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The Death of Curiosity
Recently I was asked to help with a thread/document that wanted to provide a bunch of quick answers to common questions, a noble cause no doubt; however, on further reflection I think this sort of thing sometimes does more harm than good. The problem with absolute rules, or explaining solutions to common problems with… -
Re: The Death of Curiosity
So the learning styles thing is interesting, but I don't think it's really an either or thing. For instance, let's take a hypothetical tutorial on how to make 3 point lighting. I could write the condensed version: * Add a key light to the upper left of the character * Add a rim light behind, and to the right of the… -
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I m quite active in my local Unreal Engine facebook forum, it is quite sadden me when people choose to private message me asking for solution for their layers of issues. I told them , to post in the group page, so at least everybody can have equal problem and solution proper database , instead of asking it privately ,… -
Re: The Death of Curiosity
Just to add my thoughts after reading this thread: I still have a long journey of learning in front of me. With that being said, I realized that some mistakes I did in the beginning are basically what you guys are talking about. When I was watching animation tutorials, I would follow those and do more or less exactly what… -
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Great topic, but I do think you need to be able to draw a line. A lot of tutorials do teach concepts and techniques which without them I would have no idea how to accomplish half of my job. We don't get a lot of time to learn anymore either, companies expect us youngings to hit the ground running -
Re: The Death of Curiosity
What makes a great artist, game or otherwise, isnt how pretty or cool something is. Its their ability to problem solve and that doesnt mean never asking for help. It means doing ones Due Diligence, before asking for help. It means sometimes banging you head against a wall, or in the 21st century banging your head against… -
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@Earthquake: Yes, but increasing size of industry and things that need to be learned that is something that can't be avoided. There will always be a high number of people just copying what others tell them. This happens everywhere. You will always have this things happening and in absolute numbers this will happen more and…
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