Skill Set Extension

I’ve been trying to teach myself how to use some 3D apps. I’ve tried Blender, Modo, Maya, Daz and ZBrush. After many months of trying, I’ve been most successful with Blender. It’s a free professional 3d app and I have learned to love it.

This is a quick render of a basic belt buckle that I decided to make on a whim. It didn’t take long to create (about 15 minutes) but it utilized some of the new things I recently learned.

If you had asked me a week and a half ago how to make a smooth curved shape I would have told you some crazy sounding stuff that involved lots and lots of smoothing. If you ask me now, I’ll tell you to read up on the warp tool.

I know that it will take me a while to get good at creating 3d objects, especially when I get to things like lighting and camera positioning, but it’ll be worth it in the end. I think it will help me create some of the ideas that I picture.

I’ve reached that point once again where I have all these great ideas but my skills are not up to my standards to create the level of detail that I’d like for certain things. I’m more than ready to rise to the occasion though.