I think tutorials can be good when you are totally new to any 3D software but other then that I would recommend to go through a project as you usually would in any software, search for tools and when you get stuck you can look up a fix for that certain problem, at least for me that helps me remember stuff better then a…
Hello. I
been lurking on this forum quietly for sometime. After observing for
long enough, I think you guys are best suited for my question. I'm a
Blender (hobbyist? enthusiast?) yep I'm one of "those" ;) . What ever the title is, where you like what others are doing, but
you cant do yourself lol. Anyways I been into this…
never liked sitting through tutorials at all. I go to them and skip to exactly what I need to find out to continue, then get back to it. Prefer hands on learning. Anyway, why not just abandon them and just pick a piece of work you like and replicate it by eye. It's real easy to get caught up reading/watching everything…
I've been at it for 2 years and I still need reference. Always spend time before a project gathering tons of reference pictures! And copying what other people are doing in a tutorial isn't a bad thing. Eventually you should be able to take off on your own.
stop thinking and start doing. Like others have said, just pick a concept that speaks to you from the thousands of badass concept art posts on artstation and start executing. stop watching tutorials, looking for the silver bullet that is going to take you from a struggling beginner to a AAA level artist over night. If you…
It's definitely intimidating when you look at the wide spread of programs and disciplines that make up a "3d artist". I think we all have some program we've been putting off learning while we finish other work. "Oh I have to pickup marvelous designer", "I never got the hang of hard surface", "I need to learn rigging…
Working with any DCC package when starting out can be daunting alongside these days a wealth of instructional material on the Net too choose from, so not surprising many people become overwhelmed with the whole thing. Those 'paint-by-numbers' tutes you'd mentioned are really the best way for a novice getting some sort of…