"Yaa da poppin' corn is... 3D! Da corn is popping in your face inna... 3-D!"

[batskeets]

Question for those who have some knowledge of 3-D software! :D

Do y'all have any ideas for good web sites to look at for tutorials on learning 3-D software? Bear in mind that I made a landscape in Bryce maybe once, and didn't really know what I was doing, so I'm quite a beginner. Also, Maya tutorials would be preferable, because I'm still working on getting 3DSMax. (I'll get 3DS eventually, though)

If you could recommend a good book on 3D, too, that'd also be a big help! I'd have to wait until I get paid before I can go buy it, though.

Thaaaaank you! :D

In other news, I made *awesome* soup tonight, from a recipe that I modified to make it less heavy and bad-for-you. Yum! I'll have to make it again sometime. Wushu was tough, but not too bad--I'm feeling very glad that I practiced and stayed active over break. Now we just have to learn the rest of the frasking form in 2 weeks! Geh. ;p

And, I'm off to bed. ::poof::

P.S. This is neat! (albeit lengthy) I don't know why. Maybe I'm just amused by the odd mish-mash of French and Japanese stylings. (and the rampant anime and video game references ::rotfl::)

Comments

[alleycatsphinx.livejournal.com]

Have they chosen that japanese raccoon from the red riding hood power company video with the disturbingly enormous... uh... as their mascot?

[skeets.livejournal.com]

I guess so? ::shrug:: Dunno ^^;

[ghost-girl.livejournal.com]

Oooh! 3D stuff. Lemme see..
3DTotal.com is the BEST tutorial site ever. Go to the menu on top that says Free Stuff ->Tutorials :D I use the Joan of Arc tutorial for doing any figures. Most of those are Max tutorials though. I think discreet has the trial for Max on their site. :D

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Heh, I managed to get ahold of Max, so I'm good to go on that front. Thaaaaank you! :D

[drinkdrano.livejournal.com]

I always recommend Jesus' Son(by Dennis Johnson) to people. Half the people that read it don't like it, though. Maybe I should stop. But it's hard to when I consider it one of the greatest books I have ever read. EVER. I've read it three times and that's a lot for a guy who has only ever read three books more than once(the others were Nine Stories and Catcher in the Rye, both read twice).
But you like Pahalniuk(spelling?), right? Maybe you'll like it. It's a really dark first-person account of drug addiction, sorta. It's a bunch of short stories about the same character. The sentences are just incredibly beautiful. Like poetry, but into a cohesive story. My ex-girlfriend hates the book though, cause the main character is a dash of reprehensible. But she has bad taste so don't listen to her.

But if that's sounding not cool at all to you, I highly recommend Atonement by Ian McEwan. It was just recently released on paperback and McEwan is pretty close to the greatest living writer. And I'm not the only one who thinks so. They gave him the Booker(whatever that is, I think it's pretty prestigious) for it.

And if you're one of the few people under 30 who hasn't read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, I'd say it is damn fine despite its hipster reputation.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Heh, I should have been more specific--I meant recommending books that will help me get good at 3D modeling and rendering and such.

Although you did remind me that I wanted to do more recreational reading, so I'll keep this stuff in mind. (and yes, I do like Palahniuk)

[drinkdrano.livejournal.com]

...Hah!

Color me embarassed.

And I should warn that Jesus' Son is absolutely nothing like Palahniuk except that his characters are generally disreputable types.
Otherwise they aren't similar at all.