Shane Olson's 3D Character Workshop?
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Has anyone here gone through this workshop? I'm considering it because I love his work and I found a couple of the free teaser videos helpful. The $700 price tag is highish but I do like the 30 day refund window. Thoughts, feelings, experiences?
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Do you plan to do the course , pay for it , and then refund it in order to do the course for free?
Anyways, I did end up going with it. The curriculum is ok but Shane seems like a genuinely decent human and the student community is awesome and very active. All in all it feels worth it.
Also, depending on your skill level, newbie, or already working in the "biz", you need to consider what time you are able and willing to put into the course. However, his tutorials begin with basics working up to advanced, and that info is continually updated and refined at the most basic level so anyone can get something from it. Also you will learn the full pipeline of game characters, that's right, the FULL pipeline, unlike others.
I don't tend to learn well from videos alone, so that is a reason that's always kept me from investing in courses as I need to be able to ask questions, get critiques from someone other than fellow classmates, blind leading the blind sort of thing. However, Shane has set his course up in a way that you can ask him questions, post on a Google 3D Character Workshop only forum, as well as the 3D CW site videos that he records specifically for you!
Plus, you get access to his videos, tutorials, forums, other students and tools for a lifetime. SOOO, unlike other high end tutorials, you will have access to your instructor forever and not just within the confines of the course. Hence, this is actually quite a high value if you think about it. He does offer a split payment currently at the time of this post(August 2018). The price, can change so i won't post it here, however, as any investment, it's always good to ask questions, and see if you feel THIS is what you want to do.
Hit Shane up, or even more, join his Twitch/Pixologic channel, check the site for specifics. You can watch, listen and ask questions.
Good Luck!
The content was definitely approachable for a total beginner; Shane is a solid teacher, provides clear instruction that provides a lot of insight into the how and more importantly the why. You're basically paying for a set of prerecorded videos and access to his community. The community is pretty cool. The emphasis is on feedback and pushing eachother forward. You'll be interacting with noobs to pros and Shane himself. He also does critique videos, I believe weekly, where he does sculpt overs on member projects. All in all, its a great program he has built.
Personally speaking, I didn't take full advantage of it and decided to shift portfolio focus to environment art. That being said, for a project coming up I plan on revisiting a few of his course videos and I'm glad I have them. I don't regret giving a guy like Shane my money, he is earnest in his love of teaching and sculpting.
can you post you post the differences on both your model and Shanes´s version here? Maybe I can help, even with dynamesh. I know a bit about the method he uses. My wife is also a begginer, and I´ve been helping her. This might give me some insight on how to teach her better.