some more work with AoI.
 

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AoI? And it's very good, though it's odd to see a window, especially one with bars...

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What's AoI?

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(AoI) Art of illusion is the software used.    

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But is it like Photoshop or is it a 3D program? What does it do?  
 
And that kennel, did you make it in 3D, 2D, or did you just type "kennel" and the program made it for you?

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Very good work. Art of Illusion is a 3D program, unlike Photoshop. I'd say that these 3D programs are much harder to learn then Photoshop. To make a kennel, you'll have to model it yourself. You'll get some basic objects such as spheres, squares etc. but you've to make your own shapes out of them. You can also draw a curve and then use for example 'revolve' to turn it into a 3D object. Again, fantastic scene Truth. I've almost finished my robot in Maya.

Ah. Well I had some very basic experience in 3D back in my gaming days, so I actually understand what all you said.  
 
That looks great then!

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3D software are a tool for virtual reality.
they make use of surfaces , curved and moved to create animations.
 
the good thing about it is, you can place the camera anywhere and get a nice still shot.  
which is certainly not the case with raster graphic editors like PS.
 

 
as gruzz said, they are hard to master. for example, I had to model and place every part of the chain.  
 
I'm thinking of posting a tutorial about 3D and AoI, when I have enough time.

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This must've taken ages to do.
Stunning work truth!

I did download AoI and I will admit that it will take a while to get used to. I was starting to learn 3DS Max but I had to format my computer... I'll have to work with this because I like the results that I see

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AoI certainly looks interesting, I just started trying to use blender again, and it is very difficult I couldn't make a dice from a simple tutorial

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You should create the next Toy Story.

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Yes of course, 3D design learning is not just easy as working with Photoshop
But one you get hold to it Then you live within it
It's sometimes feels as easier that Ps too

Great Outcomes by truth via AoI
I'm not such a fan in AoI but master much of my 3D creations through 3DMax

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Thanks guys!
 

 
I also tried blender but couldn't get hang of it. also there aren't much tutorials, manuals for blender.(at least for beginners)
 
There is a remarkable tutorial called "the hourglass tutorial" it's included in AoI , that was all it took me to get started.

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From the tutorials that I've seen, it looks like much of the work isn't primitive based and more curved based... is that true?

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a primitive is an object known to software. you call "cube", and it makes a cube, however it won't make a fish if you call "nemo"
 
so, obviously you will have to modify the cube into a fish. subdividing it,
pulling points, edges,faces here n there, smoothing it etc.
 
but it is a fact that every model starts from a primitive.
 
you may like to have a look here

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Wow, that is a lot of info to take in... I'll have to look at that

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I had trouble finding good beginner tutorials on blender too
 
I did try that hourglass tutorial for AoI and I was so happy when I managed to do it!   Time to follow some more now.
 
Also, how did you make the rings on the chain? And also the grass and background?

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I'm happy it worked.
 
the first ring, modeled from a cube, rest copy/pasted, rotated and placed appropriately.
there is also a plug in script that generates straight chains.
 
the grass is image-mapping(a texture technique) of a grass image over a huge mesh(plane) as ground.
image mapping
 
the background: grass strands generated by another plug in. white-blue texture to sky.
 

Sure : tutorials.

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this is so cool thanks for the tutorials

LIKE ALWASE NICE WORK    
 
But...
 
  This yime i have nothing to say    
 
    Verry good Job    
 
  (soory for my english)

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