I've been mapping for a few years now, but I've never really released anything worthy of praise. I make maps mostly for fun, and to entertain myself and friends. I recently decided for various reasons that mapping just isn't for me. More of a hobby then something I could look to as a career. I then got to thinking what else I could do, in terms of mod-work (specifically Half-Life 2). I can't draw worth crap, so no 2D art. I can't map. I haven't done anything relating to music ever. I've never tried modelling or animating. I do know some C++, Java, and VB. Although I realize that C++ is pretty much the most useful of the three. I've thought about going into coding, however I don't know if it's for me, way too much math involved, and I hate math (although I'm fairly good at it).
So here I sit. Thinking I want to get into modelling or animating. I've kinda decided in my mind that I'd like to try out animating, but I have no clue where to start. I've come here to seek your professional advice on how I can get cracking at animating to see if it's "my thing."
I probably need to know what applications I'll be needing (XSI is used for HL2 animating, correct?) and if there are any good sites that would be a good resource to me in my learning.
Let me know if this is posted in the wrong place, modelling seemed like the closest thing to me. :-?
