As you know I use blender

The hardest part for me is trying to learn about nodes so I can make better materials for my models. And also I always forget about compositing. I try to avoid using nodes. I think well I will never be able to learn about nodes. I won't be able to learn about nodes if I keep that attitude up. So hopefully in 2021 I will learn more about nodes in blender and also compositing.

I still use blender

When I posted to this blog a long time ago I used blender but, I only followed tutorials. I never made any projects of my own. I thought i needed a tutorial to make blender projects of my own. And then about 3 years ago I started making my own songs and to go with those songs I started making my own projects with blender. What I make with blender is not that great. Its more cartoon graphics. And I still have to watch a lot of blender video tutorials and get a lot better at using blender. I don't know that I will ever be great at blender. I do try. And sitting in front of a computer making art is surprisingly fun. I don't have the newest version of blender on my computer. I can still make are with blender though. Have a great evening.

July 11

Yesterday I did use blender, yay. I working on more of the lighthouse scene from blender basics. I used the Boolean modifier to make windows on the lighthouse. It was fun. You can almost see the windows and door in the render.

Not nearly finished Baldwin Motion Chevelle

Here is render of a Baldwin Motion Chevelle that I got tired of working on as it was taking me forever to make. I could not get the blue-prints to match up right. When I get better, if I get better at making models I want to come back to it and see if I can finish the car.

My first almost complete car, Chevy Camaro

I want to start posting renders of models I have made. Here is the first car that I even came close to finishing. Its a Chevy Camaro. I am not sure how long it took me to make, probably about a month. I don't think its that bad for my first almost complete car.

Zaz 965 Model

I started making this 3d model of a Zaz 965 probably at the beginning of 2011. It took me a long time to get what you see in the pictures. Which is why I did not finish the model. I am happy that the Zaz looks like a car although it could be a little smoother. I don't think its that bad for my 3rd or 4th almost finished car model.

I hope to make may cars

I hope to make many cars using blender. I think it would be cool if I could make a car a day and put it on my blog. I don't think that will ever happen. I will try to make as may cars as I can though. I need the practice. After all I have been using blender for years off and on and I have make almost nothing. I am just waiting for the day when I know enough to make something. Well I need to just get making models. Cars are cool.

Lets see what else do I have to write about. I need to get to stop writing this post and get to work that what I need to do. I need to see results, results, results.

The first CG car I almost finished

Below is a pictures of a Chevy Camaro I made. It does not look pretty, you can tell its a car though.

I could have finished the car if it did not take me so long to model it. After what seemed like a month working on it I wanted to move on to other things. I was also probably upset that no amount of work on my part would ever make the Camaro look good.

I like to make 3d vehicles

One thing I enjoy modeling with blender are vehicles. Cars and Motorcycles are the only types of vehicles I have attempted to make. So I need to get to modeling.

The first car I ever attempted to make was a Volkswagen new beetle. I don't remember the car turning out well, I never got close to finishing the car.

I don't remember making any cars for a long time after attempting to make that beetle. The reason I did not model cars for so long was that I thought that the blueprints that I use for modeling the cars had to be lined up perfectly from all the angles; front, side, top. And I could not get them to lined up, so I when I tried to make a car I got upset and did not get a my model stated. Now I don't worry if the blueprints are lined up perfectly, I try to get them lined up as good as I can and start modeling the car.

The first car that I made that looked like a car was a Chevy Camaro, I did not finish it. It took me so long to make the model that I got tired of it and wanted to move on to something else, so I did. I have stated other cars since then and even finished two.

I have also tried to make a Suzuki street bike. I had a blast working on the motorcycle. Someday I want to finish it.  

Model maker wannabe

A 3d model maker wannabe that is what I want to be. I get so excited when I watch movies like Transformers, Cars, Ratatouille, The Incredibles that I wish I was able to make 3d models. It just seems so exciting. I have fantasy's about making great car models or models of castles, motorcycles, or planes.

Then reality hits when I realize that I am going to have to put in a lot of work to make stuff that looks like those movies and how far away I am from making anything decent. In that way my modeling is just like my programming, I have big dreams but, nothing to show for those dreams.

I can't remember the exact date when I found out about blender. I would say it was about four years ago. The first edition of blender I used was 4.2. It was amazing to me that I could get a program that made 3d models for free. Heck, before I learned about blender I did not know what a 3d model was. I never even considered how video games were made.

Most of those 4 years with blender have been spent reading the blender documentation on blender.org, reading blender noob to pro, reading blender basics and some other tutorials. It alternates mostly between reading the blender documentation and blender noob to pro. I just keep going around in circles, round and round, and never seeming to progress. Then I worry about not making progress so I vow to use blender everyday but, then I stop using blender everyday. It all goes round and round like I said.

Its like I think I need to know how to use every feature of blender and then I can make the 3d models I want to make. Some day I will be good enough. I have made models, but they are not the quality or quality that I want them to be. As for animations I have made only two or three. So I have accomplished something but, I want to do more.