Let's start this up again

[handrawn]

wot ?

do you own the definition of fantasy... I don't think so

[Gamerprinter]

No, and am certainly suggesting that. Rather, I continue to post fantasy content regularly on the boards, and thought it might have reflected my work - although I certainly don't know that for certain, hence why I hinted that it could be the case... I'd say the majority of 3D content isn't strictly for fantasy. Most of the world's engineering today is done in 3D first, for example.

[handrawn]

I draw cartoons - most of it is political, all of it is fantasy, all of it is rooted in the real world

more routed in the real world I would suggest than guys living out life-escaping fantasy with role playing games

of course that is only my opinion...

why do you think Gary should be negative to your work - your work is excellent within it's context...

[Gamerprinter]

I don't think Gary think's negatively. Some may think that working in fantasy is some kind of design choice to avoid reality. I was just saying that fantasy must be directly tied to reality in some way, otherwise any suspension of disbelief regarding a fantasy scene requires that sense of realism, or it generally fails.

[gwpriester]

My life is a fantasy. I do not exist IRL.

Also I would not even begin to know where to start in a 3D program.

[Gare]

You could begin reality by subscribing to the NYT, oG.

Oog

[Acorn]

I would not even begin to know where to start in a 3D program.

Gary, I too have limited experience but try to follow the stages in this set of documentation: https://doc.babylonjs.com/journey/theFirstStep.

Whatever you create, we can include into a Xara website design.
Unpack and run Skull.zip.
I put the 3D skull in a pop-up layer so you can time how long it takes to load.

Acorn

[Gare]

Seriously, oG, you already own a fair starting tool, the Extrude tool.

Making interesting shapes, first of all, is easier if you pose the object in perspective, so you can see parts of all three facing sides. Second, the extrude doesn't need to be the depth axis. For example, to create a tube. extrude the letter "o", and then rotate it to the extrude is facing the viewer "up and down". Here are some shapes done only using the Extrude tool..




Because the Extrude tool doesn't "self-shadow" objects, you need to add trhem yourself, usually with Transparency in Multiply mode.

Here are other examples, and if there is an interest, I'll post the base profiles, and some of the finished pieces to goof around with.



A lot of the key to success is "seeing" in 3D, which is simpler than you'd think because already do this! Now, CREATE in 3D rather than just viewing it.

I hope there are no "tricks"or anything I've done here. It's just challenge after challenge as to how a shape in the real world can be expressed in the virtual world using shapes and the Extrude tool.


My Best,

Gary



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[gwpriester]

Odd as it is, I am someone who creates 3D images with a totally 2D brain. Try to extrude that!