Hi modellers!
This is an idea that another member originally proposed, Yolao, and that I really like.
Please go to the Suggestions section and vote, vote vote!
The idea is to create a gallery dedicated to finished models, where people can post stills of their finished modeling work.
These are the reasons:
- It is tue that you can post your model in the WIP section, but I found myself pressured to “finish” the work as to obtain a final mapped and lighted etc still, which is not what I wanted at that stage.
Professional modellers and people that are trying to learn this subject in depth might not be interested, for personal or professioanl reasons, to embark in mapping and lighting and so at that particular moment. Although I think it is true that it is a very thing for artist to grasp all aspects of 3D, I don’t understand why they should be pressured to do something that is not at the top of their interests or needs at that particular specific moment.
2 )Also, as Yolao justly pointed out, modeling, like other apsects of 3D, is a form of art on its own right, not just a step towards something else.
3)One last thing is the market, at list the one I know here in Britain, is pushing artist to be generalists but specializing in one subject. Why not give people that are specializing in modeling the opportunity to show their final models wihout been pressured to get to other stages?
4)And, also, the recent advance of Zbrush is creating a generation of modellers/sculptors.
As, traditionally, sculpting is an art that has mostly asked the artist to create a sculpture with no color or lighting or else, I can’t see why this tendency shouldn’t be reflected in this site.