3D Modeling

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I've been modeling with Blender for the last 3 days and I've been surprised at how powerful the program is and how quickly I was able to make convincing models.

Has anyone used any other programs like 3d max and Maya, if so, what are the differences?

Maya has very nice rendering. When I was doing 3d, I only used Poser, but if you go to DeviantART and search 'Maya' you'll see how great it's capabilities are.

I had a special interest in it for a while, got to where i could use Blender fairly well, then they changed the UI and i got distracted by something shiny

I've only really used 3ds Max, so I don't have much perspective on how well it compares.
It wasn't too difficult to learn, and it's a great program especially once you learn all the tools and hotkeys.
Started work on this last night:


Needs some tweaking, but I'm happy with it so far.
This is my second face ever, and in comparison to the first one I made it's a significant improvement both topology and geometry wise.
When I'm done with the head I think I'll either export it and try adding in little details in ZBrush and/or Sculptris, or make it a full body and then export for detailing.

Modelling and animating is so awesome, but I'm extremely horrible at anything involving art.

I tried getting into that kind of stuff, but even I don't have the patience for that. 3d modeling is so time consuming its ridiculous.

But whatever, I'll download blender anyway.

Now let's see what I can do with this...



Yeah, I'm a lot better with 2d stuff, like photoshop.

After 2 days of using blender

what is a good and cheap or free one for mac? I used Daz Studio for a while but I never found a decent tutorial to really get into the program. I currently love sketchup from google but only to make simple layouts of floor plans, and my super awesome mega skyscrapper city I'm building. I see blender listed, I'll give it a try, but the UI seem too confusing for a novice like myself. I'll youtube some tutorials.

doing colors now.


... now trying UV mapping and texturing

Does anyone here use DAZ??? I'm in the process of downloading it to try it out(it was free through tomorrow, regularly $50 not including shipping and taxes)

For three years, I was a computer animation student at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, one of the premier CGI curricula in the United States (often considered on par with CalArt). While I was there, I received training using Maya (Version 7, to be specific). As far as modeling and animation, it's no wonder Maya is considered the industry standard by companies like Pixar and Dreamworks-- it's a very high-end program with a fairly intuitive interface, and if you know what you're doing, you can produce remarkable work with it. All the standard tools are there-- hierarchies, modeling (with NURBs, polygons and subdivisions), UVing, rigging, weight-painting, animation, plus hair, cloth, and particle effects. Sometimes, admittedly, it can cause headaches, and it's very expensive-- but it's a very good program.