Spring RTS Engine

anyone got any good suggestions for shaking off a "modellers block"? ive been doing it way too much the last week and even the sight of the 3ds opening graphic gives me a headache

i've had blocks before, but normally shook them off after a day

i live in a constant modeler's block. try drawing stuff, i dunno. Learn something new and model something to test that new knowledge, usually works for me

Go for a long walk, and look at everything around you. Go to a museum (doesn't matter what it is a museum of). Now that weather's nicer in most of the northern hemisphere, maybe find a cafe or coffee-house with an outside table, grab some paper and pen and just doodle for a few hours.

IOW, get out of the house for a bit. It's better to do something like the above (imo) because, unlike going for a beer with your buddies, these sorts of activities help settle and refresh your right brain (imo).

When out of ideas in your head, look outside it for inspiration

Argh wrote:Go for a long walk, and look at everything around you. Go to a museum (doesn't matter what it is a museum of). Now that weather's nicer in most of the northern hemisphere, maybe find a cafe or coffee-house with an outside table, grab some paper and pen and just doodle for a few hours.

IOW, get out of the house for a bit.

I agree. I think that doing those things might help.

You could also look at some pictures of other places or ask people about things that they've seen and thought was interesting. I hear that Darwin Island has some very unusual rock formations and creatures like blue-footed boobies and tortoises.



There are also things like clear, under water sea grass meadows with starfish and seahorses in it. I could list some more things, but I'm not sure of exactly what you have in mind.

When I get that, I like to watch futuristic movies, or watch futuristic movies/tv shows. Or I'll look up concept cars. All the while, I keep a list of things that grab my attention, taking screenshots if possible and organizing them into folders depending on what sort of thing they are - airplanes, cars, tanks, weapons, gadgets, etc.

If you've got some cash burning a hole in your pocket, a drawing tablet might help you conceptualize stuff. Buying one has helped me a lot.

Go to a war museum or something with a camera. Go nuts. Farm machinery and railway machinery is also pretty cool.

Do something different. If you're only making rts units try a spaceship, or a gun, or a character. Anything that's not what you've been doing lately.

Just do something other stuff, write, act, direct, whatever, till the brakes kick in there, then return towards the 3dsmax.

all good suggestions.

i went to the art gallery, took a nice nature walk, watched an asston of tv, and i'm going to finish this painting before i do any more computer art stuff

feeling pretty fresh tho

get a hold of some k'nex, lego, mechano, etc (i normally use lego)

great for tinkering and getting the 'modeling' juices flowing

I always found this to be particularly inspiring:

smoth wrote:AF, I'm really happy for you, and I'm gonna to let you finish, but I just want you to know, goatse had the best anal gape of all time!

You could look at cool looking planes:



or think about how you can add different flares to your work.