My first 3d scene

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This is my first time making my own scene from scratch.  I spent most of my school time doing tutorials and experimenting.  I decided I need to start working on my own stuff.

Everything was modeled in 3ds max 6 then textured in Fireworks.  I had no idea how much work it took to produce textures however I learned alot so it\'s all good.

I know there are some 3d guys here so I\'d love to hear some critiques from you.

Really cool, i wish i knew how to do 3d things.

Did you buy all of your programs? Can I get them for free somewhere? where did you find the best tutorials?

While Nice I just got into doing 3d graphics.  I am going to school for computer science and all this programming stuff was starting to bore me so I decided I should get into something else to get my interest going.

But for your first project that is pretty nice.

Can I get them for free somewhere? where did you find the best tutorials? [/B]

This is 2004 every geek on the internet should know not to pay for expensive programs like 3d max and where to get them;)

Thats pretty pimp-a-licious. I wish i could do things like that. You have a talent!

You made me want to try the whole 3-D thing, so I downloaded the trial version of Maya and here\'s my first attempt:

Hey, I saw those pictures on another forum!

Just kidding ole boy.

*touches himself*

Nah, If I were going to post a fake, I\'d get a good one.

I\'m trying to get into game art so I tried to keep this as low poly as possible.  It sits at 7,777 quads which was more than I expected. (I was aiming for 6,000)

Originally posted by Samwise
Hey, I saw those pictures on another forum!

Just kidding ole boy.

*touches himself*

SAMMY!!!!! licks your face

Actually, you can find a thread at CGtalk.com that has my progress through the whole thing.  There\'s a link in my journal.

Really cool, i wish i knew how to do 3d things.

Did you buy all of your programs? Can I get them for free somewhere? where did you find the best tutorials?

3ds max was a gift.  I would have opted for Maya or XSI if I had been more informed.  Why just today max corrupted one of my animations, something that happens all too frequently.  Always have a back up.

I also have the educational version of Lightwave 7.5 & 8 which I purchased. Cool app, my favorite modeller, but lacking in other areas.

Besides what Quddus is referring to there are tons of options for people who just want to play around with it.  Instead of typing it all up myself I\'ll refer you to a page at CGtalk.com

>> Click Me <<

There might be some dead links in there because some of those companies have gone under.

My recommendations are the free versions of Maya (which juslight dl) and XSI Experience.  Both are major apps used for gaming and film and come loaded with tutorials to get you started.  The only thing about these is the watermark, you see it\'s quite distracting in juslights render.  XSI\'s is less intrusive.  Cool thing about XSI is that if you decide you like it, it has a VERY, VERY, VERY attractive introductory price of $495.  Extremely solid app at a very affordable price.  If you\'re a student you can get XSI Advanced($7,000 worth of goodness) for $295(extremely good deal)...no watermarks and no limitations except you can\'t use it for commercial work.  

Wings 3d and Blender are very popular free programs, although I can\'t personally recommend them as I haven\'t tried them.  Silo is a really cool modeling only program, $109.

Depends what program you download/buy but there\'s a wealth of tutorials on many sites.  I\'ll refer you to my own site, there\'s a links section of the sites I have used quite a bit. >> Click Me <<

My advice is to pick ONE program and learn it, or learn one aspect you like about it.  I\'m into modeling and I\'m just starting to venture into texturing...lighting and animation is a whole other world.

EDIT:
Also, study other people\'s work.  http://www.cgtalk.com is all about 3d stuff.  You can learn alot just by looking or asking.

Looks Jak and Daxterish

[MPTheory]

looks great man!  I\'ve done some 3d modeling myself, but I havent done any since my computer crashed and I lost everything I did... I have another computer sitting in my closet right now thats supposed to be for my 3d modeling.. At some point of time, I need to hook it up and get back into doing some 3d modeling and animation again.

Originally posted by juslight
You made me want to try the whole 3-D thing, so I downloaded the trial version of Maya and here\'s my first attempt:

Yeah you ve got the copyrights too I see

Thanyou Ginko, very helpfull information!!

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Nintendo is waiting for a call from you Ginko.

[CHIZZY]

donkey kong world! me likey.. keep it up...

here\'s some crap I did a while ago...

http://www.psx2central.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=31520&highlight=chizzy

Thanks guys:)

Chizzy, that\'s pretty cool.  I always love seeing hi-poly/realistic renders, maybe because I don\'t have the mind to create them.  Years of video games have warped my imagination to cartoon/fantasy.