Kabuki Walrus

Horight, so, following a tutorial, I learned how to trace a 2d picture using curves and turn it into a 3d object. The curves aren't purrfect and there is no animation this but... there is some to come in the next project which will help me solidify what I learned in the tutorial. As for now, here is the result of my morning curve-struggles:

So, yesterday marks the 3rd day since the beginning of my little affair with 3d graphics. As of this moment, I can't really describe how much fun it is to make things move around. Naturally, I haven't been sitting idly after modeling a fairly ugly Danbo. What started as a wheel turned into a... well, tank-esque creation that can rotate it's turret and gun and some other parts. It's not much but the project was a big step-up in terms of complexity in comparison to the Danbo one and it felt really cool doing it. Anyway, see for yourself! So here are some WIP pics and in the end the animated video. The camera work is terrible but! the point was to add 'any' kind of camera work so it was a success on that part. The best thing about doing this was to learn what I actually have to learn next. You can only find out what you don't know by trying to do something and when you finally know, what you don't know (ok, this is starting to sound silly) you're on the...

I know it might sound crazy but I kinda got into 3d modelling recently. I have no idea whether this is only a trend or a beginning of a new hobby, still, it's frickin' amazing, at least for now :D. I'm having massive amounts of fun while figuring out how to do some crazy shit and though it looks immorally crappy at the moment, making things move or... well... COME TO LIFE, feels great ;). It's always cool to share such stuff so I'll be posting some links or image right here. Enjoy if possible! So, this is the very first thing I've done just yesterday after dl'ing Blender. IT FRICKIN' MOVES. And this is a wheel I made today, that will, hopefully, become a part of a tank in near future.