You can be a 3D artist! Get your FREE programs here!

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Get out there and do it by staying right where you are!

Free 3D modeling programs:

http://www.blender.org/
http://www.rhino3d.com/
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Free art tools (Similar to Photoshop)

http://www.gimp.org/
And a whole list
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-fr ... rogram.htm
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Free textures:

http://www.cgtextures.com/
http://www.textureking.com/
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Wow fistfuls of cash, hot members of your chosen sex, cars, drugs and an early retirement/death is now in your reach! (Drop the drugs and death and you'll do great!)

I'm using Vue infinite, Modo, Cinema 4D, Zbrush 4, Sketchup pro and much more all for free, buy a mac and learn to use a site called Demonoid or Kickass.

I have Blender and GIMP, but I don't use the former very often.

Do you like working with 3D?

Not really TBH.

I love it, changed my life. I have always been an artist, doing concept designs, advertising, etc. Animation was so tedious that I never finished more than a few seconds. Now, mistakes go away at the push of a button!

Please post if you checked any of these out.

I've used blender for quite a few years though I'm rubbish at modeling.

Daz3d is also free today

http://www.daz3d.com/

800 dollars worth of free content available for free. I used to have it for mac but never fully got into it, but now with the whole suite of tools free, I may get back into it.

Are any of these programs hard for beginners with no experience whatsoever?

i've been working with 3D since 1993 on most platforms and most software. for more then 10 years i also have been teaching about 3D at most design & architecture schools in denmark. it's my alter world.

I've twice tried blender but I never understood it. I want to make smooth, dynamical models, not edged. I don't even want to make animations since I know that it would take me weeks to create an animation of a few minutes that isn't only poison to my eyes. And to me, 3D models which are below todays hollywood standard and aren't consciously comic like are poison for my eyes.
I'd just use it to create more dynamical pictures, I'd render a high quality picture from it to edit it with gimp afterwards. But I can imagine, it would be to much work, sadly.

I look at is as electric clay. I got into 3D in 1988 I think. No schools, no books, just a pirated copy of 3D Studio.

I think it just something fun to play with if nothing else. There are a few "a-ha!" moments when something suddenly clicks.

I don't do 3D art, but I do do 3D modelling and design frequently (I guess those could be considered art depending on how you look at it ) , so I'll provide some input on some programs I've used. Google Sketchup is a really good free 3D modeling program also, I've used it a few times. It's easy to use (VERY small learning curve) and can make some really nice looking models. AutoCAD is also really good if you have access to it, but you need a really amazing computer to do in-depth 3D modelling with it, and it has a very steep learning curve. I haven't checked out the ones you posted but I'll have to see what they're like!

Here is SketchUp:

http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/download/index.html

And their 3D warehouse too.

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/

I've used blender and a few other 3D tools like cinema 4D & swift 3D.

I've not done 3D for ages but I preferred cinema to blender a few years ago when I was playing with 3D stuff.


I do enjoy photography and use photoshop a fair bit but despite repeated efforts to ditch it for gimp (proper ban, like no photoshop for 6 months) gimp really, really sucks by comparison.