Hi everyone, Many artists are working hard, striving to catch up with current-gen techniques and quality of game art. To make this a reality, one must learn software that is widely used in the games industry. After a not so good 2015 in terms of doing much personal art outside of the day job, my aim is to turn that around…
I agree with those who said make a project... you will learn so much from it. Along the way you'll want to watch tutorials/read books, whatever you need to do in order to accomplish your goal. Also make sure to get critique on your work, that's for sure! The finished product may not look AAA amazing, but do everything you…
It's finding that balance of which program(s) you can learn at the same time depending on their complexity, all within the spare hours you may have outside of regular work commitments. I too have damaged my learning a few times by doing too much at once, or getting distracted and going off on tangents. Thanks for your…
For Blender I've trial-by-error'd it out for years (2003-now). Two helpful things that guided me are sm_tuto.pdf (Korean) and that face topology picture (you know which one it is).
I've wanted to learn Modo for a while, and for the past few weeks I've been doing that. I'm pretty busy, if I'm not working a lot I'm spending time with my wife, or doing other stuff. I decided I needed to, so I took an hour out of sleep or other activities a day, and spent it using the software. I'd focus on getting used…
Do a complete project with a clear set of goals on what you want to learn. But that's usually after doing some small tutorials or a "introduction to" video so i know how to do basic navigation and such.
"Just do it!" - I think everyone knows by now. When pushing myself to try new things, if I am not in the mood to start a whole new project or plan on just getting my feet wet before a head first dive into the deep end, I will take an existing WIP asset or one I previously completed and step back as far as needed along the…
@Add3r - I like that. I will take that in a metaphorical way though, don't face the clean up job if I took that literally! @Arkaria - Thanks for your input. I find tutorial videos the easiest to learn from myself. @VERTEX_ - I agree about that making a small project is good. Would you make a project that requires to learn…
I don't think it has to be one tool at a time, but focusing on too many could get confusing. I feel that when your brain is in the groove of learning one piece of software, you may be able to pick up other stuff quicker. That's how I work mostly, but I also can get distracted or mix things up sometimes. Another bit of…
@lotet - Would you say you will just experiment with the program for x number of months before making a finished piece? I will watch tutorials, sometimes on a specific thing I want to make and sometimes general bits and pieces. Your method is interesting though, I haven't tried watching so much without even opening the…