What I Wish I Knew Before I Started Learning Blender 3D

"I want to run but I can't even walk yet" - this sentence best sums up the learning process. Thanks for this video! I will follow in your steps and hope to learn something like you.

Hi Brad! The reason your art-hut didn't look as well is the lightning. Just like in painting, you have to find a lightning setup which emphasizes forms and space. (enabling depth of field looks pretty on this style as well) And don't be afraid to post-produce your render in Photoshop!

Blender is such a powerful software but it is definitely hard to learn. I've been using it for 6+ years and I still feel like a beginner! I definitely agree with you about the importance of repetition though, once you use a feature a few times, the seemingly infinite amount of buttons and options start to become clear and truly epic things can be created.

I'm a teacher who decided to switch my college 3D class from 3dsMax to Blender this semester. My classes started on their donuts back in January and can totally relate with your experience so far. Thanks for sharing.

What I love about 3d is the ability to render your art at different angles.

I've been using max for 20 years and in the meantime I learned many new programs. Recently switched to Blender, but not completely. One thing I realized 10 years ago is that it's best to first just watch tutorials, from beginner's to advanced lessons, without even trying to follow them, just watch and soak in as much as you can. Then you start again, watch a video and then repeat what they did. That's how I learned at least 5 pretty complex programs in pretty short time. Unreal engine is one of them. My first practice project in Unreal engine was actually my first job in UE for which I got payed. 8 years and few more programs later, still living from UE.

"Make a donut!" indeed; it's the tutorial these days, and he's been keeping it updated for major Blender revisions. I love how mine turned out! 😁👍 btw, if you think dedouze's art looks amazing on a monitor, you should see it in actual 3D! One of those scenes was a demo included on the Looking Glass Portrait lightfield display. 🤩

Just about to dive into blender and found all this very helpful, Thankyou!

Oh my god, I'm so glad you mentioned your experience going through the tutorials - having the exact same experience. Sooo long and they make it seem SO easy!

This is excellent advice. I've been using Blender since before YouTube was much of a thing. Having a good supply of vids and then putting your own spin on it is priceless. I see people who are new to 3D and they're advancing way faster than I ever did. Awesome work.

Oh man. Didn’t expect to see this video today but am so excited that you’re on the Blender learning train. Would be cool to see some usage of 3D tools on your product review vids. Love your content!

thanks for keeping my excitement and motivation up for continuing my journey learning Blender. I have no art or cg background but i love learning new tech. Your words and energy make me want to get back in there and finish the isometric room i started :)

Thank you for walking us thorough your experience Brad! Really useful!

Dude Brad I love you sharing your learning journey! Not everyone seems comfortable, the openness is just awesome. Thank you for doing what you do!

Thank you!! Finally someone who understands. Ive just started learning blender through watching tutorials and I gotta say it's exciting and overwhelming at the same time. I want to dab on everything, but figured I need to focus on one thing at a time. I am currently learning how to do exterior models of buildings. It's a slow process but I'll manage

Great to see how your experience with Blender went! :D This message to anyone - Feel free to suggest any tutorial ideas that you think might have been hard to track down out there on your initial journey, there are lots of creators willing to share workflows to make it as easy as possible to jump in on any part of Blender. Thanks! :D

I’m so excited that you are learning Blender too. I’ve been at it for a month or two. I’ve been a fan of your drawing videos and now I can see your Blender stuff. Cool!

Congratulations on your blender journey, thats pretty good going :O) it is a constant learning experience no matter how long you have been doing it a week or 20 years always something, it is fun and we all want to run before we walk so i think we all know exactly how you feel. i love Blender and its community! keep up the great work/learning you are doing great! :O)

Must be something in the water! I started seriously exploring Blender about a month ago, and it’s been really cool to see that a bunch of other creators that I follow started learning it around the same time! Awesome progress and great video! Excited to see where you take it next!

This was so encouraging! And thank you for providing a roadmap for absolute newbies. I'm currently doing the Blender beginner tutorials on the Blender Youtube channel, and then occasionally other short and sweet tutorials when I just want to create something. I will definitely be starting the donut one next!