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Daskka Huszar

Registered User

Join date: 29 Sep 2005

Posts: 1

09-29-2005 21:28

How do I get started in creating stuff?
...ANYTHING!

Bertha Horton

Fat w/ Ice Cream

Join date: 19 Sep 2005

Posts: 835

09-29-2005 22:43

You should start by deciding what sort of acts of creation in which you would like to participate. A house/skyscraper/castle? Clothing? Weapons? Scripted gadgets? Upload your artwork to sell?

Once you've decided on what you'd like to do (everything), start practicing with the available tools. About 99% of all good work done was accomplished through having practiced first.

It also helps to have your own private land, even if only 512m².

Remember that anything you don't like you can delete with no prim use penalty.

If you have no idea where to start, perhaps you should try making walls and experimenting with building structures like houses.

Tateru Nino

Girl Genius

Join date: 13 Sep 2005

Posts: 312

09-29-2005 23:26

Also check around The Shelter, the NCI, The Learning Centre and similar organisations (also FIND > EVENTS). There's information, people willing to provide tutorials and organised classes.

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Ben Bacon

Registered User

Join date: 14 Jul 2005

Posts: 809

09-30-2005 02:17

Cruise through the sandboxes as well (also in Find). I regularly visit the Mature Sandbox, and the two near the welcome area are also good. Fly around the sandbox, seeing what people are doing, and how they're doing it. I am NOT promoting copying other people's work, just saying learn from them by watching them and what they do.

Also, very many people in the sandboxes are happy to help people who want to learn. Unless someone looks frantically busy, approach them and open with "Do you mind if I ask a question?" or something like that. Don't be offended if they snap back, sometimes you are the 17th person that has bugged them today, and they're having a bad day in RL - but just as often, they'll have been battling with a difficult build for 2 hours and will actually welcome the chance to take their mind off it while helping you out.

In Afrikaans we have a saying, "Vra is vry, en weier daarby". It is sort of an extension to "If you don't ask, you don't get" but translates better to "To ask is free, but so is refusal" - So ask away, but be willing to accept a "no", no matter how snappish, and move on to ask someone else.

Here endeth the lesson

Nyx Divine

never say never!

Join date: 11 Dec 2004

Posts: 1,052

09-30-2005 05:43

Do a search for the 'Ivory Tower of Prims' and go through the tutorial there. Helped me a lot.

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Daskka Huszar Registered User Join date: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 1	09-29-2005 21:28 How do I get started in creating stuff? ...ANYTHING!
Bertha Horton Fat w/ Ice Cream Join date: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 835	09-29-2005 22:43 You should start by deciding what sort of acts of creation in which you would like to participate. A house/skyscraper/castle? Clothing? Weapons? Scripted gadgets? Upload your artwork to sell? Once you've decided on what you'd like to do (everything), start practicing with the available tools. About 99% of all good work done was accomplished through having practiced first. It also helps to have your own private land, even if only 512m². Remember that anything you don't like you can delete with no prim use penalty. If you have no idea where to start, perhaps you should try making walls and experimenting with building structures like houses.
Tateru Nino Girl Genius Join date: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 312	09-29-2005 23:26 Also check around The Shelter, the NCI, The Learning Centre and similar organisations (also FIND > EVENTS). There's information, people willing to provide tutorials and organised classes. _____________________
Ben Bacon Registered User Join date: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 809	09-30-2005 02:17 Cruise through the sandboxes as well (also in Find). I regularly visit the Mature Sandbox, and the two near the welcome area are also good. Fly around the sandbox, seeing what people are doing, and how they're doing it. I am NOT promoting copying other people's work, just saying learn from them by watching them and what they do. Also, very many people in the sandboxes are happy to help people who want to learn. Unless someone looks frantically busy, approach them and open with "Do you mind if I ask a question?" or something like that. Don't be offended if they snap back, sometimes you are the 17th person that has bugged them today, and they're having a bad day in RL - but just as often, they'll have been battling with a difficult build for 2 hours and will actually welcome the chance to take their mind off it while helping you out. In Afrikaans we have a saying, "Vra is vry, en weier daarby". It is sort of an extension to "If you don't ask, you don't get" but translates better to "To ask is free, but so is refusal" - So ask away, but be willing to accept a "no", no matter how snappish, and move on to ask someone else. Here endeth the lesson
Nyx Divine never say never! Join date: 11 Dec 2004 Posts: 1,052	09-30-2005 05:43 Do a search for the 'Ivory Tower of Prims' and go through the tutorial there. Helped me a lot. _____________________ Yes Virginia there is an FIC! If someone shows you who they are.....believe them! Don't be afraid to go out on a limb, because that's where the fruit is!