๐งต If you could travel back in time
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:07:15 UTC No. 1010019
... And meet your former self right before you picked up 3DCG, what would you tell him? Anything that you've learned that would have helped jump start your 3D career or avoid any pitfalls?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:21:17 UTC No. 1010021
>>1010019
I'd tell him to make a note to tell you this dumb question could've gone in the dumb question thread
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:34:54 UTC No. 1010072
tell him to learn to draw first
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:25:51 UTC No. 1010096
tell him to skip drawing, it's borderline useless for 3D
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:33:43 UTC No. 1010097
>>1010019
Buy bitcoin
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:44:31 UTC No. 1010098
>>1010019
Avoid women
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:11:05 UTC No. 1010106
>>1010096
enjoy not being able to texture for shit
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:10:07 UTC No. 1010123
"Don't."
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:09:17 UTC No. 1010139
>>1010106
don't worry I used to work both as a 3D and texture artist
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:41:59 UTC No. 1010173
>>1010106
>>1010139
>2 africans argueing on a dead board
1. you need to learn to draw for stylized low poly assets
2. for pbr realism you dont need the shit
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:03:57 UTC No. 1010179
>>1010173
If you want to be good at even pbr textures you need to handpaint, procedural shit alone won't get you far, it's only a start
Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:32:25 UTC No. 1010211
>>1010019
i would oversee that there are no other time distortions and make sure that i get shoo'd off SFM on steam for making complete shit and take a 5 year break before returning to blender fully committed to constantly improve like i already did.
Sometimes the past should stay unchanged. This is one of those times.
But if i'd have to tell myself something, it'd be
>"When you move the arms, MOVE THE FUCKING CLAVICLES RETARD"
Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:11:14 UTC No. 1010239
>>1010019
Don't take comissions over the internet, they wont just be 'temporary thing' before starting a patreon. Start a patreon immediately.