Reply To: Growing Dissatisfaction with CGCookie
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Hi Tobles,
Thanks for your feedback. Some of the things that have been brought up here are right on point, We are always trying to improve, and we are aware of the flaws in the exercise system.
It is my view that feedback is king, which is why I critique every one of the animation submissions. You can’t do any better than your best. So it takes someone that can point out the things that you can’t see to push you to the next level. Then your best becomes better.
I did design all the animation exercises so the students can learn and practice 1 skill at a time in sequential order. But not all the skills in the courses and tutorials can be translated to ‘exercises’ like this. That is where the learner needs to step up.
So if you are trying to practice modelling. Take control of your learning. Don’t wait for CGCookie to create an exercise for you do that practice. Just start practicing, If you’re struggling with arms, then grab a bunch of reference images and then start. Why not spend a week (or 2) modelling 1 arm a day. Everyday, model an arm. You shouldn’t try to be perfect, just aim to be better than the day before. If you keep doing this, you will become super great and modelling arms.
It’s really important that YOU practice what you want to get better at. You can use all the CGC content as a way to learn and get better, but also to discover the things YOU need to practice. Then you can apply what what you’ve learnt into any of your own projects when necessary. (sorry for putting some words in all caps but I was trying to make it stick haha)
Here’s some reading on learning if you haven’t already seen it – https://blog.cgcookie.com/the-art-of-learning/
Don’t look at your attempts to do something as ‘failures’. Work on your grit, and recognise that this is just testing your ‘tolerance of ambiguity’. You can do it, Tobles!!
You can also join the CGCookie community Discord channel to get some feedback on your work.