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Lewa Krom

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For BNG!

 

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Credit to Cherixon for banner

 

We are forming the Bionicle: Next Generation: Support Group. While the Blender Academy deals with one-on-one training in Blender, we are also doing something a little more broad. By joining the BNG: Support Group you are given access to many things including...

 

•Beta testing the Bionicle Arena game due out by January 2011

•Have a custom character appear in the Bionicle Arena game

•Be the first to see the movies we create and give us your opinion before it is released to the general public

•Monthly BNG newsletters (if you want)

•Appearance in the BNG comic series being written by Lewa Krom

•Be eligible for the BNG Writer's Club (coming soon)

•More in the works!

 

All we ask in return is that, once a month you try to complete a unit in Blender 3D: Noob to Pro tutorial all the way through Unit III. After that, you'll be able to join BNG as a modeler or animator. If you need assistance, we have some experts who would be glad to take the time to help you (*cough* glares at Phantax for no particular reason ).

 

If you really want to become a primary modeler/animator or help with a game, you can finish Unit IV in the tutorial and then take this brief tutorial if you're interested in game making: Blender 3D: Blending into Python

 

By doing one unit a month, you get full membership in BNG as well as any and all benefits that come with it! From someone who's taken most of the tutorial, I can say it's not incredibly difficult and you actually feel like you're getting the hang of it by halfway through the first unit.

 

Also, current BNGers. I'll be making a mandate of this upon those who I'm are not busy this summer (Busy meaning Nusua or Krayce - they amongst a few others will be exempt from this mandate) to also do the same work that the members of our Support Group will be doing. As I have been quoted "I have a dream that one day everyone will be able to 3D model and 3D animate."

 

By learning this stuff, I'm not asking you to be particularly good at it, just being able to understand things when people talk about meshes and baking and stuff like that as well as being able to help render something should somebody need you to do it.

 

So with that: It's summer. That's roughly 3 months of free time. Chances are you could finish the 3 units by the end of the month by putting in less than an hour a day. I'm not asking for much. Just a minimum.

 

And who knows - maybe BNG will be more successful than anyone thought before!

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Grantaire

technically I've already been a supporter this entire time but it's nice to see an actual group created. Count me in.

 

-Z-

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Lewa Krom

:P

 

All current BNGers, unless they are already Moderator/anims are required to go through it by the end of October. I will make exceptions though, if you make a good case (eg. lack of a computer :P)

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Krayce

If they don't have a computer, then how are they involved on either BNG or BZP :P

 

So don't you think when you make it manditory, people might say: "you know what, this guy has no buisness telling me what to do, and I've got other stuff to do," and then they leave BNG?

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Lewa Krom

They might be using an iPhone or a DS-thing or a library/school's computer and thus can't download Blender in the first place. :P

 

Maybe to those lazy concept artists we never hear from anyway. :D

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Neelh
They might be using an iPhone or a DS-thing or a library/school's computer and thus can't download Blender in the first place. :P

 

Maybe to those lazy concept artists we never hear from anyway. :D

 

Or kids with no space on their laptop who have no coordination.

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Cambion

I join support team.

 

Although I'm already a voice actor and will be an animator...

 

@LK: I recently got Blender for Dummies, and was going to use that instead of online tutorials. So how do I get to animator status if I'm not using Noob to Pro?

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Lewa Krom

Any replacement tutorial is fine, Thylon. People learn better through different means, just make sure you get at least the basics of Blender. Noob to Pro is not a mandatory tutorial. There several others that teach it differently, so feel free to use the "For Dummies" book. ;)

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~Leskows~

does this mean to be a modeler or animator we have to join this?

 

and if were in blender academy, do we not have to do the noob to pro tutorial?

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Cambion
Any replacement tutorial is fine, Thylon. People learn better through different means, just make sure you get at least the basics of Blender. Noob to Pro is not a mandatory tutorial. There several others that teach it differently, so feel free to use the "For Dummies" book. ;)

Alright, thanks LK. :)

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