[ENDED] BC3-1806 – June 2018 Class Homepage – Vehicle Modeling with Blender

[Greg McKim]

@thecabbagedetective

Hey Aaron that is an awesome tank.

[Kent Trammell]

@benkroft Isn’t this your fourth or fifth sculpt this week? It’s awesome that you’ve found it so enjoyable! And your quality keeps pushing foward. Great job, Tobias. You’ve earned an extra + for you grade this week.

[Kent Trammell]

@mrdojo That’s a good word. Avoiding burnout, taking a break, and coming back fresh is an important discipline to learn.

[Kent Trammell]

@ullreym Woah. That’s deep.

[Kent Trammell]

@jakeblended Over night I’ve actually been thinking of using the 2.8 alpha for the August class. Since the class only covers basic/essential Blender things, in theory the alpha should be plenty capable at that capacity. But I need to play with it more first to confirm. It’d be cool to get a jumpstart on 2.8 rather than be late to the party so to speak.

[Tobias Schmid]

@theluthier Yes this was my fifth sculpt. Feeled good to do a car-desin. Igot a tablet 5 years ago but never used it, just when i got it do draw some 2d stuff. But finally i gave it another try to Setup the tablet for 3d and get a habit of using it. And after 1,5 weeks it was totally the right decicion. Im currently watching the week 2 stream from the march sculpting Class. I will continue on Caracters. Thumbs up for all your sculpting tutorials.

[Darren McBain]

@theluthier just grabbing 2.8 to have a little gander as well, test with some little stuff over the next few weeks.

[Bauke Post]

@thecabbagedetective 8 hours a day?! Do you already have vacation or something?

[Bauke Post]

If anyone is interested, you can check out the other thread in the community for vehicle texturing. I thought that would make things a bit more organized. https://cgcookie.com/t/1331-vehicle-texturing-shading-with-blender

[Jake Korosi]

@theluthier @oboshape now there’s an idea.  Gotta make sure the alpha isn’t too crashy, though.  So far it has given me trouble when I try to open those huge example files that they made available late last year; but just opening it up, adjusting settings, and building simple things, it seems fairly stable (famous last words).

[Aaron Rudderham]

@doulos4iesou Why ta very much!

[Aaron Rudderham]

@baukepost Nah not quite. Finished school a while ago so my time spent “working” has been studying for any exams I can take, keeping the house in shape and trying to find a job for the time being. Ideally I’d like to make this my job hence my dedication, but I really need to learn how to manage my time more effectively. Outside of my basic needs and my non-Blender work (sometimes even forgetting to do that) I pretty much haven’t done anything outside of Blender. Also I should be more specific and say that the 8 hours is an average. Some days I’d forget (mostly) everything else and work like 12 hours whereas some I’d only work 5-6 due to either excess work or my love of Fallout worming its way back into my heart. Those extreme days were kinda rare though.

[John Garrett]

I wanted to say this was a great class, sorry not to be involved as much as I wanted to. Life and 2 week loss of Internet contributed to it. The camaraderie among participants was really great. The tips and critique among participants was also great. The quality of submissions was amazing and maybe a little intimidating.

I plan to work on my chosen model and post a WIP thread in the Community soon. I am slower at modeling than most in this class but maybe regular working will bring the speed up.

Also I am planning to take the August class. I have been sporadic in using Blender the last year or so and plan to devote regular time to it.

Thanks Kent for a great class.

~John

[Kent Trammell]

THUS ENDETH THE CLASS

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Best. Class. Yet. Vehicles were built, interiors detailed, designs conceptualized. I hope this class scratched your vehicle itch the way it has mine. At least the modeling…I’ve a new itch to shade and light vehicles 😎

Consistency: Out of 46 total members that submitted homework, 16 submitted all 4 weeks. I want to commend those members:

• Aaron Rudderham ( @thecabbagedetective )
• Jake Korosi ( @jakeblended )
• Jeremy Pouillot ( @dieedi )
• Jack ( @jack07 )
• Jere Haapaharju ( @swikni )
• Michallis Pashidis ( @michallis )
• William Miller ( @williamatics )
• Darren McBain ( @oboshape )
• Palo Piktor ( @thepainter )
• Thibaut Bourbon ( @tbrbn )
• Katerina Novakova ( @shiennar )
• Bauke Post ( @baukepost )
• Hans Christian Gross (@silenthans )
• Matthew Ullrey ( @ullreym )
• Zsolt Cseh ( @csehz )
• @silentheart00

This Community tho: I’ve said it several times, but once more – The level of advice, critique, and encouragement from you – the members – in this class has been next level. Several of you have been active daily in the community thread answering questions and posting feedback on each other’s work. I wish I had a community like this when I was learning! You know who you are. Thanks for making these classes such a great place to learn.

Volunteer Instructor’s Assistants: 3 galant members heeded the call and proved themselves very valuable resources to this class and to me. Thank you, VA’s!

• Thibaut Bourbon ( @tbrbn )
• Zsolt Cseh ( @csehz )
• @silentheart00

Highest Grade: Aaron Rudderham takes home the most guacamole this month with 178 XP! Remember to check Zolt’s Report Card to see how you did, if you like. Reminder that I calculated the total value for everyone based on this scale: F/- = 0, D = 10, C = 20, B = 30, A = 40, + = 5. Today I’m going to manually add those XP values to each of your accounts. 4451 total XP is about to rain down! 😱

NOTE: If you see that I missed a grade, please let me know – I want you to get all the XP you’ve earned.

Your Feedback is important! An effort to improve the class experience and give you a chance to cast your vote for future classes! Please take a moment to fill out this questionnaire if you don’t mind 🙇🏻‍♂️

[Aaron Rudderham]

@theluthier What a month! Questionnaire filled out, looking forward to doing this again in August. Been a tad lost these past couple days ’cause this is what I’ve almost exclusively been doing, guess it’s time to reconnect with my other hobbies and studies. Well, until the next class anyways haha.

This was my first class and I gotta say, being given deadlines and working simultaneously with a myriad of others really motivates you. Starting this class I thought I’d never be capable of doing half the things I did this month, so thanks to all of you who encouraged, critiqued and motivated me and many others.

Looking forward to what you have in store for us next @theluthier,  and if we get a shading/lighting class I’m looking forward to seeing all of your creations come to life! It was a blast working alongside you all and I’ll see you next time!

Also as a sidenote I didn’t get a notification for this message, though that may have been due to it being edited to include the @ instead.

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