kazuna:


Thanks for watching my videos PRimus...

1. How long does it take me to model a character?
It depends on the character type, I am not good at robots. but if its a cartoony xter like my xters in the video u watched , it takes roughly five hours form modeling to texturing......Body rigging is a whole day, facial another day. So that's 2 and a half days for a single xter.

IF its a near realistic xter like the zombies and stuff, It can take a week.

2. How long did it take you to be good at character modeling?
I started with blender the sooner I finished service way back in september 2012. then as an enviro. I started stylized xter design in the later part of 2013 and I went fully into organic modelling in August 2014 cos i failed in that nairaland competition....lol


3. What modeling techniques do you use. Plane, point-point or box modeling?
Just Sculpting.....can never do Box modelling, My brain lacks that capacity.
I sculpt then retopo using B-Curves.

4.What tutorial did you follow to before you got to this level?
I watche alot of tutorials.....Tony Ward for stylized xters mostly.....I watch tutorials in other 3d software too, even if i cant use them, I engage with their workflow. for e.g I use to watch a frnd of mine using MAYA to retopo even though I can never touch MAYA's inteface (becos this same friend who happens to be in the field before me So boasted of Maya's capabilities that I secretly habor a hatred for MAYA and him...lol)

And I neva model without my anatomy book besides me, I can't sketch so the books which are so colourful are my El dorado and If u go to my utube channel, u will see some of my subscriptions......I watch tutorials that are even non blender.........
If I should jump off blender, It will be Houdini for its baby easy simulations algorithm and Modo for its Rigging coolness.....will never try MAYA or 3DSMAX ( have two frnds so SMUG about them)

5. DO I make money from Blender?
Well NO.......
For now BLendering is just a relaxing (can still be frustrating) way to keep my eyes off Python and PHP.
In the future, I want to direct my first Horror Movie. OK, maybe just be part of a film production hauz

N.B. Once u go into xter design, chances are u will lose your Environment Design capabilities unless u r a super. genius or Shimish.....lol

Thank you very much.
You are funny, really.
I HATE MAYA AND 3D MAX TOO!!!

Tos87:

I watched blender guru YouTube video on how to make a living with blender and it is interesting. But seeing it from this part of the world...and aware of how cg art is perceived as something that has not gained much impact .... it makes me wonder how computer graphic artists like animators , vfx and lots of them can make ends meet through their cg arts.
please people should speak more on this because I believe a lot of people are having the same issue having in mind the abysmal unemployment situation in this country and not just on this nl thread but even beyond the perimeter of nl.

Movies, Games, Music videos, 3D animated movies, adverts and the list goes on.
the problem isn't how, its if you can monetize your art... and for someone to pay money for your art, it requires it to be good enough, I mean really good.
so it boils down to if your art is good enough, if you have ideas to market it & most important if you target the right people(market).... I figured that CG art is a self employed skill, and since there are not much companies in need of them in Nigeria, so you gotta act like programmers do, FREELANCE till you hit it BIG!

the good part is that Nigerians are becoming open and getting used to CG[mostly games] and the likes, thus a big(200milll) virgin market with almost no competitors, so with hard work & perseverance anyone[CG artist] could own the next Disney & become the next Dangote

Preboy:

Movies, Games, Music videos, 3D animated movies, adverts and the list goes on.
the problem isn't how, its if you can monetize your art... and for someone to pay money for your art, it requires it to be good enough, I mean really good.
so it boils down to if your art is good enough, if you have ideas to market it & most important if you target the right people(market).... I figured that CG art is a self employed skill, and since there are not much companies in need of them in Nigeria, so you gotta act like programmers do, FREELANCE till you hit it BIG!

the good part is that Nigerians are becoming open and getting used to CG[mostly games] and the likes, thus a big(200milll) virgin market with almost no competitors, so with hard work & perseverance anyone[CG artist] could own the next Disney & become the next Dangote

you are right

Best thing, create an animation studio in Hiccups voice.

Anyone just totally into animation? Lyk fully?.

jjk24:
Anyone just totally into animation? Lyk fully?.

Hardly. Most of us mix the animation with other skills, like in my case, programming.

jjk24:
Open gl_anim-test...not finished a lot of work to do, there's dis weird transition from between d 1st camera and d second.. Pls critique..., like and mayb subscribe.. Final render with all d props mayb soon enough... So off note personally I find anything outside organic modelling and animating tedious,its good if you have a good knowledge of everything ,rigging , texturing and co, buht having to do this repeated kinda kills me, cus am more into animation dah the rest, this is why I love plug ins or free rigs.. Bein trying to geht this cookie flex rig though.. Pls if anyone has dah rig a need it so badly,. Blend swap be asking for monthly subscription like there life depends on it. (Pls check out my animation test below)Thanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h16BUmxsnA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

how come no one is talking about this ambitious first animation?

JJk24, you know in most animation studios some pple are coveted just becos of their ability to do fast paced camera swings.......thats ur strongest suit..

for a first test, I am JEALOUS....
ENVIOUS is a lot stronger!

the protagonist sidestepping along the wall, how in Zeus' name did u do that?
Did u use 24fps?



am not a fan of pple not completely texturing their environ while presenting a test animation...its irritating to watch a fair animation in a bland space....



That bullet would do more damage if u use bullet physics library..Have u thought of using BVH retargeting (Biovisual Hierachy), some pple think its cjheating but then big studios like ILM use it alot....Check their HULK

@jjk24....MAtrix sloMo style Ke.....


lol

now u make me flash back

kazuna:
@jjk24....MAtrix sloMo style Ke.....


lol

now u make me flash back

lol actually, the whole idea came from the fact that I just rewatched the whole matrix movies oh not only that and some of my video reference came from the video games animation too(path of neo) I just like fast action scenes I guess, thanks for the critique too,really appreciate, will look into the BVF stuff, and yes I did use 24fps, am gonna go in and texture the scene too, just wish I had ppl to help ehn, just so frustrating, when you have this huge idea and you doing it all alone just scares you to death,but if you guys can do it why can't I, comp graphics aiit for no lazy man. Cheers.

can anyone help me with link to good sky textures &/or skydomes, preferably in hdr format

Preboy:
can anyone help me with link to good sky textures &/or skydomes, preferably in hdr format

just wondering how to apply that to a supposed sky image or do you need a sky image... just wondering

Tos87:
just wondering how to apply that to a supposed sky image or do you need a sky image... just wondering

ya sky images that would look good in blender

jjk24:
Anyone just fully into animation? Lyk fully?.

hi everyone. In response to your question, I think I can say I've gone totally into animation. I lecture it at the national film institute jos, and NTA television college jos. However the bulk of my income comes from freelance work. currently, I've been contracted to make five 3min animations for a polling firm in abuja. just finished the second one. Unfortunately, the signed terms of the agreement prevents me from showing anything yet until it has been officially launched. that's why I've been out of touch for a while

Well just decided to drop this anyway. Hope I won't get into any trouble

Shimish:
Well just decided to drop this anyway. Hope I won't get into any trouble

Well done bro, we are following behind

Shimish:
Well just decided to drop this anyway. Hope I won't get into any trouble

oga mi....you too much. good to hear from you again. let me guess...you rendered with blender render.

Tos87:
oga mi....you too much. good to hear from you again. let me guess...you rendered with blender render.

Viva Blender Render forever!
Cycles is just not for me. Besides, I'm not ready to give up my 55sec per frame render time for cycles...... Hell no. Ambient occolution, environmental lighting and indirect lighting gives me what I want. Also since I prefer NPRs, I opted out of cycles

Shimish:


Viva Blender Render forever!
Cycles is just not for me. Besides, I'm not ready to give up my 55sec per frame render time for cycles...... Hell no. Ambient occolution, environmental lighting and indirect lighting gives me what I want. Also since I prefer NPRs, I opted out of cycles

Sai Shimish, Sai Baba Shimish, Sai Blender

Shimish:
Well just decided to drop this anyway. Hope I won't get into any trouble

damn!.... shimish still the boss when it comes to blending

Tos87:

pls how do one fix this....I tried sculpting... but each time I use he sculpting brush on mesh it automatically mirrors on the other side. so how do I fix that. is there any thing I should do.
also thanks for the compliment.

please Kazuna help me if you can.
Google isn't helpful right now.

Tos87:

please Kazuna help me if you can.
Google isn't helpful right now.

Hope the pictogram is lucid enough?

Shimish:

hi everyone. In response to your question, I think I can say I've gone totally into animation. I lecture it at the national film institute jos, and NTA television college jos. However the bulk of my income comes from freelance work. currently, I've been contracted to make five 3min animations for a polling firm in abuja. just finished the second one. Unfortunately, the signed terms of the agreement prevents me from showing anything yet until it has been officially launched. that's why I've been out of touch for a while

once in a red sky. The busy man.

Shimish:
Well just decided to drop this anyway. Hope I won't get into any trouble

It seems you love blender internal more than cycles.

kazuna:


Hope the pictogram is lucid enough?

thanks buddy... I knew you would fix it.

Tos87:
thanks buddy... I knew you would fix it.

bro, any show on the sky images?

thinks guys for the kind words.
@ primus361 don't get me wrong, I appreciate cycles, but I don't think it's for me. At least not now

Shimish:
thinks guys for the kind words.
@ primus361 don't get me wrong, I appreciate cycles, but I don't think it's for me. At least not now

Okay. Good work though, when i look at the old man i see life in him.

Preboy:

bro, any show on the sky images?

http://pixabay.com/en/sunset-light-nature-sunlight-715282/ check this out.

Please who knows about the National Film Institute, Jos? Don't seem to find any useful information on Google.

Shimish:
thinks guys for the kind words.
@ primus361 don't get me wrong, I appreciate cycles, but I don't think it's for me. At least not now

boss shimish, pls do you have any tip or can you recommend any tutorial for someone who just wants to major in animation? Cus there's practically no advance animation tutorial on youtube thanks in advance.

primus361:
Please who knows about the National Film Institute, Jos? Don't seem to find any useful information on Google.

try looking for Nigerian film corporation. the institute is run by the corporation

www.nfc.gov.ng/

jjk24:
boss shimish, pls do you have any tip or can you recommend any tutorial for someone who just wants to major in animation? Cus there's practically no advance animation tutorial on youtube thanks in advance.

u would be better off consulting books for that. I do more of reading books than watching video tutorials, cos the go much deeper. try getting ur hands on "introducing character animation with blender" its about 515 pages. also, try animating with blender or blender 2.5 character animation cookbook.