A new pic and a challenge? 2004-03-24 - By Baker, Ed
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All good points Kris.
My idea is for an exchange of techniques, not neccesarily the production
of finished pieces. Plenty of times while I'm working on a job or
project, I'll come across a problem then remember some tutorial or
project, and the perfect work around and/or solution is right there.
My personal goal of a weekly project is to try and improve my workflow
through familiarity with the tools not to mention improve my work. Like
you said, you learn by doing. I guess my use of the word "finish" was a
bit misleading. I do plan to have a render, but it might not be
necessarily perfect. I have work on pieces that I will continue.
That's why I have suggested the idea of a weekly or monthly project that
everyone could participate in. I think it would help people that may
have problems solve them or give others whole new approaches. Since it
would be the same project, scene or model, it might make it easier for
people to exchange tips, tricks and solutions since they would be in the
same context.
Ed
Ed Baker
Graphics Department
Ben-Arnold Beverage Company
888-262-9787
Ex 5319
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Neither is "right" or "wrong" - just a matter of different people
approaching things (?incl life?) in differnet ways. The good thing
about setting up "weekly challenges" for yourself is mainly to practice
certain things so that you learn to do them by habit. It's a lot like
an artist practicing making "squiggly lines" with different paintbrushes
or, for that matter, like a musician practising arpeggios and chords and
so on. IOW, the components become second nature, and then, when you
want to paint a full picture or play a complex peice of music, yo can do
it more spontaneously, from the heart so to speak, rather than having to
peck around and figure out all the details along the way. IOW, the point
of a weekly project is not (IMO at least) merely to "finish something".
It's to practice as above, sothat you can get to where you can finish
somehting you want to keep.
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- Kris
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