dsavi Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 And I think that some other people around here have expressed the desire to do so too. I'm wondering if there's anyone out there that wants to start learning 3D mesh modeling/animation/texturing/lighting etc. with Blender seriously enough that we could sort of learn together? It's pretty annoying being the only one I know that's doing it. I have a server, if enough people are interested I could set up a forum where we could exchange ideas, tips, tricks, tutorials, give C/C etc. or then I could arrange a forum another way or just use a chat. (Thing with that is that we would have to be online at the same time... Such a pain. Forums are a lot easier to maintain, and solve the timezone problem to a long extent.) Also if there's anyone that isn't as n00by at blender or another 3D program out there as I am, would be great if you would join too. The reason I don't want to just join another forum is because I don't know anyone anywhere else and that takes a large deal of the fun out of doing it, especially when you're one of the few real beginners, and everyone else is animating high poly scenes and using words you don't understand, if you get what I'm saying. :P I'm hoping for at least 5 people, but of course the more the merrier. People who are interested: (Say if you're not, I'm just guessing from your posts) Me Pat pryo? Uno? rangeor Skull N0M Kaphias Pomar Hawk Venomai Surfa Ipkjoo Shiny I'll see what I can do about a forum or chat or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 If you wanted to learn 3D studio max I'd be all in. Blender is too confusing. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 I forgot to dispel the myth that Blender is difficult to use. Once you get the basics, it all clicks and you begin to see the logic behind the more advanced stuff. And I would learn 3DSM but I arr short on funds, and don't want to... acquire it because I have parents that notice if I suddenly have a 5,000 $ program. Sometimes it sucks having a more than computer-literate dad (He's a programmer and has done a large deal of 3D modeling, or rather engineering himself) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat_61 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Yeah I would be happy to learn too, my bro is an award winning artist in it, but hey "who wants to teach siblings". I Support TET!| If you want bunny PM Me.|Click For My DevArt^ Cowboy is the Best ^IT'S A TRAP SHINY JUST WANTS TO STALK YOU.Hell yeah I do. Whats your msn?That's how it all starts. Next he's going to ask you what flavor of candy you enjoy and whats your favorite color van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryomancer Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 It's been sat on my desktop for ages, I've had several attempts to get to know how to use it but I always lose interest. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiny Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 You could 'acquire' a new computer, then 'acquire' studio max? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryomancer Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 You could 'acquire' a new computer, then 'acquire' studio max? Last time I checked you couldn't torrent a Dell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat_61 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 You could 'acquire' a new computer, then 'acquire' studio max? Last time I checked you couldn't torrent a Dell. Rofl Nice one pyro I Support TET!| If you want bunny PM Me.|Click For My DevArt^ Cowboy is the Best ^IT'S A TRAP SHINY JUST WANTS TO STALK YOU.Hell yeah I do. Whats your msn?That's how it all starts. Next he's going to ask you what flavor of candy you enjoy and whats your favorite color van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 You could 'acquire' a new computer, then 'acquire' studio max? Last time I checked you couldn't torrent a Dell. Who's saying you can't? :P 2257AD.TUMBLR.COM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unoalexi Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Is it free(or mostly free) to use? 3D modeling looks fun, but I don't really have much money to spend on graphics programs at the moment. Here be dragons ^ Dragon of the Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat_61 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Blender Is Free(http://www.blender.org/) It has a Game Engine, Animation Engine, and well a 3D Engine. The Organization is based in the Netherlands. They have made at least 1 Game, 2 movies, and a gazillion models. I Support TET!| If you want bunny PM Me.|Click For My DevArt^ Cowboy is the Best ^IT'S A TRAP SHINY JUST WANTS TO STALK YOU.Hell yeah I do. Whats your msn?That's how it all starts. Next he's going to ask you what flavor of candy you enjoy and whats your favorite color van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangeor Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I'd love to join! I'm going to go download it right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Any tutorials on how to use blender, cause I didn't even know where to start :| [bleep] the law, they can eat my dick that's word to Pimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat_61 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Man this thread sparked.... we need someone who knows how to use it to make some tuts. :lol: I Support TET!| If you want bunny PM Me.|Click For My DevArt^ Cowboy is the Best ^IT'S A TRAP SHINY JUST WANTS TO STALK YOU.Hell yeah I do. Whats your msn?That's how it all starts. Next he's going to ask you what flavor of candy you enjoy and whats your favorite color van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nom Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 3D modeling might be cool. Except I have no experience whatsoever so I'm the purest kind of noob. But it would still be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaphias Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Blender and AC3D are the two most used 3D design application for the flight simulator that I play, X-Plane. Blender is said to be much, much harder to learn, but once you get good at it, it is much faster and can do more things. One of the tutorials linked on our forum is this one. It may be a good place for any one to start. And a note to all- if you find Blender fun and also like aircraft, consider joining the X-Plane community... once you get good with Blender you can easily make a good bit of money from selling your aircraft. ;) If you'd like to make a forum that'd be awesome, I'm very busy this time of year but I'd love to pop in later to get help/share some tips. 8,325th to 99 Firemaking 3/9/08 | 44,811th to 99 Cooking 7/16/084,968th to 99 Farming 10/9/09 | Runescaper August 2005-March 2010Tip.it Mod Feb. 2008-Sep. 2008 | Tip.it Crew Sep. 2008-Nov. 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomar1 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Blender isn't so hard, when you know basics. If you are from Poland, in one of PC papers (CD Action) was tutorial for blender. It was really easy and helpfull. ----TheLair Game!----"Game isn't dead... You wish!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I've got it and I've fiddled with it some... But I really don't understand it much. I really should learn how to use it though. The only issue is that it's on the other computer which doesn't have internet access on it... It's on this computer but because my dad's stupid it got installed in only his login so nothing works on mine. sig by Soa.....tip.it times.....art & mediadeviantart/flickr/last.fm/steam/twitter/tumblr/youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomar1 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Blender is just pure awsomness if you know how to use it :) Here is another site I used to learn Bledner (this site tells all about it, but you have to search): http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro [EDIT] Blenders is cool, but with Oblivion or Morriwind, its much better :P I added jedi to Morrowind xD ----TheLair Game!----"Game isn't dead... You wish!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venomai Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Would anyone be interested in weekly(ish) 3D challenges focused on learning Blender/3dsMax? We could try to cover a range of topics, such as high- and low-poly box modeling, UV and normal mapping, rigging and animation, lighting, etc. I wouldn't mind extending that idea to also include some basic game programming guides and challenges, such as with JMonkeyEngine (Java), Papervision3D (ActionScript) or OGRE (C++/Python). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Is it free(or mostly free) to use? 3D modeling looks fun, but I don't really have much money to spend on graphics programs at the moment. You can't get any more free than GPL licensed. Davedes: Sounds good, although we'll have to start out slow :P Can all who would like to at least try this out say if they'd like to or not? Cool that so many are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfa7 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I have been trying blender recently it is fairly simple when you get used to it. This is my first blender model not first model [hide=First Model using blender][/hide] so yeah I would be interested in that competition. Click for blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Looking pretty good for a first :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat_61 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Is it free(or mostly free) to use? 3D modeling looks fun, but I don't really have much money to spend on graphics programs at the moment. You can't get any more free than GPL licensed. Davedes: Sounds good, although we'll have to start out slow :P Can all who would like to at least try this out say if they'd like to or not? Cool that so many are interested. I'm in for it. I Support TET!| If you want bunny PM Me.|Click For My DevArt^ Cowboy is the Best ^IT'S A TRAP SHINY JUST WANTS TO STALK YOU.Hell yeah I do. Whats your msn?That's how it all starts. Next he's going to ask you what flavor of candy you enjoy and whats your favorite color van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 I've got a list up on the first post of people who want to join some sort of forum/chat/learning experience. :P Please say if you want to be with and haven't been mentioned or haven't posted, or then if you don't want to be on the list please tell me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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