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October Entries 2010

11/1/2010- Day 10

Ok I lied. I actually have been up to a lot with Blender over the past week but i didn't want to update the wiki because i wasn't coming up with any astounding final products. Maybe it is the little projects that lead up to the amazing final creations. I created a skyscraper type building and practiced positioning the camera at different angles, levels, perspectives for different effects. It looked better than I expected. I have created clouds. I have created people. Apartment complexes. Wooden barrels. Detailed brick walls. Penguins.

I picked up a book recently. Blender for Dummies. I think it is implied that Blender is being presented to dummies in a way that they can understand, not that Blender was created dummies specifically. It is a good starter book but it lacks the How-to's one would expect from a 'for Dummies' book. It explains the features, which are important, more so rather than the actual creative modeling process.

The BlenderWiki is very good for walkthroughs, how-to's, tutorials and such. I also recommend BlenderGuru for videos that explain and show the actual steps which are very useful for beginners. Thumbs up to you, Andrew Price.

11/7/2010 -Day 16

DNA. Go Science.

11/8/2010 -Day 17

I am going to make a screen cast on rendering to share with everyone. I noticed that the other students, when they present images of their creations, they never show a rendered image, it's just an a screen shot of their model in the 3D view. They don't realize that rendering is a HUGE part of the blender process. Arguably of equal importance, if not more so than, compared to the modeling phase.

For the DNA render posted above, I created that by first modeling one side of the double helix, then i used a mirror modifier to reflect it over the Y axis. Then i used an array modifier to expand that upwards. I rotated that over a plane to create the twisting effect.

I am thinking about either modeling architecture or creating a more detailed DNA model. Ill end up doing both probably.

Another thing. I am using the blender version 2.5 beta. It is rather different in its set up as compared to the old blender, I believe its more focused on animation. So if anyone is looking for something to do, I recommend you start using blender 2.5. Cool stuff.

11/15/2010 -Day 24

I have a few more almost finished renders I will upload shortly. I just need to had a few finishing touches.