Question about 3D art and drawing
I just noticed that a lot of 3D art work can be completed much more easily with reference drawings to work from. Does this mean that if I wanted to take up 3D animation as a career once I finish highschool, that I would need to have drawing skills? I hope that these two are not dependent on one another, as I am a shoddy artist when it comes to drawing, but really like 3D animation.
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No, these skills are not dependent on each other, but do certainly compliment each other. Working form references does generally make modeling more accurate, but there is nothing that says the modeler must make they're own references.
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Take it from someone who absolutely can't draw....it's not necessary..but it sure wouldn't have bothered me to have been able to draw when we were storyboarding in school (and it would have been nice to have DRAWN a better character that I wanted to use for my demo reel)...lol...but no one I've talked to has not been good at 3d animation because they couldn't draw....you just need to have a passion for 3d animation...good luck
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I would certainly advise you to take up a fine art/life drawing class. Animation is essentially observation and life drawing is a great way to perfect this skill.
You really need reference images of some sort to produce decent work (maybe if your really good you can wing it, I doubt it though). You can find some ref’s around on the net but if you have your own designs then your gonna need to draw them out. Even if there just sketches for your own reference, it good to know a bit. Having a basic knowledge of traditional art WILL help you with every aspect; you can be assured of that. I cant think of one reason why anyone shouldn’t learn the fundamentals. Here’s a sentence from a article about why it good to go to school to study 3D: Quote:
I personally agree with that statement, so much so I kinda temporally gave up learning 3D to focus on classical animation, graphics design and drawing. Software is easy to pick up, I want to spend my education learning the real skills. That’s not to say you can’t get good without these skills, but you’ll be much better with them. As I said, cant think of any reason not to learn to draw… ANYONE can learn. |
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I don't believe anyone is born with any skills other drooling and soiling themselves. Certainly people have certain aptitudes and may pick certain things up quicker than others, but (barring any nuerological problems) anyone can be trained a skill with the proper devotion of time and effort.
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Well you dont have to draw perfect to be a good animator but it will help you if you can draw different poses on the paper.
Some very ruff skatches will do much to see how some character looks like in different poses! Sense for timing and acting (especialy for expressions) is needed to create beleviable character. So, when something will happen and how it will happen,action and reaction... talent and training just like in every aspect of life :beer: Good luck! |
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So the key is to just draw. It may be rubbish, so try again, and keep trying and eventually you'll pick it up and you can get very good. Yes, some people just "have it", other dont but that dosn't mean you can't become really good. Me... i certainly wasn't great (and still arn't) but i have seen improvements in my drawings and i am starting to get that "eye" Try looking at "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" by Dr. Betty Edwards. Basically it trains you to independently work the right side of the brain, without interferance from the left side, as you should only be drawing with the right side. Basically the theory is as follows: Quote:
So when drawing with the "left side" you tend to draw that you think you see, insted of that is actually there. You almost break down that your drawing and dont see it as one. |
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