A quick update

In the past I started website / blog here and there and then it went down shortly after. Some of you who have been following are probably confused and the reason is that I was not in charge of the domain name. I didn’t have much control over it but soon I will have my own domain under my control.

Right now this blog template has some error that I can’t figure it out and I don’t have much motivation to post with problems here and there.

Anyway, just a quick update.

iPod touch

Been busy with photography lately and haven't got a chance to really get back to 3d. Anyway, I was playing with my ipod the other day and learn that it's a great tool for 3d artists or artists in general in that you can carry references with you!

You can easily log your ideas or download tutorials (html/pdf) and have it with you wherever you go and I find it very convenient. I find myself flipping through wireframe references (with the ability to zoom in/out). For 2d artists or those that does figure drawing, you can see how useful it can be to flip through references of poses or study muscles on the go.

If you got an itouch and don't know what to do with it maybe you should use it for art.

Breaking things down

This is how I look at CG:

MRZ Theory comprises of everything below:

modeling:
The Form
The Pole (topology theory)
The Tweak (sculpting with vertices)
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beyond modeling:
The Bone (mesh deformation)
The Map (texturing)
The Light (rendering and lighting theory)
The Frame (composition theory)
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template error

there seems to be an error in this template for some unknown reasons or maybe I didn't set it correctly but as I make more new posts then old posts will be hidden away. Like the very very first post of this blog titled "Nothing" is not listed anywhere here.

it might take me a while to find out why.

Attitude & Perception

The right attitude is key if you're young and just starting out.

References
Use references whenever you can. Don't be stubborn. IF you have a good reason for not using reference, then you're the boss. But don't model without references because you want to show the world that you can do without references. In the end, people don't really care whether you use ref or not, they really don't and by pointing it out that you don't will make you look a bit funny and strange too.

Using references is actually a skill because not everyone can just take out a blueprint and bring it to life. The more you use references the better you will be at using references and your art will improve. Use references and use it whenever you can.

Shock them with your result and not with the fact that you didn't use any ref.

Competition
The truth is.... we are all god of art. If you have all the time in the universe and all the resources you can have. The conclusion will be that you will become god of art, if your desire is to become one. Plain and simple.

Here's a secret: all things that human do, we do it is because it's easy. Finding the mindset and mentality for it is the hard part but once found, everything just flows. That's why, the mindset/mentality is guarded and rarely talked.

Your age has nothing to do with whether you can do art or not. Don't compare your age to others because it means absolutely nothing. What is important is your mind. Have the right attitude and perception when you are learning because it will brings you very far and fast even if you started late in your 30's!!.

You are already god of art. What's missing for you is 'right knowledge.'