Useful Links and Resources

 Here are some useful links that I've compiled to both make my life easier and allow me to close out of some of my tabs!

I'll organize these tabs a bit, so I can quickly pivot between them:

Maya Tips

• Getting Started With Maya
• Maya Introduction
• Sir Wade Neistadt

ZBrush Tips

• ZBrush Introduction
  
• Getting Started With ZBrush
  

Unity Tips

• John Lemon's Haunted Jaunt
• Unity Learning Hub
  
• Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Unity
  

Unreal Tips

• Unreal Sculpting and Basics
  
• Getting Started with UE4
  

Houdini Tips

• Getting Started With Houdini
  
• Houdini Learning Resources
  
• Houdini Apprentice
• Houdini Education
• Foundations and Hotkey Overview
• Modelling and Rendering Tutorial
  

Physically-Based Rendering and Shading (PBR)

• The PBR Guide
  
• Adobe Courses on PBR
  

Presets and Brushes

• Nick Zuccarello's FIEA Blog

I will update this post with other potential things I find around the Internet! Whether it's Photoshop, Maya, or Sony Vegas, I will pop any links here so I don't have to remember what dang diddly blog post I put my helpful stuff in.

See you on the Flipside! 

3D References

     Also something interesting about my artistic process... I'm very inspired by "retro" games. I say retro in quotes because they aren't "really" retro... they're from the 90's. But, my generation has insisted on calling them retro and making me feel old so here we are. Anywho, back to the main point- I'm inspired by Sega Dreamcast and Saturn characters and 3D art. To me, that era in gaming was the cartooniest and I would like to capture that in my artwork. 

    I also enjoy the style of Sega CD, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, and DS games, so I have also included them in this PureRef Style map. GameCube is a system I have definitely missed out on, as I never had one growing up. It took me getting my own full-time job to finally experience it (and really appreciate it!). 

    I would like to make a habit of showing the things I'm referencing, so you can get a better idea of where I want to be with my work. That way, if I'm missing the mark of where I want to be, someone can let me know (or I can see it myself, whatever happens first). 

    Wow, I always ramble in these posts. I guess I have a lot to say. Thank you for reading!