Thanks everybody, that's really encouraging! I'm gonna use your tips and try as best as I can. I already started my first maya tutorial yesterday. Altough, due to work and personal responsibilities I stll think that 20h/week is most what I can get for learning time, at least for now. But I usually have about a free hour…
Hey, I just turned 30 myself. 2 years ago I became frustrated with how my job required absolutely no imagination or creativity (admittedly I don't know the difference between those two words). Don't feel like it's too late, else you'll end up having to work in your crappy job for the next 35 working years. 30 is the new 20…
I can recommend Pluralsight, I'm working my way through some courses on there at the moment and they are very well explained. As a total beginner they've been a life saver as I've found modeling to be a bit intimidating in the past as some other tutorials I've tried to use assume that you already have some knowledge (i.e.…
Another thread by the beginer, yup. But this one is little diffrent (maybe). I'm almost 30 yo, and I hate my job. I have to find a job where I can create something different to feel good, and since I love games I'm thinking about 3d modeling. I know that I would like to focus on enviroments. My point is, like I said I work…
I already bought most of his tutorials, and TRIED to get through his demonstration videos on Youtube. I ended up Upping the playback speed upto X2. XD One tiny problem with his stuff is that he seems to use custom scripts in some things that make people confused a bit. He mentioned that he uses a script when he applies his…
It's never to late too learn, period! I was in my early 40s roundabout 2004'sh when I'd grabbed an early Blender version and started to dig around inside. Since then I have to say at times a little hectic but nonetheless hand on heart it's been a blast thus far. Now I'm not saying it'll take as long acquiring a certain…