Parametric or Artistic 3D Modelling?
Which one of these do you prefer? Honest answer to this question may even kind of reflect your personality, as it is the subconscious choice we make, when we think of different objects. On the other hand, a rational answer will come after thorough consideration of possible application of these approaches in our everyday life. Ask yourself!
It is either very simple for you to answer this question or maybe you don’t know yet, or even don’t want to decide only for one of them. But if you are reading this, most probably you came here to get a new insight on this topic or you just want to learn something new. Anyway, I will be glad if this website will help you somehow on the way.
I have good news for you. You really don’t have to decide right now for one or another and you don’t even need to spend hundreds on dedicated software to do so. You can enter the field of 3D modelling and try whatever you are up to for FREE. Yes, yes, it will be FREE, they said…and then they start to ask for product license key and so on. Trust me, I’ve been there many times, but this is different. I am writing about Open-source software solutions.
First of all, I like to think about Open-source not being totally FREE, but rather something worth of voluntary support. It doesn’t have to be money you are giving back. There are many other options how to contribute, how to help developers and whole community in their great endeavour. But I am running away from the posed question, so more on this topic in the next post.
My answer is that I’ve tried both and I have to admit that I feel like the parametric modelling suits my personality more. Maybe there is also some rational thinking behind it, because I have an engineering background, but who knows? However, I really love nice renders and would like to present results of my engineering work in a nice way, too. That’s why I will devote my time to both approaches and hopefully somewhere along the way I will help you with the posed question if needed. :)
BTW: Featured picture was created in Open-source software Blender.
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