Reply To: Save file size got huge, is this normal?

[Chunck Trafagander]

For as much grief the scarf seemed to provide, it turned out amazing! The folds look really organic, you truly nailed it. The enitre composition looks sweet, I am loving your renders. 🙂 Happy to help out, even though the mystery of why your files shot up may never be fully solved. 

That’s a great question! There are two courses that come to mind immediately:

Creating a Stylized Forest (https://cgcookie.com/course/creating-a-stylized-forest-with-blender-2-9)

– This one is taught by Kent Trammel, and he does a fantastic job at capturing a an incredibly atmospheric nature scene. It may be out of place for a snowman, but I’m sure there are many tips you could pick up to make a snow-themed one very easily, to give your snowman a backdrop!

Directing the Camera in Blender (https://cgcookie.com/course/directing-the-camera)

– This one is taught by Wayne Dixon, as he does a crazy good job at covering all things camera-related! Once you have a sweet looking backdrop, I’d highly recommend taking a look at some ways you could go even further into showcasing your beautiful scenes and models. You’ll learn practical camera techniques to not only take great still-renders, but he will have you moving your camera around and getting some great animated shots as well.

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I can highly recommend those two courses if you want to continue going further with your snowman, or if you even want to just learn new skills that are going to help hone and round out your skills even more! Thank you as well for checking out my course, it’s been a pleasure getting to talk to you about the project and to finally see your finished result! 🙂