[ENDED] BC1-1801 – January Class Homepage – Getting Started with 3D Modeling & Blender

[Paul Haynes]

HOMEWORK SUBMISSION, BC1-1801, Week I

[Matthew Ullrey]

BC1-1801 Week 1 Homework Submission.

Sir Polygon and his “primitive” weapon are no match for the monstrous beast sneaking up from behind.

I really loved the challenge of limiting the image to the built-in primitive shapes. Although, I did stretch the rules a little by popping into Edit mode to adjust the planes to fit the dragon wings. I enjoyed the freedom to create anything we wanted coupled with the satisfaction that comes with actually completing an assignment.

[tanya]

I landed here from learning html and javascript learning to greensock (2d animation) to babylon.  As you can tell I have absolutely no art experience, but am having an unbelievable good time learning blender.  I didn’t even know blender existed three months ago, and thought 3d animation was making a 2d drawing appear 3d, shows how naive someone can be.  I do have a question, I have heard references to python and blender, I happen to know python and was curious what you can do with python and blender.  Thanks.

[Scott McClellan]

Pretty darn cool.

[Kent Trammell]

Campfire scene – very nice. Well executed exercise! A+

Are you new to 3D/Blender or do you have some experience?

[Kent Trammell]

Whaaaaaat. This is quite the impressive primitive scene! Awesome job. Wow. A++

Are you new to 3D/Blender?! My guess would be you have some experience..

Nevermind, just saw your panda in your gallery. I’m glad you heeded the challenge of sticking just to primitives when you know how much more can be done with edit mode.

[Kent Trammell]

I absolutely cannot tell that you have no art experience @tanya53. This is a fantastic primitive-based scene. I’ve been playing Super Mario Odyssey and the big fish reminds me of the iconic fish in the game. There’s some good details going on in the scene too. A++

Thanks for sharing about where you’re coming from with Blender/3D. If you stick with it, you python experience will be invaluable. In general, Python can be used to do basically anything in Blender from a scripting platform. This means it’s commonly used to write custom tools from simple macros to complex functions that expand Blender’s capabilities. Like the “Retopoflow” addon, which is entirely written in python for Blender.

That to say, a Blender artist that knows how to wield python is super saiyan.

Glad to have you part of the class!

[Paul Haynes]

Not new. But I haven’t been able to sit down in front of it consistently. Trying to change that this year and pretty much starting over as a refresher.

[hoofed]

BC1-1801 Week 1 Homework Submission

I cheated a little by using modifiers with the primitives.

[Zsolt Cseh]

@Matthew huhh that is some brilliant one

[Cliff Davis]

Impressive. How long did that take? 

[Ninive Kha]

HOMEWORK SUBMISSION, BC1-1801, Week I

Say cheese…

[Kent Trammell]

CHEATER! Well, if you know how to use modifiers, it’s likely that you’re comfortable navigating the viewport and transforming objects. So no big deal 😉

Nice job with the assignment, Tom: A+ 👍

[Kent Trammell]

Ha I love the pose! Nice job @ninivekha. Looks like all primitives to me. And the construction of the scene means you must be comfortable with viewport navigation as well as object manipulation. A+

Are you new to 3D/Blender? I see a traditional sculpting piece in your gallery..

[Matthew Ullrey]

Thanks for the encouragement and the A++! As best as I can figure this project took about nine hours over a span of four days. I started with the knight character and sword, but then the Blender scene demanded I try a primitive dragon. So, compelled by a long absent yet welcomed feeling of inspiration, I started assembling the dragon with the default cube. The creative process was addictive and I completely enjoyed the purpose, stretch, and strain of this exercise. (That sounded like I was going to the gym?) I’m looking forward to more of these livestream classes! Thanks Kent and CG Cookie folks.

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