
@Ross I shall do that once I get it restarted again
I suggest that the best way to keep from going bonkers is to … no, I won’t say “start small,” but rather, “start incrementally.”
If you try to create a perfect model of a VW your first time out of the block (or your second, or your third, or your forty-fifth, or your forty-sixth…), hey, let’s face it, you’re not gonna get “there.”
But … you certainly will get “somewhere,” and what you really want to concentrate on is figuring out – self-critiquing – just where that “somewhere” is, and isn’t. Your eye’s gonna love some things, instinctively, and reject other things, again instinctively. Pay close attention to what your well-trained eyes are telling you, “instinctively,” and try your best to put those instincts into words.
Nevertheless, don’t judge. Observe. Compare to reference photos. Keep every iteration of your work-in-progress and compare one to the other. Don’t let yourself get discouraged. Rome was not built in a day. If you set unrealistic expectations, then: (gasp!) “you’ll fall short! Imagine that!”
Take what you did do, then consider how you might make it a little better, and (with a copy of what you’ve got), incrementally try to improve upon it a little bit. Then observe. Next, with a copy of either that file or its predecessor, experiment again. Keep a diary.
Awww dang! I’d already deleted that version of it as I felt it was just too bad to deal with or fix. Now I wish I’d kept it. That’s exactly my problem. I try to do too much at once instead of working on one detail and make sure it’s good before I go on. I’ve gotten myself into the mentality to hurry up and get it done and get on to the next thing. Which now I realize I can’t do that anymore. I’ve been stuck there since I started out doing vectors and photos for microstock for the last 3 years. It’s been definitely a hard habit to break.
I’ll definitely start keeping all file versions and keep track of what works and what doesn’t. I need to learn to be more patient as well. Thank you very much for your words they’ve really helped me a lot
