Comments on: About Me http://www.harkyman.com FEEL THE LOVE Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:07:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Christina http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/comment-page-1/#comment-44049 Christina Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:07:24 +0000 http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/#comment-44049 Hi Roland, am enjoying Tradigital Blender. In the chapter 5 files both blends appear to be the scene file rather than one being walking.blend. No biggie but there doesn't seem to be any simple way to report an error. Hi Roland, am enjoying Tradigital Blender. In the chapter 5 files both blends appear to be the scene file rather than one being walking.blend. No biggie but there doesn’t seem to be any simple way to report an error.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/comment-page-1/#comment-42341 anonymous Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:11:57 +0000 http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/#comment-42341 I love LOLZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I live the ceiling cat too. I love LOLZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I live the ceiling cat too.

]]> By: Columbus Code Camp http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/comment-page-1/#comment-42100 Columbus Code Camp Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:12:26 +0000 http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/#comment-42100 You should come do a talk! You should come do a talk!

]]> By: displaced http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/comment-page-1/#comment-41100 displaced Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:11:56 +0000 http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/#comment-41100 I bought your essential guide to blender 2.6 about 4 months ago. Since then, I've been rethinking the manual that I’ve been using in class. I teach blender in a small private school in Atlanta and I've been amazed at how easy it is for my students to learn this program considering the learning curve that is Maya and 3D Studio. My hope is that one day I'll have a student who goes into 3D animation for a living. Having said that. the manual that I've been using is the blender basics book freely available online at the Central Dauphin School District website. I like the way he teaches but I’m comparing the way you present the information and the order of subject compared to the one in this manual. I like yours better. he doesn't cover lighting much, if at all and barely explains texturing or surfacing as you call it. These are two very important subjects from my point of view. he also doesn't explain anything about the animation part of this program until chapter 9 where as it's discussed in chapter 3, in your book. This is much sooner in the learning cycle and leaves the student with the basic knowledge needed to understand much more advanced subjects sooner in my honest opinion. Your information on lighting is amazing, not only explaining each light and why to use it. You also explain the limitations of each light and what NOT to use it for. I love the fact that you actually build, and light the scene before actually surfacing anything. This gives a much more realistic scene in the end. you explain surfacing in a much more comprehensive way and explain several different techniques to make it work. You explain how you use each technique and why. I hate to say this but I personally prefer your method of disseminating information over his even though his style is much more aligned for teaching in a classroom environment. Having said all of this, would you mind if I used the information in your book to rebuild his manual using some of your information and his style of classroom teaching? This would not be given out or used outside of my classroom unless otherwise ok'd. I bought your essential guide to blender 2.6 about 4 months ago.
Since then, I’ve been rethinking the manual that I’ve been using in class. I teach blender in a small private school in Atlanta and I’ve been amazed at how easy it is for my students to learn this program considering the learning curve that is Maya and 3D Studio. My hope is that one day I’ll have a student who goes into 3D animation for a living. Having said that. the manual that I’ve been using is the blender basics book freely available online at the Central Dauphin School District website. I like the way he teaches but I’m comparing the way you present the information and the order of subject compared to the one in this manual. I like yours better. he doesn’t cover lighting much, if at all and barely explains texturing or surfacing as you call it.
These are two very important subjects from my point of view. he also doesn’t explain anything about the animation part of this program until chapter 9 where as it’s discussed in chapter 3, in your book. This is much sooner in the learning cycle and leaves the student with the basic knowledge needed to understand much more advanced subjects sooner in my honest opinion. Your information on lighting is amazing, not only explaining each light and why to use it. You also explain the limitations of each light and what NOT to use it for. I love the fact that you actually build, and light the scene before actually surfacing anything. This gives a much more realistic scene in the end. you explain surfacing in a much more comprehensive way and explain several different techniques to make it work. You explain how you use each technique and why.
I hate to say this but I personally prefer your method of disseminating information over his even though his style is much more aligned for teaching in a classroom environment. Having said all of this, would you mind if I used the information in your book to rebuild his manual using some of your information and his style of classroom teaching? This would not be given out or used outside of my classroom unless otherwise ok’d.

]]> By: James Playfair http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/comment-page-1/#comment-40426 James Playfair Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:26:06 +0000 http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/#comment-40426 G'day Roland (that's Australian for "Hi, Roland"), Just bought your latest book (Kindle on lap right now), only 20 pages into it and I'm already enjoying it (yes, I agree that chocolate is an important ingredient in all puddings). I presume by AJAX-based web applications you mean JQuery? I recently went against our department policy and wrote a LAMP/JQuery application and it totally kicked @$$ over the "DOT NOT" stuff I'd previously been forced to work in. (this is an irrelevant sidetrack - but I never miss a chance to dis Microsoft on a public forum). Anyhow, keep up the great work!!! James G’day Roland (that’s Australian for “Hi, Roland”),

Just bought your latest book (Kindle on lap right now), only 20 pages into it and I’m already enjoying it (yes, I agree that chocolate is an important ingredient in all puddings).

I presume by AJAX-based web applications you mean JQuery? I recently went against our department policy and wrote a LAMP/JQuery application and it totally kicked @$$ over the “DOT NOT” stuff I’d previously been forced to work in. (this is an irrelevant sidetrack – but I never miss a chance to dis Microsoft on a public forum).

Anyhow, keep up the great work!!!
James

]]> By: dacres http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/comment-page-1/#comment-40421 dacres Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:20:45 +0000 http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/#comment-40421 will you update this book as new versions of blender come out ... you know, up to 2.6, like the book is titled? Kindle allows errata and updates to books. will you update this book as new versions of blender come out … you know, up to 2.6, like the book is titled? Kindle allows errata and updates to books.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/comment-page-1/#comment-39711 anonymous Sat, 21 May 2011 22:09:46 +0000 http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/#comment-39711 wow i really messed up when i said after Someone i meant in the first sentence of comment 29. wow i really messed up when i said after Someone i meant in the first sentence of comment 29.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/comment-page-1/#comment-39710 anonymous Sat, 21 May 2011 22:07:22 +0000 http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/#comment-39710 sorry, there should be "got all like" after Someone before the comma sorry, there should be “got all like” after Someone before the comma

]]> By: anonymous http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/comment-page-1/#comment-39709 anonymous Sat, 21 May 2011 22:05:15 +0000 http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/#comment-39709 Someone, What? Who said that? When i told her that your dog doesn't respect me. Why doesn't piper respect me? Someone, What? Who said that? When i told her that your dog doesn’t respect me. Why doesn’t piper respect me?

]]> By: Nick http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/comment-page-1/#comment-39676 Nick Thu, 19 May 2011 15:39:04 +0000 http://www.harkyman.com/what-is-harkyman/#comment-39676 AAAAAAAAAAAAAARrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. How do you get the chair back to merge properly in chapter 4 of Blender foundations! I have spent hours on it and keep getting an x shaped merge, tried everything! Scrutinised the web bucket images from every angle and can't see where I'm going wrong. sob Nick AAAAAAAAAAAAAARrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
How do you get the chair back to merge properly in chapter 4 of Blender foundations!
I have spent hours on it and keep getting an x shaped merge, tried everything! Scrutinised the web bucket images from every angle and can’t see where I’m going wrong.
sob
Nick

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