Help Anuther Confused Artist :)

[JamesBPM]

I would start out with a 8x6 sphere, rotated 90 along z... VM, begin tweak, cut and connects... ;)


What kind of char do you see yourself wishing to model... ie, insect, dog, bird, human etc?

[Fro Lee]

You graduated from animation so you probably already know this but …
it really does not matter which animation/modelling package you use - it is more what you do with it. That said, many artists prefer to use a certain tools to express themselves. We use wings.

I too have been aware of blender for some time now (the forum used to be blended with the wings forum), but have been too busy trying to learn ZBrush and Maya. But both legally cost money, so I believe that you are going the right path with free open-source software. (Plus educational licensing can be a pain if you ever want to do commercial stuff).

Rest assured, Wings is a very capable modeller. IMHO it kicks the living daylights out of Max and Maya in terms of efficient, intuitive workflow. You won't regret learning it - especially since you can import directly into blender. If you get good at wings your modelling speed will likely increase too.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with in the next month.
As a push in the right direction, here is a head I made in Wings3d and imported into blender a long time ago. I am not sure how relevant it is in terms of learning off of but it has some morphs and skinning.

http://www.geocities.com/frodude3d/WIngs3d_blender.zip

Also, if you are going for open-source software, check out the gimp - like photoshop but free/open-source:
http://www.gimp.org/

And there are tons of tutorials on the web - most of which you have probably already seen.
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=39227
http://cube.phlatt.net/home/spiraloid/tutorial/index.html
http://maxrovat.sns.hu/subdiv/
http://67.15.36.49/ffa/tutorials/max/joanofarc/joanmenu.asp
http://ambient-whisper.cgcommunity.com/home.html
http://www.elysiun.com/
http://www.cgchannel.com/
http://www.3dtotal.com/

And finally …
I wonder how many other people feel that they are more than just the person who conforms to an unfulfilling day job to pay the bills, but rather an artist who needs to express themselves even though we can get very lost along the way?

Yeah … I usually don't recommend podcasts but I enjoy listening to this one and it sounds right up your alley. It is called 'Media Artist Secrets' and can be found here.
http://www.fmstudio.com/blog/index.html
I apologize in advance if this recommendation is totally out of place.

Happy flying with those Wings.
-Fro.

[peterwoodsy]

Thanks for the posotive feed back people

I have decided to use a character design from a character design sheet found on the internet as I see this as purely an eductional project to get me used to working with BLENDER and WINGS.

Looking forward to have some work to show http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

[mdwsr]

Sounds interesting, I would like to follow. It's easier for me to spend time with CG during the winter but I have played with wings and blender for a year or so now, still in the basics but learning all the time.

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