So hey, for those who don't know.
I actually did a course in 2D 3D animation!
We focused mostly on 3D Stuff, which is a problem when your teacher was a Traditional 2D animator.
who worked on all the cartoons i watched as a kid
anyhow, i am looking to get into it again, probably going to start with some low poly stuff.
but i don't know what programs to use anymore, and what is available X3
specifically free if possible, and preferably not pirated >.>
y'seeeee... i only ever worked with Maya 6.0, this came out before they got bought up by autodesk. >.>
when i figure some stuff out, i was thinking of offering some Low
You ca find the software here http://www.blender.org/ :)
I still need to use some of the tutorials myself in anyways ^^;
some Low... low what? what?!
Blender, of course.
Autodesk now does a free educational license thing that doesn't inspect you too closely, I've used 3DS Max and Mudbox under this. Maya should be covered too.
Sculptris.
derp, i didn't finish typing out "low poly commissions"
and throwing them into unity for people to look at like dis
http://www.polycount.com/2013/08/27/vgremixwinners/ (if small window versions don't work, try the link to the large version)
I'm still running on Maya 7.5 myself. Wish I could offer some ideas on other free 3D programs, but I don't know of any other than Blender.
I would strongly urge that you avoid Google Sketchup or whatever Google calls it's "3D Program" I ran with someone who used it for that game I asked you to do concept work for. It just sucks, no animation, poor modeling and texture work and does not import with other files.
Link
LudoCrow
I know there is Blender from the blender foundation which is available out there for free. Though it mighht be complex to use.... this said iirc it's well documented with much tutorials avalaible.