Hey guys, thank you for your input!
You know I had some thoughts about why I created topic like that and I think this whole topic needs more clarification. So what I meant by this topic was the following fact:
I took quite a number of courses and tutorials for blender in general, from a couple of instructors.
I liked some courses more than the others, depending on what was the subject matter the instructor was making.
The way how I choose my learning material depends on first, what is subject matter, second is the instructor and last is the knowledge and practice from this experience.
I will give you example, when it comes to learning from Grant Abbitt, I mostly like all of his courses, but! I don’t like all the subjects that he creates,(I mean Subject matter, means the thing you create while you get instruction) which is well a subjective factor! and to me very important! one you will learn why while reading further.
Grant is my go to instructor that has lots of experience, has engaging personality and I always have a lot of fun while taking his courses. When learning from him, I am assured that I will have a great time, get challenged and learn a lot! I love his teaching style and I wish I had more Instructors like him to learn from!
But! if you look at my prioritisation you notice that, Subject matter is more important to me than Instructor! and knowledge gained from the whole experience is least important.
The reason for this decision making is that I’d rather spent my time creating something that I love, by instructor I adore! because to me it makes learning so much more fun!
The Knowledge gained that way is so much more efficient, so then I don’t have any objections why not to get to practice and it makes me want to do more! more than anything else I could possibly do!
we talking about intrinsic motivation which is far more effective than doing things for the sake of doing things!
I am also aware of the fact that each artist/instructor have their own thing they like doing and the chance to find an artist you will love everything about is low! that’s why I need variety. I am not supposed to like everything what the instructor offers and makes and you could argue “but you don’t have to copy exactly what the instructor is making” well that would work for more experienced people, but more experienced people wouldn’t need that learning right? and imo to less experienced individuals it’s challenging to do things on their own, not because they can’t but they are not sure if what they done is accurate or if even they like what they did ending up with more questions that they can learn from instruction provided. So what I do, If I am not sure I just copy the thing closer to what is shown.
I think it’s especially important for beginners to have access to variety of subjects to create so they choose their favourite thing.
Learning blender can be quite challenging and there is tons of things to learn! When I was beginner I was straight away intimidated by just the whole interface! I remember about 10 years ago I had my very first experience with blender and I was like, “oh I just try it out because I think I want to become 3d artist in the future”. So I tried, play with it a little bit and when I couldn’t make anything cool I closed the program and gave up, only picking blender again after couple of years! But my experience could be a whole lot better if had good instruction and liked what the instructor was making. And then seeing that I made it I would feel so motivated to do more!
This one session would lead for more exposure to the practice and perhaps I could be professional 3d artist by now, working in some big company! Well, I still count it as a possibility, mind you! But first I am aiming to be a character designer, because I just love working with this subject and I want to specialise in Animal characters, and I want to know everything about it within my area of interests because as much as I love animals I have my favourite species! from which are Canids and anything similar like Felines and Ursidae. (dogs, cats, bears) in short a lot of animals with fur. Which is btw in my opinion not really what beginner should start from unless it’s stylised low poly and super simplified without much details to pay attention to.
Lots of times I see something I like but can’t find a tutorial how to make it.
So this leads to what I should have asked for in this topic to begin with.
Do you have any recommendation for:
Artist like me that is interested in designing animal/anthropomorphic characters?
That match my skill level: Intermediate-beginner?
With instructor that is experienced with 3d modelling and has engaging personality?
It may seem like a lot to ask for but it would really help me and others on the forum who may have similar interest to mine. It also help to promote instructors especially obscure ones that should deserve more recognition for their work, because I am willing to spend my time and money for a good stuff that I will love!
By now, I hope you understand what I meant when creating this topic! and if you like it’s content I would love if you shared this post to your friends, or anyone that may find my findings useful!
I want to provide content that is engaging to read and touches hard subjects!
In exchange I want your recommendations, opinions and just talk about this topic, my approach as well cause I know everyone has their different take on things and so do I!
What matters to me is sharing the knowledge because everyone can benefit from that!