The Codemasters lecture was very informative; the guy presenting the lecture (Dan Hoang) seemed like one of the nicest guys in the world. He told us all about how he started off and basically from he said, what he was 3 years ago starting the course is what I am now! Basically he knew nothing about 3D software or never even touched one before and as for drawing he started out on the basics as we all are but he didn’t get into drawing to much until a few years before he began the course where as my situation was never had used or even heard of 3DS Max but I do have a little experience in 3D and I need to get better at drawing especially in rendering but even I had a little trouble in the first few weeks of visual design.
He basically spoke about how you can make it even if you think you’ll never be as good as anyone who can draw anything. He said don’t get depressed if someone uploads an image that’s way beyond your level of ability, which I do sometime feel intimidated by others work that gets a sh*t load of views and hundreds of positive comments when they upload it and when I upload mine it basically gets nothing... EVER! He said something that has stuck in my mind, what he said was if there’s someone whose producing fantastic pieces of work, don’t let it get you down, maybe that guy has a bit more experience than you, he’s on level 4 and you’re on level 2 but your both heading for level 99 in the same direction, the other guy just has a bit of a head start. I love the way he put it, it made me smile and think yeah so what I can do it and I’ll get there in the end as long as I work at it. It reminded me of how you level up in some games and to beat the higher levels you’ve got to work your way up by working hard to match their skills by doing that bit extra each time, it was really inspiring. He then went on to explain how if you do something wrong it simply doesn’t matter, there’s no reason to be stressed about it because if you don’t know how to do something just ask and then once you know you’ve learnt a new skill instantly that you will never forget in the future and combining all your skills will just make you better. Mistakes are a good thing, because it makes you ask questions and eventually try to find the answer or your own answer. We’re all starting out at the same level and he proved to us that there’s reason to be afraid to ask if you need help, because he basically sent emails to people in industry asking them everything that’s wrong with his work and gaining feedback, eventually that bought Dan to work at the critique he got back from the professionals and eventually he made one piece of work that he sent to one of the guys in industry who never talked to him before, but with all that extra help the guy in industry now can’t stop talking to him.
The whole experience of this really showed, with how little confidence you have you can really shine and make something out of almost nothing. Personally I’ve never revised in my life but still made this far!
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