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General | Posted 17 years agoStill at work on the 3d model tutorial. If anyone knows of a good, efficient screen recorder, lemme know. Something that can capture decent quality with decent FPS, sound doesn't matter as I'll be doing a voice over anyways.
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Finals are nearing, thank god. Don't know why I took the classes I did. Studying my brains out for my most recent exams got me nothing but 77% and 80%. I hate GLERs. They absolutely destroy my confidence, and I still don't see why the fuck I have to take them. Maybe five sciences or something, but ten sciences and social sciences (a full year's worth of additional classes) is nothing but a shameless money grab and a needless kick to the egonads. As usual, my GPA outside of my GLERs is well over 3 and a half, but I struggle no matter what I do in my GLERs, so my GPA is 2.8. Barely.
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Still working on the side project (well, primary project at the moment). So many things left to do, even though it's occupied most of my free time. .-.
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Found a place that sells Intuos3 nibs. I is happy.
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Finals are nearing, thank god. Don't know why I took the classes I did. Studying my brains out for my most recent exams got me nothing but 77% and 80%. I hate GLERs. They absolutely destroy my confidence, and I still don't see why the fuck I have to take them. Maybe five sciences or something, but ten sciences and social sciences (a full year's worth of additional classes) is nothing but a shameless money grab and a needless kick to the egonads. As usual, my GPA outside of my GLERs is well over 3 and a half, but I struggle no matter what I do in my GLERs, so my GPA is 2.8. Barely.
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Still working on the side project (well, primary project at the moment). So many things left to do, even though it's occupied most of my free time. .-.
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Found a place that sells Intuos3 nibs. I is happy.
Pet peeve / venting. Part Deux
General | Posted 17 years agoGot off school early. Noticed alot of people commented on the last journal, so I thought I'd elaborate, lest I inadvertently hurt feelings / bolster egos.
But, after readin' the TOS/SA/AUP (wanted to make sure me uploading non-furry models was a-ok), I began to think. After helping Blackshine with a movie export problem, I ended up thinking harder.
I went and looked at some of the chaps who claim to be 3d modelers. I realize I'm going to sound like a pompous elitist jackass, but in my opinion it needs to be said. At least three-quarters of the '3d modelers' on FA, are just people who use Poser so they can upload porn to their galleries and get views. It's not 3d modeling at all. They are, frankly, just posers.
Now, I wouldn't be offended if they were people with a legitimate interest in getting better at modeling or animating, but in most of the cases, it's just people doing what they can for attention and offers of assistance are typically rebuked, sometimes with incredible hostility. It does not matter where the advice comes from, whether it be a fellow Poser-user or someone with post-secondary or even industry experience. I think it's a very, very bad thing for a group of 'artists' when one is normally surprised when someone is receptive, or even asks for advice.
Those people, the ones that don't want to improve, or just want the exposure from having 3d porn in their galleries, aren't 3d modelers. Well, I should elaborate. The people that use assets they downloaded or bought from other people who actually DID learn how to model and animate characters, and show no interest whatsoever in improving or learning the trade, should not call themselves 3d modelers. They give those interested in the craft a bad name, or a dubious one at the best.
Using someone's assets to make your own work in 3d modeling, without credit or without even trying to learn, is right on par with tracing when it comes to 2d art, or riff-ripping when it comes to music.
Where am I going with this? I just felt the need to vent. I've been modeling to some extent for five, six years give or take. Each year I've been increasingly involved in it, including three years at post-secondary, and at this stage in my life I'm planning a career in it. I've had to work my ass off to get to the point where I am, only to see people who probably don't even know what a polygon is, and just click-and-drag sliders until they get big tits and cocks, get hailed or fav'd as "great modelers/animators".
And I'm curious. Why are so many of the poser-chaps out there so unreceptive to advice or help of any kind? Like I stated earlier, it's at the point I find it surprising when I see someone doing 3d work asking for help, or responding positively to advice.
In closing, I hope I haven't been too vague. There are modelers out there who do great jobs, animators as well. There are plenty of people who are also interested in learning, and have the guts to ask for help (which in 3d work seems to be like coming out of a closet). It's just a damn shame almost all of them are buried under a glut of generic-fox Poser porn.
But, after readin' the TOS/SA/AUP (wanted to make sure me uploading non-furry models was a-ok), I began to think. After helping Blackshine with a movie export problem, I ended up thinking harder.
I went and looked at some of the chaps who claim to be 3d modelers. I realize I'm going to sound like a pompous elitist jackass, but in my opinion it needs to be said. At least three-quarters of the '3d modelers' on FA, are just people who use Poser so they can upload porn to their galleries and get views. It's not 3d modeling at all. They are, frankly, just posers.
Now, I wouldn't be offended if they were people with a legitimate interest in getting better at modeling or animating, but in most of the cases, it's just people doing what they can for attention and offers of assistance are typically rebuked, sometimes with incredible hostility. It does not matter where the advice comes from, whether it be a fellow Poser-user or someone with post-secondary or even industry experience. I think it's a very, very bad thing for a group of 'artists' when one is normally surprised when someone is receptive, or even asks for advice.
Those people, the ones that don't want to improve, or just want the exposure from having 3d porn in their galleries, aren't 3d modelers. Well, I should elaborate. The people that use assets they downloaded or bought from other people who actually DID learn how to model and animate characters, and show no interest whatsoever in improving or learning the trade, should not call themselves 3d modelers. They give those interested in the craft a bad name, or a dubious one at the best.
Using someone's assets to make your own work in 3d modeling, without credit or without even trying to learn, is right on par with tracing when it comes to 2d art, or riff-ripping when it comes to music.
Where am I going with this? I just felt the need to vent. I've been modeling to some extent for five, six years give or take. Each year I've been increasingly involved in it, including three years at post-secondary, and at this stage in my life I'm planning a career in it. I've had to work my ass off to get to the point where I am, only to see people who probably don't even know what a polygon is, and just click-and-drag sliders until they get big tits and cocks, get hailed or fav'd as "great modelers/animators".
And I'm curious. Why are so many of the poser-chaps out there so unreceptive to advice or help of any kind? Like I stated earlier, it's at the point I find it surprising when I see someone doing 3d work asking for help, or responding positively to advice.
In closing, I hope I haven't been too vague. There are modelers out there who do great jobs, animators as well. There are plenty of people who are also interested in learning, and have the guts to ask for help (which in 3d work seems to be like coming out of a closet). It's just a damn shame almost all of them are buried under a glut of generic-fox Poser porn.
Pet peeve / venting. (3d modelling related)
General | Posted 17 years agoUsing models made by other people in Poser for your own pictures, does not make you a 3d modeller.
'nuff said. There is a huge difference between being a 3d modeller and making your own assets, and being a guy who uses things he found online and customizes by dragging a couple slider bars or doing a quick recolor in Photoshop.
More at 11 when I get back from school. z. .z
'nuff said. There is a huge difference between being a 3d modeller and making your own assets, and being a guy who uses things he found online and customizes by dragging a couple slider bars or doing a quick recolor in Photoshop.
More at 11 when I get back from school. z. .z
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