Grady Pruitt: Recent Episodes
Grady Pruitt
If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed that I haven’t posted in quite a while. I keep intending to post more regularly, but have a tendency to procrastination. It’s something I’ve struggled with for years. Part of my problem, sometimes, is not knowing what to do. Sometimes, I know at […]
Over the last 2 weeks, I’ve been enjoying watching the Olympic games in Rio. I’ve always enjoyed watching them in part because of all the great stories that can provide wonderful inspiration. So today, I thought I would share 5 lessons to remember from the Games. While I could use stories from just about any […]
Weekly breakdown Time Spent in Blender: 8 – 9 hours Streaming: 2 to 3 hours Overall, the week was a success. I managed to get quite a bit done and even experimented with Periscope. Over the last week, I’ve been reminded of the importance of using a reference and also that proportions are important. The […]
It’s been some time since I wrote a post for my site, so today, I thought I’d put in a little update. I could rehash why I’ve been away, but the last podcast episode that I did way back in the latter part of last year pretty much already says it all, so no need […]
In my last tutorial, I shared how to create a variety of stripe patterns in Blender Cycles. At the end, I asked if anyone knew how to take what I had shared to create a ripple, or zig zag, pattern. Although no one responded, I did figure out how to do it. This tutorial […]
When I did my self portrait character (the one I’ve been using for my profile pic around the web and is in the banner on my site) back in August of last year, I was thinking about what I should do for his shirt. A couple of my favorite shirts from my closet had stripes […]
What I’ve been doing since I last recorded Causes of Procrastination Fear of Failure/Success Fatigue Perfectionism/High expectations Comparison with others Resources on Procrastination: Marc and Angel Hack Life — 7 Common Causes and Proven Cures for Procrastination Oregon State University Academic Success Center — Six Reasons People Procrastinate Motivation Grid — The 4 Main Causes of Procrastination Revealed […]
In this episode, I share my creativity plan for the next 3 months: Sculptember 30 day challenge to do a sculpt a day (your choice of medium/subject) 2/3 real animals/humans 1/3 fantasy/mythology based creatures (Although I didn’t mention this in the episode, my plan is to use Blender to 3D sculpt) Inktober Month long challenge […]
(Podcast feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/My3dLife) In this episode, I talk about how I came up with the idea for the artwork that I created for the podcast and give an overview of the process I went through to create him and share a few lessons I learned along the way. Creating my first character Taking references Base […]