I've been in a 3D funk for the past 3 weeks because of dual jobs and long hours. What helps you get out of your funk and going when you're having trouble get'n the juices going?
Post inspirational links and other methods that get help you get your 3D on.
(sorry if this has been done. last one I saw was for UEC)
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Sadly, I'm too lazy to find said threads so...I'll let another PC'er do it. LOL. So kind...
http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=68591
This and speed modeling: (currently)
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R9cMBZnqSM[/ame]
Nice answer:
do art or china and india or korea will do it for you and for cheaper
But soda and music help me.
You want inspiration, go look at Ilya's pimp. If that doesn't inspire you, find something better to do.
On topic:
Kevin's stuff is always related. Make sure to check out stuff made by CrazyEyes - some really sweet models.
Try to take a look at games; especially at some older titles with prerendered background. Baldur's Gate II and Final Fantasy IX come to mind - great environments and some awesome highpoly goodness.
Go through Unearthly entries - you can spot some incredible stuff out there.
And start smoking; nothing inspires you more than a small dose of Benzopyrene and other carcinogenic chemicals.
Do art or don't.
I can't guess what inspires you, I can barely tell you what inspires me.
Bah... go use MoP's 2D/3D random idea generator:
http://www.ldaustinart.com/paul/speedpaint.php
It might be me, but I don't really put that much thought into it. I do agree that lately we get loads of threads, that are destined to fail after a couple of posts, or do not bring anything new. But are they really so bad that we have to be offensive towards each other?
I do believe that each thread needs a certain period of grace, and can eventually turn into an interesting discussion. Useless threads usually die out after a couple of posts and drift into the abyss; I don't think we have to be assholes to each other for that to happen.
I hope you didn't get me wrong; I'm not trying to be rude and point fingers at you, but I felt it had to be said.
Also, it's obvious that threads based on such common topics would appear every now and then, and since everyone wants the most up to date information people will be reluctant to read older threads.
If keeping the forums clean is really as important, wouldn't it be better to turn some of the most popular topics into stickies? I'm pretty sure that pinning the "Thread of Awesomeness..." alone would reduce the amount of similar threads. And obvious troll/flamebait/lolsorandum threads are best ignored (though not sure about the flamebait threads, they're often...amusing); they get rarely locked anyway, and useless replies (just like this one :poly142:) only keep them afloat.
tl;dr: flowers, peace and happy thoughts
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@Vig That sites hilarious I may just have to do some stuff from that.
I found another one suggested by a friend, Never knew about www.CGhub.com but it's gallery is fantastic.
And by all means I'm not QQing over poor me. I consider myself rather lucky to have my two jobs when most people at the moment can't even find one. I'm just saying there's not a lot of time, so I'm lookin to turn on Turbo booster mode when I'm just tired.
Apedogs has a great inspiration/reference section -
http://www.sirmikeofmitchell.com/apedogs/viewforum.php?f=10&sid=69684b9ca990e89a3c19771c76d7fc73
http://www.sirmikeofmitchell.com/apedogs/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=139
I can lose hours when I go on blog rampages! oh and dont forget places like ffffffffffffound.
http://ffffound.com/home/jackwhat/found/
lol. or speed up video right?
Yes! drawing/modeling vids sped up.............oh come on, even you would want to model this fast yet proficient some day and say that you made it in 1.5 hours.
Read a book by someone you admire, and get plenty of rest :P
"Scenario:
A ugly nuclear devil throws a green lawyer in a tree! You have 45 minutes!"
"Scenario:
A bouncy flying grandmother races a puzzled green general in a crypt! You have 50 minutes!"
Sorry.. :poly142:
That stops me working on my own stuff for weeks. The longer I left it though the shitter my work became.
My advice is to open Max or Maya and just model something easy. Get your interest back then you'll find the inspiration to do something else. Works for me. There's no miracle cure, just gotta do it.
Luckly from some of these great links and stuff I've found some really cool stuff. I'm working on a piece from
http://prikol.bigmir.net/view/45077/ . Going to work on some ideas. I've got the coffered walls working. Texturing soon. I'll post some previews in the other section soon. Keep these links going they're really great. How the hell do some of you guys come across some of these really obscure sites?
Worry about all this 3d crap later.
Some ways to get creativity is to do something different, see something new, read something, learn something.
*edit*
Ok, I misread, /me so sorry.
To be honest, we all get a time where we don't work for a couple of weeks I'm sure (I had one recently as well). Just do something else productive and then go back to it... No need to fret or post about these things, it will pass