Reply To: Low Poly Treasure Chest: A critical review

[tobles]

Hello Jane Joel,

I think you lost your track a little here. Those two projects have the same object but very different goals. The “Abbitt” treasure chest is a completely different chest than the “Trammell” treasure chest. The style from Grant Abbitt is cartoonish in this case and Trammells is more realistically.

“It is a waste of time to model something with geometric (engineering) precision only to be made imperfect”
In my opinion this is not true and it’s not the case here. Kent starts with the block-out. That means to create a basic shape of an object, so you get a base object you can work with and put details in. As you can see in the final result, there is a treasure chest with a lot of details and individuality in this object ( while it still is a “low-poly”) whereas the “Abbitt” chest has only a few details. No wooden textures, just brown color and everything very basic.

“Forget the content, Cant they at least make tutorials without doing these overinflated self promotions?”
I guess this is depending on peoples taste. I don’t mind this at all, but instead I do like it a lot. In my opinion it makes these courses a little more vivid and creates a motivating atmosphere.

“Along the way he [Grant Abbitt] teaches excellent techniques and his instructions are succinct and to the point. Never once does he beat around the bush, and never once he gives instructions without purpose.”
That is true, Grant Abbitt does a good teaching, but Kent Trammell does even better in my opinion.

Greetings,
tobles