Quote - I like the study idea. When we are done, we could load the whole thing into the free stuff section and then do the lighting challenge.

 

that's the general idea..  plus like Anteran is saying about not being great at modeling, you try something, if you get lost you post questions, upload what you got and let others see, fix, help.. it's all about the community working together

Quote - What do you mean "using pre-made stuff is cheating"?

 

well the point is to learn to model your own stuff, shade it, compose and light it, not just take pre made stuff and assemble a scene.  there's no "judging" what you do or how good it is.. it's the job of everyone involved to help each other out and learn off others, share ideas..  so on and so forth.. :)

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