. . . wee bit of tweaking . . . time to move on to the next one . . .

. . . ultra-quick CFTD . . .

Thanks - I'm still enjoying this very much.

Although I try not to confuse activity with progression, even I can see a little improvement from a year ago.

Happy Sketching,

Brad

. . . cftd #2 w/revisions . . .

. . . cftd #2 . . . no, I am not doing drugs . . .

. . . cftd #1 . . .

I create a small box so I can quickly reorient the screen cursor onto either of the three default planes - put the cursor on one of the faces of the box, hold down shift to lock the orientation - this works but I'm sure there's a shortcut but I've never discovered what it is.

Happy Sketching,

Brad

. . . the previous roof was simply hideous . . . this one is a small improvement . . .

. . . CFTD . . . same recent theme, slightly different variation . . .

Happy Sketching,

Brad

@unknownuser said:

Learning curve of Blender is something that only a monk can do

I must not be a monk - thus far, I haven't found Blender to be very easy to learn, but I'm not very smart.

I will be downloading the 30 day version of MOI next week - I'm finishing a semester of graduate school and I don't need the distraction right now.

Thank you very much,

Brad

@unknownuser said:

As pilou has been suggesting, id check out MoI for a good introduction ot modelling with NURBS.

I just did that - I qualify for the educational version, not bad at $100, eh?

I hope my boss will reimburse me for it - if not, I'll just have to pay for it myself - no biggie. Thanks for the tip - I look forward to using it.

So, the car is impressive!!! I should look into NURBS, eh? Does Blender do them?

I was almost sure I saw a package of NURBS at the store the other day - right next to the wood screws on the fasteners aisle - must have been something else I guess.

Thanks,

Brad

@unknownuser said:

You have never try nurbs modeling?

Nurbs? Is that puffed cheese? Tell me more . . .

. . . more sketching . . .

@unknownuser said:

. . . the proportions are spot on.

Thanks - I'm not very good at this - very much hit & miss, more miss than hit.

Here's the finished concept model using the geometry from the video tutorial.

Happy Sketching,

Brad

. . .

[flash=448,361:1nzs5y7w]http://i103.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/ShermanPeabody/SU/bw_sfe_02_project.flv[/flash:1nzs5y7w]

Hello,

Here's another (pretty lousy but very quickly done) video tutorial showing a "follow me" technique. Apologies for the poor quality of the video and overall car design - but this technique could be used to create some nice stuff.

Comments - positive & negative - are always welcome.

Thanks & happy Sketching,

Brad

[flash=448,361:464815vv]http://i103.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/ShermanPeabody/bw_sfe_01.flv[/flash:464815vv]

Just realized the site hosing that video chops off anything beyond five minutes so the last two minutes are missing . . . I'll try to crank up my computer and create the last two minutes of the video, then upload it, link it here & so forth.

As is, I guess you get the main point showing how Follow Me can be used for blah, blah, blah . . .

I think this is a link to the video I created this morning and posted this evening - again, sorry for the lousy quality but I think you can get the idea - nothing earth shattering new or difficult:

301 Moved Permanently

(www.sketchucation.com)

Thanks and happy Sketching,

Brad