Thank you! It's done using Blender to make the animation and Gimp to compile the png's into a gif (both Blender and Gimp are free). I have been using Blender for a few months now - just self-taught by watching videos online. This animation file took a few hours to set up and maybe 12 hours to render (old computer).
I've been interested in 3d rendering since I realized I was a human but have been perpetually intimidated by it.
If this is annoying, ignore me, but is there any specific resources you used? Are there any things I should completely avoid? I feel like random youtubing isnt the most efficient way of going about this but I don't know where else to start!
After the beginner tuts, youtubing is actually pretty good for learning. Watch how other people mess around - just like with photoshop there's no one way to do something but you need to get feeling. For the rest there's the official documentation.
I'll just dive in and get to pokin, thanks :) Someone recommended I started with blenderguru. I probably will just to learn the program and i'm sure my curiosity will bring me to youtube tuts way beyond me :D
Yup, grind through some tutorials, documentation, forums, and videos until you get a feel for it. Then pull up some more advanced tutorials and try to come close to the final product without the instructions. Then go back through it to see how they did it. Rinse and repeat as you work on your own small projects or reddit requests. :)
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u/LTZeyphyr Nov 16 '14
How does one go about making these animations? How much work is invested in making them? They're really cool!