Been meaning to share..

sloanelliot · March 26, 2021, 10:30:18 AM

Hey all!

I've been absent from here for quite a while but finally decided to enter the world of social media, ha (https://www.instagram.com/dngr.ltd/ if you'd like to follow my journey) and share some work. I don't know why I've never really shared, maybe it's imposter syndrome? At any rate, would love to get more involved with the community and considering building a series of flash tutorials (Intermediate/advanced level; some stuff I feel like is never or rarely covered) via Instagram reels + stories. Would anybody be interested in that?

Here's some random work. I might come back and post a few more ongoing, as to not dump 100's of images all at once haha..

sloanelliot · March 26, 2021, 10:34:45 AM

Some more..

sloanelliot · March 26, 2021, 10:39:09 AM

Last one for now haha..

Zeltronic · March 26, 2021, 10:40:49 AM

Very nice and clean, great job

sloanelliot · March 26, 2021, 11:00:27 AM

Thanks! Appreciate it.

TGS808 · March 26, 2021, 11:21:22 AM

Absolutely, top notch. This stuff looks great! I'd call out the details I like individually but we'd be here too long.

In regards to your tutorials idea... if you're going to do it, I'd say put them on YouTube too. Everyone has access to YouTube. For Instagram, you need an account just to look at stuff and not everyone has an Instagram account.

sloanelliot · March 26, 2021, 11:32:44 AM

Haha thanks dude! That means a lot.

I've been torn on going the YouTube route, mainly because tutorials like that take so much time to put together and I've been a big fan of the way KeyShot's Instagram has been posting the occasional "micro tutorial" lately, where they're just like 8-10 slides on a post/reel/story with some screengrabs of material graphs, callouts, etc., but I'm sure that format also leaves a lot of unanswered questions haha (why I wanted to stick to more intermediate/advanced stuff where I can assume the user has a foundation already). I just want to be sure I can post "help" somewhat consistently without having to record audio/video, edit, etc. and ultimately lose steam when client work picks up.

BTW, zero intention of monetizing this or creating "premium" content. I've just been a lurker for so many years and feel like maybe it's time to give back, ha.

That said, still thinking that part over-- however, if there are any subjects you feel have been undercovered, by all means let me know and I'll start making a list haha..

TGS808 · March 27, 2021, 08:56:59 AM

Totally understand. I only mentioned YouTube because when I think "tutorial", I automatically think "video" and figured If you're making one, might as well put it there too. I'm not aware of what KeyShot is doing on their Instagram as I don't use Instagram.

Spydabizkit · March 27, 2021, 11:12:35 AM

WOW, super clean stuff. The texture and frost on that Ice cream is perfection!

Josh3D · March 29, 2021, 03:25:17 PM

Agree with all the others - these look great! I think some tutorials on things that haven't been covered would be an excellent idea.