Even a 16 year old could do it

[Andy]

We often here the partronizing phrase "even a child could do it", well here is an example of the graphic design capability of a 16 year old: http://www.ra.sys-techs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64 It may look like a photo but it's a graphic model with 6163 polygons in a wire mesh that's rendered (skinned) with various graphic textures for a game based on Battlefield 2. The model will be flying around in virtual 3D space when the game mod is complete.

And I am still struggling in 2D space 

[donecweb]

Now that is talent in a big way.

[UpTheBracket]

  This kid is damn good! Brilliant!

[Andy]

Thanks for the nice comments. I was trying to get him to make a website to showcase the work but not much progress yet on this.

It's scary isn't it how quickly these youngsters learn these skills. One reason I encourage him and buy the hardware/software is because i always remember being fascinated by one of the early computers at the Birmingham uk science museum when i vistited as a child. I wanted to know how it worked (like exactly how it worked!) and when visiting the museum shop they had on sale the manuals for this computer. I desperately wanted it but the idiot shop assistant persuaded my parents that a kid my age had no hope of understanding it and instead sold us some useless introductory guide to computers! I am talking 30+ years ago. I never forget this bad experience.

[daxfund]

Wow. Nice design!

Maybe he should do something about the background coz I hate plain background. 

[Andy]

I think it's a plain backgound since it's for use in a game where the background will be generated under the image.

[Queen Bee]

Generally speaking, 3d modelers (For games especially) don't add backgrounds because they want people to focus on the quality and details in the model and not be distracted by a background... Unless it's meant to be an artistic image, in which case the background would most likely also be developed in 3d.

[susieq]

Well, there is certainly, definitely, an unusually talented person there with modellers  interests and mega time to do it.....Nice one!!!!!! .

[Andy]

Yes, the mega-time is available at the moment since he flunked out of school and we are in the process of going abroad.

I was trying to persuade him to start a website to build an online asset. It's kind of taking shape with just a few error 404's: http://www.darkcoder.co.uk/ The forum is probably the main part that is working.