Comment on The Thing That Wood Not Be by eriban
Checked out those posts, thanks - most inspiring - you do have a sense of fun 
I found the other 3-D progs challenging but will give this a go. Think I really need to go to school & learn 3-D modeling, but with costs of local courses @ $AUS 6,000 it's a no-go 4me. So, slow boat to China pun intended via the tuts, disentangling the hooked tentacles of my Apophysis obsession & a fresh start (Spring always does that to me & it's only 3-4 weeks away now) & maybe by next Autumn 2010 I'll be presenting images I can feel Ok about critical eyes perusing.
Thanks fr yr help here
As you may have guessed by my limited output, this is only a hobby for me (one of many) and it's all been self-taught. Undoubtedly learning state-of-the-art 3D techniques and using advanced 3D tools would improve the quality and speed of my output, but for just a hobby, that would be an overkill. It is fun enough as is. So, the point I'm trying to make, it's not necessary to go on a 3D course to get at least this far.
Let me know once you've produced impossible 3D images yourself, as I'd be interested in checking them out. Good luck with it!
Let me know once you've produced impossible 3D images yourself, as I'd be interested in checking them out. Good luck with it!
Yes, I wondered about that, but here on dA you get to accept people's outputs & realise some are not able to put the 16 hour days in like me, altho there are an alarming number who do 
I had a quick go with POVRay today, just to see what's what & I think it will be some months before I get the magic flowing. But I'll definitely show you if I come up with anything postable.
I like teaching myself, but I did a course in multimedia in 2006 to learn to animate in Flash & polish up on Photoshop & believe me it is the difference between taking a bus or a bullet train in terms of accelerated learning, especially in idea exchange & diffusion. I think I'm ready for 3-D modeling now, so saving $ for next year, hopefully. I live as a hermit way up in remote mountain rainforest studio, hardly see anyone for weeks as a time, so this dA is my de facto school where I learn everything digital art I can. So many generous sharing artists, yourself included. It's very nourishing. But I do look forward to some interactive group learning.
I had a quick go with POVRay today, just to see what's what & I think it will be some months before I get the magic flowing. But I'll definitely show you if I come up with anything postable.
I like teaching myself, but I did a course in multimedia in 2006 to learn to animate in Flash & polish up on Photoshop & believe me it is the difference between taking a bus or a bullet train in terms of accelerated learning, especially in idea exchange & diffusion. I think I'm ready for 3-D modeling now, so saving $ for next year, hopefully. I live as a hermit way up in remote mountain rainforest studio, hardly see anyone for weeks as a time, so this dA is my de facto school where I learn everything digital art I can. So many generous sharing artists, yourself included. It's very nourishing. But I do look forward to some interactive group learning.
A remote mountain rainforest studio, that sounds cool, although the living like a hermit might take some getting used to. No wonder you're so active on dA! 