Comments on: Training DVD: Introduction to Character Creation Part 1

By: Sovvolf

Sovvolf — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:13:59 +0000

I think this is a rip off and the author needs shooting this is a free engine and your taking advantage of poeple new to the engine to make alittle extra cash if you want to help poeple then help poeple dont make them have to pay for it. and for those paying for the dvd i wouldnt bother just look around and find a free tutorial by some one who wants to help you not rip you off, $30 for a bloke to tell you what to do…. id rather figure it out my self. sure if he wants to make money from his accoplishments at least set a reasonable price lile $5 or $10 but $30…. your a discrace.

By: Odell L.

Odell L. — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:44:31 +0000

Once I can scrape together a little bit of extra cash, I'll definitely be buying this video, but I must voice my personal opinion that the $30 price tag is quite steep. I think maybe $20 at the very most would be a lot more reasonable of a price for them

By: ccherrett

ccherrett — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:46:16 +0000

BlendRoid,

Jonathan should be able to afford a decent mic after the tutorials I bought so far :)

It does not take a lot of money to put together a great sounding vocal track. That is just not the case.

Jonathan,

nice to see you box modeling now :)

By: dyf

dyf — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:06:01 +0000

@JonnyMac and Freakydude
you can say all you want.. the Adrianna face tutorial by Jonathan Williamson is the best of the best resources for modeling a character's head in blender.. Sure, i hear construction work in the background, and the audio quality isn't good to say the least but i learned from that video what i think no one was able to teach me and i'm not exaggerating..
Once someone with this modeling and teaching skills (i won't say YOU GUYS) comes up with at least something that matches Jonathan's work, i'll consider your points valid..

By: BlendRoid

BlendRoid — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:03:04 +0000

Freakydude, it seems you're the only one who has misunderstood JonnyMac so far.

By: Freakydude

Freakydude — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:54:27 +0000

Stop bashing johhnymac for stating these points. The guys from montagestudio seem to bring good to understand tutorials around (can't really judge, bookmarked the site the first time I saw it but never had the need to watch the tutorials, sorry…) and that is not a bad thing.

His points are valid though, and there is nothing wrong with him stating them, regardless of him being right or wrong. You don't need to be rich to get "pro" tools these days… and you don't need "pro hardware" tools to make "professional" content either. Just some creativity, something these guys do not have a shortage of.

Calling people rich kids with money to blow just because he stated the audio isn't all that good is rather insulting if you ask me. Just because some of us have a daytime job doesn't mean we are "rich kids". And I sure as hell wouldn't want to be called one.

The guys from montagestudio know their stuff, and they released plenty of well received material while asking for nothing in return. That should say enough about their character. But when someone notices some potential flaw and mentions it, you shouldn't insult him for it.

By: Jonathan Williamson

Jonathan Williamson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:26:29 +0000

Thank you everyone for your comments. Just as long the community continues to have a positive response towards these dvds I'll continue producing them.

A quick glimpse of dvds in the making/planned for the near future:

-Character Creation Part 2: Texturing, Lighting and Rendering your character
-Character Creation Part 3: Animating your character
-Vehicle Design process: from concept to finished render

Note, the vehicle one will not be mine but Jean-Sébastian Guillemette's, as he is now a member of Montage Studio.

By: BlendRoid

BlendRoid — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:45:04 +0000

@JonnyMac: One look at Jonathon's site or his phenomenal modeling time-lapses and anyone with half an educated opinion can see that he's as professional as they come.

Bashing his work because he doesn't have the money for an exorbitantly priced microphone is really very foolish. Not everyone here's a rich kid with money to blow left and right to satisfy "Hollywood professionals," who, according to you, believe that your opinion doesn't count unless it can be played in HD.

I'm really glad the Blender community doesn't share such a view.

By: theLichKing

theLichKing — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:00:06 +0000

@JonnyMac
don't compare the work of a modest and active college student to the work of a multi-millionaire international company.. It just doesn't work.

By: BlenderLovingSquirrel

BlenderLovingSquirrel — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:50:23 +0000

Well this is the second time in a short period of time where I learned something really cool just from the previews of JW's videos.

thanks, really helpful!

@Jmac - I think it's a good tutorial from what I can see because what I want in instructional video is a feeling of starnding over the shoulder of the instructor as he models. Or sitting right next to him while he talks candidly about what he/she's doing. But I can also see what you're saying - there are audio/visual philes and industry people who would agree with you. Or people who fee like their $30 should purchase not only good info but good everything else including a snazzy logo on the box, such as DVD collector types.

Though I go for the info first, I could throw away the box (or recycle it). And the audio was clear to me.