@smurfmier1985 Whilst I can’t answer whether you’re allowed to texture (but considering it’s meant to be an “all-out” kinda thing I’d imagine that’d be okay), for the first set of questions the pre-recorded content is merely meant to be a guideline to what you’re aiming for that week, think of them as references for your homework. For example last class when we were modeling a car exterior we were given pre-recorded videos related to hard surface modeling, and those courses may have given us some tips/practice before we worked on our own project, if that makes sense. Whereas the livestreams are a more engaging way of learning as you have a teacher showcasing what you’re meant to do and answering questions as soon as they’re asked the courses are much more slow but you can take them at your own pace, it’s a really good idea to utilise both.
I’d imagine we’re expected to model/sculpt our own object/character/scene as opposed to following one of the tutorials, though by all means definitely take elements from those courses and implement them into your own homework if you want! For example you could study the Introduction to Hard Surface Modeling course but instead of doing a stylized propeller plane as your homework you could take the tips and techniques from that course and instead a more realistically proportioned biplane, or hell, even something like a submarine! Hope that clears things up but I by no means am a determining voice, @theluthier will be able to give you a more concrete answer.
