Is this a valid way of practice?
polycounter lvl 11
Is creating orthos from a model and using them as a reference a valid way of practice? Every now and then if I need to model something I havent modeled before ill usually create a model sheet reference of a model from a game and use it as the base for mine (I mean make pictures with the game model, and then model my own against it). Ive done this a few times to get a good basemesh to bring into ZBrush, but how will this affect me in the future? Is this not how I should practice or what id expect from a concept artist? Surely you cant just model a character up against nothing :S.
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Sure you can, and in the industry you often will need to. There's no guarantee orthographics, or even standard concepts, will be available to base your work off of, sometimes you'll just be given a general verbal/written outline of what's needed and nothing else. If you can concept your own work though you don't have to worry about this, and that's one of the reasons why 2D skills are so valued in the industry.