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Tutorial Score:
Hover sections for more infoThis is a subjective score, which is an average of all the subjective scores. Click on the triangle to the left to see them.
Was the result (model, texture, lighting, animation) something i’m excited about, something that I like?
Did the lesson draw my attention or was I bored. Did the time run faster or slower, while I was following the tutorial?
Did the teacher speak with nice tone, focused on my learning? Did I feel relaxed and possibly entertained?
This is an objective score, which is an average of all the objective scores. Click on the triangle to the left to see them.
Can i use this now in blender, is it applicable, can I integrate the knowledge? Was it purely theory on theoretical examples? Did I learn how to solve a realistic problem, or achieve a certain goal? Was there enough actual practice? Did i do anything on my own or was it all just copy and paste?
Was the time efficiently spent? Was the lesson going too fast, or too slow? Was a single lesson too long, could I hold my attention? Did I learn just enough new techniques, or was it too much for once? Did I solve a problem or achieve the same goal with different approaches?
was the lesson clear and understandable including the language, did I understand every detail? Were there any noises in the background, bad microphone, or unclear image? Does the tutorial follow a certain path, does it have a structure, does it make sense and builds up piece by piece?
This was my first take at texture painting. I heard somewhere that texture painting with blender is really not good, that there are other much better apps for that. And that texture painting is one of the more difficult techniques to do properly. So I kind of avoided it.
But this tutorial from CG Cookie seemed simple enough to try it. For modeling there’s really nothing special, it’s a good beginner tutorial, I just practiced my modeling techniques.
What was new for me, was animating the tank tracks using textures by moving them. And I got plenty of practice on working with textures and materials.
It was well explained and I learned quite a bit regarding materials, texturing and texture paiting. But to be honest it wasn’t that much fun for me. And the end result lacks a bit of lighting and rendering work, because it’s really difficult to showcase a ton of work that at the end doesn’t look as good as it could.
You can get the tutorial here