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How many years of study and practice would it take to do anything shown in that demo reel? I have downloaded Blender several times over the last decades, thinki
by nsxwolf 5y ago
How many years of study and practice would it take to do anything shown in that demo reel? I have downloaded Blender several times over the last decades, thinking I would watch some tutorials and learn something, but always gave up having failed to model so much as a solid cube.
- Taywee 5y agoDo some tutorials, or even a paid course. Just like no DAW will replace the need to understand and practice music theory, Blender will never replace the need to understand and be able to work properly with 3D space.
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- themodelplumber 5y agoYou have to find your path, that's where the subjective energy comes from. The thing about a demo reel is that you're automatically focusing in on someone else's deep and subjective set of interests (or a group of users' various sets). So it's often way too objective (in terms of psychological distance) a lens through which to be able to see a good starting point for one's humble own self. Personally I eventually found my way in by focusing on lighting and procedural textures. I got really good at making decked-out spheres. :-) It's still a favorite doodling activity. In the process of learning I ended up contributing to Wikipedia articles on things like global illumination, and some of my texturing images are still up there. (And to this day I don't find the modeling part that interesting. One of my projects was in the 2005 Blender showreel I think, it was just a simple project that seemed fun and I couldn't wait to have the modeling part complete)