I almost didn’t upload this one because it’s nothing too special and it only took a few hours to make. There is a tutorial to make this gun here, but this time I didn’t watch the tutorial and just tried to make it first and then watch the tutorial afterwards.
I was a little lazy at times with this model so it’s by no means perfect, but it does feel good that I can whip something up from scratch like this without needing any extra help or guidance. I’m also feeling quite comfortable with materials and shaders now to get the effects that I want, so I didn’t need to consult any references for things like adding the post processing bloom, or to set up the reflective materials correctly.
In other news it bothers me I don’t know how to use a single 2D art program, so I’ve chosen Affinity Designer to be my new 2D application of choice for vector art. I’m not likely to spend too much time doing 2D art and I’ll probably never upload anything here that I’ve made with it. It seems likely though that there will be days where I need to edit a texture or add some text to a Blender model, and I need something in my toolbox I can pull out for those scenarios.
