Originally posted by gster123
I didnt mean it like that, but if you want to get really good you can't rely on people to do the work for you, or nurse you through it, I mean, are you going to tell me in detail/otherwise how you created something, say your komodo dragon??
What I mean is your gonna show someone the "ropes" then leave them to create somemting themselves, i.e you dont ask Jimmy Hendrix to show you how to play Purple Haze when you ain't even picked up a guitar.
only one man can ever play purple haze and thats hendrix 
but this topic is very broad, i dont want to get into cemantics;
however, teaching a "technique" often times in cg, is simply "understanding" a technique". if i show someone how i animated a scene step by step, and ask the person to use my technique and re animate the same scene, i guarantee you it would be different. but we would take the same approach at problem solving, thats all.
so teaching someone your best knowledge does not mean that person's work will be better than yours; not in cg it doesnt. [maybe in martial arts or nuclear physics to some extend... ] but this is art. even if daVinci taught me how to paint, doesnt mean i would ever surpass him, maybe i would use his technique... thats all man. its exactly wha mike said. and that holds true
but i totally understand what you mean by this "but if you want to get really good you can't rely on people to do the work for you, or nurse you through it," and thats very true. but thats a slightly differenty topic
cheers
Last edited by vladimirjp; 18-03-2006 at 02:38 AM.