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BC1-1801 Week 4 Homework Submission
I would like just join to the schoolmates who completed the “Grand Slam” in BC1-1801, meaning posting homeworks in all the four weeks in January (John Sanderson and monaloren at this moment, hopefully others comes in yet)
That was an intensive month but this course reached at me which any method was not able so far in learning Blender – stepping out from the “Tutorial Zone”.
As mentioned somewhere before, for more than 3 years watching Blender tutorials from different sources, loving the program and got a lot of information, but that was in 90% just inactivity.
Here in BC1-1801 on the first week realized that okay, I can place mesh primitives beside each other, it can be harder than someone would think, but were able to do. Then if someone can place and resize mesh primitives, also can go to Edit mode, that is just one step further, moving there left and right vertices and applying modifiers, by that finished the next homework. The third week was really hard, jumping into the scuplting, some two years ago did already the Melvin exercise but now at Christmas time again, plus which one I posted that was already a third version. But again just a proof to myself, being able to sculpt and even an own scene from nothing. Then on this fourth week searched for some reference 2D images in Google which never before, started to sculpt by myself and although slightly modified the concept, step by step built up the confidence, that no need to keep and lead my hand anymore, the creativity woke up.
If next at anytime would feel the block and just loving but not doing anything in Blender, then would like just think again – can I position mesh primitives beside each other? Yes. Then can I go to Edit mode with extruding moving vertices and apply modifiers? Yes. Can I grab a mesh in scuplt mode and build something into an empty space? Yes. Then so already creating!
Regarding the actual homework, to tell the truth started from these simple reference images and you can see finally a slightly different character came out, did not have chance to watch the Wrangler tutorial, the hair could be done probably as he has the beard. Attaching also the link to the model version on https://skfb.ly/6wnun
Kent just also would like to especially thank you for the inspiration this month, I thought that actually having absolutely no time for hobby like Blender beside of a 10 months old little girl, but this idea of a class on CG Cookie mobilized the required energy 🙂