Seeing Polygons
After spending a long time working on some 3d modeling or texturing I have these "glitches" where for a second I think I am in an app then quickly realize "WTF was i thinking.."
Here are some I can remember.
While walking along looking at the tiled floor I saw a tile cut with 5 edges and thought "I must get rid of that 5 sided poly".
When brushing my teeth, I just brushed one side of my mouth because I thought symmetry modifier was on.
While sitting down I looked down at scratch in my jeans and tried to clone tool it out in my mind.
When I Looked at the back of my new ipod I saw it was getting some scratches on it and thought "oh good the texture has got a grunge pass on it now"
So, it's pretty funny when it happens. I'm wondering has this sort of thing happened to anyone else?
Also related, do you ever catch yourself thinking about how you would model something or texture something in the environment around you?
Here are some I can remember.
While walking along looking at the tiled floor I saw a tile cut with 5 edges and thought "I must get rid of that 5 sided poly".
When brushing my teeth, I just brushed one side of my mouth because I thought symmetry modifier was on.
While sitting down I looked down at scratch in my jeans and tried to clone tool it out in my mind.
When I Looked at the back of my new ipod I saw it was getting some scratches on it and thought "oh good the texture has got a grunge pass on it now"
So, it's pretty funny when it happens. I'm wondering has this sort of thing happened to anyone else?
Also related, do you ever catch yourself thinking about how you would model something or texture something in the environment around you?
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I often wake up in the middle of the night with that confusing 2/3rds-still-asleep haze in which things like rolling over or fixing my pillow are perceived to be directly related to some kind of restless 3d project.
I have had that exact thing happen to me!! At the school where I took game design we have these patterned tiles that suddenly become bigger tiles that make 5-sided edges... and it hurts to look at. I've discussed this with other people in my class, and they all admit this same thing has happened to them.
So no, you're not crazy. Or, uh.... we're all crazy. Either way... one day I'll fix those tiles...
The only thing i wonder how to model is what i have on the paper
If some day i get up, and i see myself in polygons, and all the world texeled like in a videogame... i would survive, but if i see all normalmapped and black, i would suicide myself hehehe.
If you play with the videoconsole till late, and then u go to sleep, you surely will dream with the game u were playing. It's very common to imagine those kind of things if you pass too many hours doing 3d or playing. Mental stress!
Take a break!
*wipes away debris on wacom while blowing at the monitor*
I once got caught staring at a girls fake boobs in a bar because I was modeling a girl for scarface with some big fake ones. We had a good chat afterwards :P
I often analyze peoples anatomy... legs are too short... neck is too long... shoulders too wide... oooh just perfect...
But i think all of us do these kinda things, like walking down the street and picturing edge loops on people, trying to make it look just right before you pass em. I remember one time in class (just when we got into UT3) I was noticing different perspective angles, as if I was the camera, trying to frame the perfect shot with nice spec and detail.
I wouldn't have it any other way
I'm always wondering how well I can break down real life things into low poly. I work with high poly and nurbs now, and funnily enough, the cyber world enters real life less and less because you start to see things for what they are.
That is really the only thing that has happens to me, although I did once try to write something down on paper with my wacom pen, but that was just clumsy of me.
I have also thought about hitting CTRL-Z when drawing on paper, and then getting annoyed when I realise it won't work!
I get exactly that! My head would be spinning with 3d related stuff, and I might actually think I'm still working on whatever project I worked on during the day. Sometimes I try weird shit like straightening out my blanket so that it's "unwrapped properly"... and even think it contributes to my current assignment. :polytwitch:
If that happens I really have to force myself out of it, get up, drink some water, clear my thoughts and then go back to sleep with the thought that unwrapping the blanket in my mind is really not going to help me finish my assignment any earlier. :poly111:
Now that I'm an environment artist, I've gone through the phases where I see wireframe on everything...after a long night/day of modeling. I've always looked at the environment around me and thought about how I would model and/or texture it. But, that's something that's more conscious than any of the previous.
@KP: lol, I've brushed away the invisible eraser shavings from my wacom before.
then I find myself critiquing the texturing on real buildings, usually things like 'That texture is so unrealistic' >.<
Not to mention skies.. the number of times if grumbled to my girlfriend that if I were to put a sky like that in a game noone would believe it...
It's awesome.
and wondered how much damage they could do to my army.
I hover my hand when writing/drawing so I don't smudge, but since I've been using a tablet I've started to drag my hand more and more. I didn't realize it until I was working with charcoal again...
The worst thing thats happened to me was one time I hallucinated one of those "press E" things to pick up a Pepsi can on the ground, because I thought it was a blue plasma rifle or something. I was pretty tired at the time though. Still .... I worry for my mental health.
Ya ctrl z always when drawling or even think save file in head when it starts to look good.
All tho I always look at stuff around me and think about what I could use the textures for.
I look at things and go ooh that is the perfect color swatch.
Zounds of Ancient Behemoths!
somehow i never find jewels in the grass though
i never thougt about that anytime in real life^^
lucky you being no coder, thinking about how to code how people acting, rain and stuff that happens around me drives me nuts^^
tight atm i see dead people, i think i need a nap
I also find that keyboard shortcuts are so hard-wired these days that I have to think really hard about what I'm actually pressing if I have to explain it to someone else.
Along with the usual artist stuff... thinking the spec on real-life surfaces isn't behaving right or that proportions/features of people who are standing infront of me aren't anatomically correct.
And occasionally I'll have that cntrl-z urge. And I'll get random ass thoughts like here recently...my mother in-law was talkin' some smack and I thought to myself "....just hit the delete button."
I hear ya on those. I've also tried to blow the crumbles away.
Also, today was interesting... I've been playing too much Katamari. I kept looking at things like, "Yeah, I could roll that up... or that. No way, that bulidings way too big right now. It'll be awesome when I can roll it up, though." I think it'd be bad if I had really tried to roll up that fire hydrant...
When I played GTA Vice City too much, when I was driving to work I always wanted to run the prick going 20 in the the fast lane off the road and beat him the club ( you the anti theft device) in my car. I would have to remind myself this was not the game, and get bummed out a bit. Good thing I stopped playing LOL.
I look at people on the train for reference all the time, and it's really awkward when you get caught staring. Especially when its a wrinkly dude and he winks back at you.
-caseyjones
ctrl+z, yep done that.
bad one happened recently - wrote a mail (normal paper letter) address with underscores - got a good way through before I realised what I was doing wrong! That was embarassing and a bit worrying.
funny thread.
I did this a lot when i started learning max, still do on occasion but the imaginary modeling is pretty much instantaneous now...i'm not wondering how to model this or that kind of shape.
Also, many times i wished for a ctlr-z key in real life!