Hey everyone! Yeah, so I guess you've been wondering where I've been for the last...6 months? Well, as many of you might know I was Smee in my school's performance of Peter Pan, and I was VERY busy. I'm doing another now, Romeo and Juliet. A bit cliche, yes, but I'm Tybalt so there's no lovey dovey stuff for me. I only have 18 lines, but they're fun and this means that I have more time to do..........Blender! Yes, it is so important that the very title of this post is named after it.
I've been using for about 3 years now, but I actually started properly using it about a month ago. It's mainly been learning about the new things it has to offer (cycles, wonderful, wonderful cycles!) and learning the kind-of basics again. I'm almost done with that. While messing around I have created about 6 walks, one of which I can watch without cringing, lots of strange shapes, textures, etc. I'm just getting used to it.
If for some strange reason this paragraph is inspiring you to get started there is a massive range of tutorials, downloads, books, DVDs, etc to get you started. Here are my favorites:
Blender Cookie. This is the main website I use tutorial wise. It is a treasure chest of tutorials by the best of the best. If I would ask you to check out one thing it would be this. If you get serious about Blender I would definitely invest into membership of their website, giving you access to vital animation courses.
Blend Swap. If you're like me and you're too lazy to make your own mesh and rig this website is a warehouse of objects, people, animals, etc you can download for FREE. It is truly magical. Just make sure that they're rigged if you want to get going straight away. All the rigs I animate come from this website.
Blender.org. This is Blender's main website. It's where you download it, and has links to many other good websites on it. It's where I started off, and it's the perfect place to.
Oh, by the way, Blender has an animation studio. It's called The Blender Foundation and to this day they have released four short movies, which as far as I know you an watch online, and I'd check it out (especially Tears of Steel).
Alrighty, I'm getting a headache, so I'm going to split.
Hope to see you soon!
I've been using for about 3 years now, but I actually started properly using it about a month ago. It's mainly been learning about the new things it has to offer (cycles, wonderful, wonderful cycles!) and learning the kind-of basics again. I'm almost done with that. While messing around I have created about 6 walks, one of which I can watch without cringing, lots of strange shapes, textures, etc. I'm just getting used to it.
If for some strange reason this paragraph is inspiring you to get started there is a massive range of tutorials, downloads, books, DVDs, etc to get you started. Here are my favorites:
Blender Cookie. This is the main website I use tutorial wise. It is a treasure chest of tutorials by the best of the best. If I would ask you to check out one thing it would be this. If you get serious about Blender I would definitely invest into membership of their website, giving you access to vital animation courses.
Blend Swap. If you're like me and you're too lazy to make your own mesh and rig this website is a warehouse of objects, people, animals, etc you can download for FREE. It is truly magical. Just make sure that they're rigged if you want to get going straight away. All the rigs I animate come from this website.
Blender.org. This is Blender's main website. It's where you download it, and has links to many other good websites on it. It's where I started off, and it's the perfect place to.
Oh, by the way, Blender has an animation studio. It's called The Blender Foundation and to this day they have released four short movies, which as far as I know you an watch online, and I'd check it out (especially Tears of Steel).
Alrighty, I'm getting a headache, so I'm going to split.
Hope to see you soon!
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