Just started modeling

ArtisticTiger

Hey everyone ,posting this to get some tips etc crit, basically anything that will help me improve. my greatest passion is in art/game development so, im getting my skills up at the moment,just self teaching. pretty much everyday, studying anatomy drawing and stuff.
using 3ds max..anyway, its supposed to be a low poly apple(mainly into low poly stuff).
241 polys

FlynT

Not bad, but to provide proper feedback we need at least a wireframe shot of it. For now the only thing i would mention is the hard edge on top of the apple should be smooth. In general mother nature doesn't use hard edges on organic objects.

Brian "Panda" Choi

UV unwrap and paint the apple!

ArtisticTiger

FlynT wrote: »

Not bad, but to provide proper feedback we need at least a wireframe shot of it. For now the only thing i would mention is the hard edge on top of the apple should be smooth. In general mother nature doesn't use hard edges on organic objects.

k sorry still getting used to the site, didn't know if i had any replies(no new messages..).
Thanks for the tips

ArtisticTiger

JadeEyePanda wrote: »

UV unwrap and paint the apple!

I haven't really gotten into UVunwrapping yet, of course i would love to paint it so i guess i'll try it out.

Brian "Panda" Choi

No try. Do.

There's trying in the doing, but just aiming to try means not aiming to finish an attempt.

Add3r

^ This man speaks the truth. Push yourself. Dont stop at one step. Attempt at modeling more complex things as well. And yes, try to give wireframe shot, or a polycount at least, to give us an idea of what we are working with normally. I can make a crate look amazing and Low poly, but in reality I could have an infinite amount of edge loops and other evil things lurking behind a standard render without wireframe. There is no way to tell normally without it.

Goodluck in your adventures into modeling, dont let it get you down. There are hundreds upon thousands of basic to intermediate tutorials that should be able to bring you from beginning to novice, to pro in a matter of a few months easy (if you are really working at it every day or so).

Modeling isnt necessarily hard, its the pipeline of creating something unique and taking it to the final steps of getting it in a game engine, or animating it and rendering it out for animation, etc, that take patience, learning and mastery to perfect. I have been modeling for 8ish years, and there is still tricks, tips, and effective shortcuts I learn every single day when I am working. Glad you found Polycount though, this is the MECHA for 3D artists looking to get into games, and other areas of 3D art.

ArtisticTiger

JadeEyePanda wrote: »

No try. Do.

There's trying in the doing, but just aiming to try means not aiming to finish an attempt.

Okay I'll do it then.

ArtisticTiger

Add3r wrote: »

^ This man speaks the truth. Push yourself. Dont stop at one step. Attempt at modeling more complex things as well. And yes, try to give wireframe shot, or a polycount at least, to give us an idea of what we are working with normally. I can make a crate look amazing and Low poly, but in reality I could have an infinite amount of edge loops and other evil things lurking behind a standard render without wireframe. There is no way to tell normally without it.

Goodluck in your adventures into modeling, dont let it get you down. There are hundreds upon thousands of basic to intermediate tutorials that should be able to bring you from beginning to novice, to pro in a matter of a few months easy (if you are really working at it every day or so).

Modeling isnt necessarily hard, its the pipeline of creating something unique and taking it to the final steps of getting it in a game engine, or animating it and rendering it out for animation, etc, that take patience, learning and mastery to perfect. I have been modeling for 8ish years, and there is still tricks, tips, and effective shortcuts I learn every single day when I am working. Glad you found Polycount though, this is the MECHA for 3D artists looking to get into games, and other areas of 3D art.

Thanks a lot for the info and motivation. Starting right now i will be putting even more time into learning/practice.

Bnopnia

Nice start man, keep going! I am not kind of motivation guy, but really hard work is all you need, keep going, watch tutors, and everyting will be alright!

ArtisticTiger

Bnopnia wrote: »

Nice start man, keep going! I am not kind of motivation guy, but really hard work is all you need, keep going, watch tutors, and everyting will be alright!

Thanks.

BradMyers82

Usually when I see threads with titles like this I open them and see some pretty impressive stuff. Then people call the guy out about being new to modeling and he's all like "well I've been modeling for 20+ years but this is my first full character" or something like that. lol.

Looks like you might be legitimately new in this case. 3d art is tricky at first but its not all that hard really, looking forward to seeing your next update.

/edit I mean 3d art is not all that hard from a technical standpoint. Being a good artist is ridiculously hard, just thought I would make that point clear.

Bnopnia

BradMyers82 wrote: »

Usually when I see threads with titles like this I open them and see some pretty impressive stuff. Then people call the guy out about being new to modeling and he's all like "well I've been modeling for 20+ years but this is my first full character" or something like that. lol.

Looks like you might be legitimately new in this case. 3d art is tricky at first but its not all that hard really, looking forward to seeing your next update.

^ thaths my story

And one more advice, if you cant draw, i strongly recommend to learn, because texturing and sculpting (like Zbrush) requires drawings skills.

ArtisticTiger

BradMyers82 wrote: »

Usually when I see threads with titles like this I open them and see some pretty impressive stuff. Then people call the guy out about being new to modeling and he's all like "well I've been modeling for 20+ years but this is my first full character" or something like that. lol.

Looks like you might be legitimately new in this case. 3d art is tricky at first but its not all that hard really, looking forward to seeing your next update.

/edit I mean 3d art is not all that hard from a technical standpoint. Being a good artist is ridiculously hard, just thought I would make that point clear.

lol Yeah complete beginner here, always had the interest though(just never had a good enough PC).
Yeah that's true, requires a lot of time/dedication/practice.
Thanks.

ArtisticTiger

Bnopnia wrote: »

^ thaths my story

And one more advice, if you cant draw, i strongly recommend to learn, because texturing and sculpting (like Zbrush) requires drawings skills.

Yeah I'm a pretty okay artist(been drawing since i can remember, just started practicing seriously with bodies though(Because i used to draw Portraits most of the time),I read on benmathis's modeling page how 2d skills are important as well.
Anyway thanks for the input man.