• Thomas

  over 2 years ago

  Personally had a lot of fun following along the course and learned quite a bit. And now I can use this whenever I want as reference or to freshen up some techniques... well done!

• Cosmo Mídias

  about 3 years ago

  I’m Impressed by the quality of the material, the care Luca had from the use of the words to the animated graphs charts! There are many techniques that are difficult to grasp but this subject requires time and practice so if you want to handle vector math manipulation this is one of the best courses I'd suggest for a intermediate level technical artist. It will worth your investment no doubt!

• mike

  about 3 years ago

  Barely finished this as waiting for node shader update was crazy long towards the end.
  Learned a lot tho so thanks!

• Simon

  over 3 years ago

  Hi Luca! Thank you so much for the course! This is a partly pre-emtive review (and apologies in advance for how long it became) but I hope it helps anyone on the fence about picking it up. I’ve only watched the introductory section for “bold beginners” - but it’s actually so clearly explained (I absolutely love the illustrations/animations that accompany the narration) I really wish I had paid full price rather than getting this on sale as I did (I only found out it was on sale at all since someone retweeted the announcement).

  Here’s a quote from someone else on twitter (hope they don’t mind me pasting it in here): “This course is brilliant. I'm 80% complete. Will leave reviews when done but what I have created following this course from knowing next to nothing about shaders has amazed my friends and family! I'm only copying along but so much knowledge in this course.”

  If I could give this course 6 stars, then I suspect that would be more accurate than the current rating. I think it’s really unfortunate that some people knocked off a star because either a) the videos are indeed fast paced and information dense, or b) Blendermarket currently makes downloading videos slightly awkward.

  Re: a) I’d rather have this bullet style information pacing, exactly because I feel it is respecting my time. Okay I often have to pause (and I have the subtitle track on) so that I can really process the concepts being conveyed – but this clear, hyper-focused approach is refreshing and exactly what anyone should expect from a masterclass.

  Re: b) … Yes, it takes awhile for me to download the videos via my mobile data internet connection (although I prefer even this than streaming, since I can be review videos without using extra data), but the videos are clearly labeled into 3 sections and it takes less than two minutes to stick them in 3 folders somewhere on your computer (!?) – also, why would anyone negatively rate the course – which obviously took much hard work and care - based on such an insignificant factor, which is a minor problem for Blender Market anyway, not Creative Shrimp?

  I never actually leave reviews but in this case I feel obliged despite only just starting the course. I believe this may be the best course I've ever taken, so thanks again and sorry for the text wall! I hope you don’t give up making courses/tutorials for the “bold beginner/intermediate” level :-)

• David Ballesteros

  over 3 years ago

  I like what you learn from it. But Video tutorials for certain training is a medium I dislike A LOT. On an ebook I can go backwards and fotwards WAY faster.

  I think lucca missed a few of the very nice shortcuts from node wrangler where using +-*/ you can add math Nodes really quickly.

  But what is important to learn from this course, is Luccas thinking on how aproach the final texture and shading.

  I agree with other comments that some "doings" are too fast and you lost precious time going backwards to figure out what just happened.

  This is my two cents opinion of course.

• Jonathan Lampel

  over 3 years ago

  Luca knows his stuff! Even though I've been working with nodes in Blender for several years, I still came away from this course with a few new ideas.

• scott combs

  over 3 years ago

  I can't really decide how many stars I want to leave this. Luca is extremely knowledgeable and the course presents just how good Blender is when you're looking for an alternative to Substance Designer, but there is definitely information that just isn't sticking with me (mostly the stuff at the beginning where he walks through the process of creating the brick pattern and exposing the editable parameters). I feel like I would need some additional information to fully understand that particular concept, but the rest of the concepts were explained perfectly.

  TLDR:
  Even though there were a few things that I would have liked a more in-depth explanation on, this is still a fantastic course for anyone looking to learn how to create procedural materials using Blender.

• Matías Gárate

  over 3 years ago

  Excellent course. All the techniques were clearly illustrated, and the reasoning behind each decision is explained, which makes the course easy to follow.

• Tushar

  over 3 years ago

  Amazing course!!!
  I could follow along the tutorial whilst making my own (slightly different) masonry version.

  If I had to nitpick, it would be blender market (for me) is not yet a suitable platform for online tutorials. It would have been more amazing to have something similar to Skillshare/Udemy where other students can comment/post progressive results on individual videos.

  But other than that, the course was enjoyable, the pacing was perfect for me since I had a basic knowledge of the terminologies beforehand and looking forward to more courses from Creative Shrimp ;)

• Aaron

  over 3 years ago

  For me this is a 2 to 3 star experience.

  The level of expertise you are getting access to is the best thing about the course. Luca is a genius and super knowledgeable. The first few intro videos are really useful for understanding the mechanics of ray tracing and some key node concepts that must be understood to have a shot at getting through the course.

  But for me, the format does not work for a few reasons...

  * The platform. Gumroad, Blendermarket, etc, are in my opinion the wrong platform for this. Downloading 8 gigs of files, storing them, correcting the file names, and playing them locally is a poor experience from the start. I'd *much* rather have this on a web-based platform where things are already organized for me and my progress is tracked.

  * The pace. It's scripted -- which gives it a feel of quality production -- but it's just too fast. It's somewhat possible to follow along and create the node trees up until probably the "02-DistanceField.mp4" video, which is in "/02-WallShader_Part01" (again, a web based video course platform -- any of them really -- would be way easier for us). At that point, the complexity jumps up about 5x and it's a serious struggle to stay on pace without constantly going back every few seconds. The density of information Luca is saying in just a few seconds requires time to understand and conceptually digest. I came into the course feeling adequately prepared, already familiar with nodes, how texture coords work, data types, a firm grasp on the math behind it all, etc, and I really struggled keeping up. At a point, I gave up on it being a course where you build along with the instruction. So I leaned back and just watched.

  Overall, the course felt more like a moment to moment showcase/explainer on what you can do with nodes, rather than an intentional experience where you are guided along as a student and building together. If you don't mind that kind of experience, then the course is great.

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  Jonathan Williamson

  over 3 years ago

  Hey Aaron, a better video course experience is something we're hoping to build on Blender Market very soon! I can't make any promises but it's on our radar.

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