Hello Grant, Your tutorials have really helped me during my Blender begginings and I want to sincerely thank you for that. I even started a youtube channel to share my limited knowledge. I listened to a recent podcast you have been in, with Curtis Holt. Never doubt yourself : not only are you an artist, but also a wonderful teacher, a pillar of the Blender Community. That's it, I just wanted to share some positivity.
Thats why I love Grant. You are so real man didn't even clean the room before the tour and it makes it a genuine experience not like most tour videos I have seen that show unrealistic cleanliness.
Stayed with you the whole video. You have a great working set-up and environment. I'm another who finds your tutorials very helpful. I'm making my way through the Grand Grant Abbitt Bundle and leaning a lot! As a one time teacher, I appreciate your organized and thorough coverage of the courses. Thank you very much!
Great tour. I am lucky enough to have a large closet in my computer room. I still don’t understand why I save boxes! When our last child moved out, my wife moved me out of the bedroom and into the vacated room to discourage returns. I love my four children, but by age 25 it’s time to leave the nest. I went through the exploratory gaming phase, but I much prefer learning. I am greatly enjoying your Blender courses. You’re a wonderful instructor.
Hey dude! I've come back to blender after a long break it all changed! The sculpting is awsome now I love it I've watched alot of your vids to re familiarise my self again for my 3d printing and modeling. And if im honest love your vids really helpful even if I only needed to know one part of the tutorial you put up I've watched the whole vid every time and learnt quite alot from you so thank you!
I love my XPpen. it's almost 5 years old now, and has survived my youngest, several moves, and a few drops due to dog bumping my desk while it was on the stand propped up on my laptop. pretty sweet seteup though.
Just found out about your channel while looking for blender stuff and tablets, very nice setup. Just a reminder that if you buy a resin printer you pretty much need an entire room just for it. Printer + cleaning + curing + tools + an open window because toxic fumes/smell. Worth it though, the quality, lack of lateral movement, ease of removing support and ease of print is fantastic. (Of course you can do without all the fancy stuff but it's so inconvenient you might just stop using it forever)
Thanks for the tour! If you're interested in showing off sculptures, resin printers really are the way to go. The setup isn't bad at all and the results are are amazing! The downsides are the cleanup and the odor. Though depending on the resin you use, neither of those might be a big deal. Your "box corner" would be more than enough space 😆
I have a DXR Racer gaming chair. It works well, though putting it together was a challenge: the instructions were in Chinese. Luckily, there were pictures so I think I got it together right!
*Still with you Grant!* - Came to you for your advice and knowledge but I really enjoy these little glimpses in to your own working life. It's interesting to see how others work, and I'm a little bit nosey anyway so win-win 😎
Nice to see your set-up Grant. I have a question about those soft boxes (the lights, not the cardboard ones lol), do they make a loud buzzing noise? I've got something similar, but never use it for that reason. I guess it's using fans to cool the lamp or something. It's nice that you can control it all using remotes. I have the same mic, and use a Cloudlifter to boost its signal. In fact my set-up is quite similar. 😄👍
You could always CG your background with finished renders of your tutorials and commissioned works. That way you can change things up. Joe Scott and Tim Dodd/The Everyday Astronaut have pretty nice backgrounds, but they do a lot more talking head videos.
You should consider a Logitech MX Master mouse. I've been using them for 15+ years (MX Revolution back then). The application-specific ability to map buttons is amazing. But yeah, I hear your concern regarding stock setups and your role as an educator. I guess it's that level of understanding that makes you as good as you are at what you do.
Bought a Huion 1440p display tablet recently, and it works fine for me with a 3080 RTX. Haven't tried it for painting/drawing since i normally use my ipad for that, but it has been flawless so far for sculpting. Was pretty cheap as well, and haven't had any issues with drivers or anything. I did have to use the combined usb/power cable thing though, since I don't have the new super fast USB-c ports on my pc. It wouldn't turn on or connect with the usb C cable, might have been why you couldn't get it to work?
For cool backgrounds, deviant art is a great place to start. Also, I wanted to ask a question that I’m hoping you or someone else who sees this can answer. I’m an aspiring blender animator and I’m just wondering where I should look for reference pictures and videos for different actions such as run cycles, parkour manoeuvres and striking poses to name a few. Ideally, I’d like to find pictures which show actions step by step like the running animation on your blender animation Udemy course. Any help in my search would be hugely appreciated.
Very nice setup. For your backdrop, maybe you could use your 3D printer to stack dioramas of your past tutorial subjects and have LEDs randomly or systematically light them up using an Arduino or Raspberry Pi.
Nice. Sorry, you didn't tell us about your slippers. As a slipper dude, I'd like to know please. I got a cheap XP Pen off your recommendation and it does seem pretty cool. It's super weird having it track my movement without the nib even being in contact :)
Hey Grant, I'm super curious about your set-up and how it deals with vibration. I had a similar set-up with my machine sitting on my desk to the side but found it kept crashing/resetting after the slightest bump to the desk itself or my cat jumping onto it(and on top the machine). Since then I brought it back down to the floor but found since I started living on the 2nd floor that it's still not immune to certain vibrations. How do you deal with this? Is it the case? Maybe my connectors are weak? I just upgraded my machine with a new GPU and a couple SSD's. Thanks for all you do!
This is really amazing. Thanks for taking time to do this... Very soon you might acquire NASA's setup for your works😂 By the way I'm the guy who spoke about the discord link being expired the last time... Still the same bro. Havent been able to join
Thanks. I updated it on that video and forgot that the wrong one was set to my default uploads I'll fix it for the next one and try and remember to replace these ones
I'm still with ya Grant =) I'll be over soon to help recycle those boxes. Note: I'm a bit messy when I work and tend to misplace laptops with 3080's when near them, so don't go looking for it... it's gone... write it off. I will also probably leave my coffee cup on your desk too =( PS: While i'm there, I'll 3D print you a replica of my junky body (with shorts on) so you'll have that on your desk for reference as well.
Thanks for the video Grant.. the Tablet info was really interesting as I'm thinking of upgrading this year from my Wacom Intuos tablet to a new tablet with a screen and I have been looking at the Xp Pen. How is the actual pen itself on the XP Pen? Does it have a paper feel on the screen and would I need to buy extra nibs regularly?
@@grabbitt Thanks for the reply Grant. It's a shame there's nowhere to test drive these tablets before purchase but I think I'll go with the XP Pen as the price seems to be reasonable. As a side note for anyone interested, I actually have my pen pressure set quite low on my Wacom Intuos as I don't like pressing hard on the pen as it feels unnatural, But due to the surface texture of the tablet the nibs still seem to wear down quite quickly so I quite regularly buy extra nibs. I must say though that the Intuos (medium) has been a fantastic, Low cost introduction to the world of tablets and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it as a first tablet to anyone. I bought it for £73 in the Amazon Black Friday sale. Anyway, Thanks again for the info, And thanks again for the great video's. 👍☺
Really cool! In regards to ergonomics, do you have a way to get your xp tablet closer to you for better posture? My back would kill me if I had to lean forwards like that for hours on end😅
Are there still issues with the NVIDIA drivers? I have a 3090TI and have not downloaded new drivers since people were having all those issues... what version are you running on your 4090?
The thing that most impressed me was your adjustable desk. I had a standing desk at my old job, but you had to adjust it manually and it still cost around $500.
@@grabbitt Definitely a lot of variables, but I'm betting that the 128gb of memory alone likely pushes it up well over $4k. That is a beautiful machine...would love it. Waiting for prices to come down, though.
You could just loop my videos in your background lol Or maybe you should have a competition, winners art is your background 👍 Your set up is exactly like mine, just mine is cheaper, dirtier and nothing like your set up lol I am usually cleaning my son's bogies off my screen and wiping his left over food off my mouse mat.
Hello Grant,
Your tutorials have really helped me during my Blender begginings and I want to sincerely thank you for that. I even started a youtube channel to share my limited knowledge.
I listened to a recent podcast you have been in, with Curtis Holt. Never doubt yourself : not only are you an artist, but also a wonderful teacher, a pillar of the Blender Community. That's it, I just wanted to share some positivity.
Thanks
Thats why I love Grant. You are so real man didn't even clean the room before the tour and it makes it a genuine experience not like most tour videos I have seen that show unrealistic cleanliness.
🤣 far too lazy to clean up
so much in a small room... and greater than all we have our great teacher in the room which make it more precious...
Alway nice to see what the pro's use. Thanks for sharing.
Such a humble dude. Thanks for letting us see this
Love your work Grant thanks for the time and effort you guys put in to make it all possible for guys like me who is still learning.
Really like the idea of the num pad on the left.
Stayed with you the whole video. You have a great working set-up and environment. I'm another who finds your tutorials very helpful. I'm making my way through the Grand Grant Abbitt Bundle and leaning a lot! As a one time teacher, I appreciate your organized and thorough coverage of the courses. Thank you very much!
Thanks 🙂👍
Thanx for sharing, love to see how other artists work
Thank you sir for all the high quality courses. Due to which i was able to learn blender thanks .
Great tour. I am lucky enough to have a large closet in my computer room. I still don’t understand why I save boxes! When our last child moved out, my wife moved me out of the bedroom and into the vacated room to discourage returns. I love my four children, but by age 25 it’s time to leave the nest. I went through the exploratory gaming phase, but I much prefer learning. I am greatly enjoying your Blender courses. You’re a wonderful instructor.
Thanks
Hey dude! I've come back to blender after a long break it all changed! The sculpting is awsome now I love it I've watched alot of your vids to re familiarise my self again for my 3d printing and modeling. And if im honest love your vids really helpful even if I only needed to know one part of the tutorial you put up I've watched the whole vid every time and learnt quite alot from you so thank you!
I'm still with you Grant 😊 Thank you for the tour!
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You have looooots of good gear, that's nice to see what's behind the scene! :) (And I've watched the video till the end, I'm still with the grant :D )
😀👍
Great to see that you care about the quality of the products that you use, and not the "Pro" brands. Great video! 🙂
I love my XPpen. it's almost 5 years old now, and has survived my youngest, several moves, and a few drops due to dog bumping my desk while it was on the stand propped up on my laptop. pretty sweet seteup though.
I Use Huion Kamvas 24inch 2k Display for almost a year now, never had any problem.
Just found out about your channel while looking for blender stuff and tablets, very nice setup. Just a reminder that if you buy a resin printer you pretty much need an entire room just for it. Printer + cleaning + curing + tools + an open window because toxic fumes/smell. Worth it though, the quality, lack of lateral movement, ease of removing support and ease of print is fantastic. (Of course you can do without all the fancy stuff but it's so inconvenient you might just stop using it forever)
Thanks for the tour! If you're interested in showing off sculptures, resin printers really are the way to go. The setup isn't bad at all and the results are are amazing! The downsides are the cleanup and the odor. Though depending on the resin you use, neither of those might be a big deal. Your "box corner" would be more than enough space 😆
But what about all my lovely boxes 😀
I have a DXR Racer gaming chair. It works well, though putting it together was a challenge: the instructions were in Chinese. Luckily, there were pictures so I think I got it together right!
Keep it up grant your tutorials are great
*Still with you Grant!* - Came to you for your advice and knowledge but I really enjoy these little glimpses in to your own working life. It's interesting to see how others work, and I'm a little bit nosey anyway so win-win 😎
😀👍
Nice to see your set-up Grant. I have a question about those soft boxes (the lights, not the cardboard ones lol), do they make a loud buzzing noise? I've got something similar, but never use it for that reason. I guess it's using fans to cool the lamp or something. It's nice that you can control it all using remotes. I have the same mic, and use a Cloudlifter to boost its signal. In fact my set-up is quite similar. 😄👍
I bought a cheap light once that had a fan in and was very disappointed with it
You could always CG your background with finished renders of your tutorials and commissioned works.
That way you can change things up.
Joe Scott and Tim Dodd/The Everyday Astronaut have pretty nice backgrounds, but they do a lot more talking head videos.
Thanks
First 😁 , i find old roller curtain parts and turn green screen, so if i need opened and use it, other time hide in roller part.
Got all the way through, great to see what my Blender teacher uses!
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I have an XP-Pen Artist Pro 16 and love it!
You should consider a Logitech MX Master mouse. I've been using them for 15+ years (MX Revolution back then). The application-specific ability to map buttons is amazing. But yeah, I hear your concern regarding stock setups and your role as an educator. I guess it's that level of understanding that makes you as good as you are at what you do.
Looks like a neat mancave.
I definitely want the num pad on the left side
Great setup 😮
Bought a Huion 1440p display tablet recently, and it works fine for me with a 3080 RTX. Haven't tried it for painting/drawing since i normally use my ipad for that, but it has been flawless so far for sculpting. Was pretty cheap as well, and haven't had any issues with drivers or anything. I did have to use the combined usb/power cable thing though, since I don't have the new super fast USB-c ports on my pc. It wouldn't turn on or connect with the usb C cable, might have been why you couldn't get it to work?
Really very nice setup. I like your idea to keep Numpad on the left side. What is the total cost Grant Abbitt? Including light setup.
It's really hard to say but I imagine all together probably 5-6k
@@grabbitt i wish i could set up😍
For cool backgrounds, deviant art is a great place to start. Also, I wanted to ask a question that I’m hoping you or someone else who sees this can answer. I’m an aspiring blender animator and I’m just wondering where I should look for reference pictures and videos for different actions such as run cycles, parkour manoeuvres and striking poses to name a few. Ideally, I’d like to find pictures which show actions step by step like the running animation on your blender animation Udemy course. Any help in my search would be hugely appreciated.
No one: Mic, what case have you got? Me: Got the same case, in white.
I like your setup ❤ awesome
Very nice setup. For your backdrop, maybe you could use your 3D printer to stack dioramas of your past tutorial subjects and have LEDs randomly or systematically light them up using an Arduino or Raspberry Pi.
Nice. Sorry, you didn't tell us about your slippers. As a slipper dude, I'd like to know please.
I got a cheap XP Pen off your recommendation and it does seem pretty cool. It's super weird having it track my movement without the nib even being in contact :)
Awesome studio bro
Still with ya:o). For the background maybe the Blender stable diffusion addon images that can be created.
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Thanks for doing this :)
Hey Grant, I'm super curious about your set-up and how it deals with vibration. I had a similar set-up with my machine sitting on my desk to the side but found it kept crashing/resetting after the slightest bump to the desk itself or my cat jumping onto it(and on top the machine). Since then I brought it back down to the floor but found since I started living on the 2nd floor that it's still not immune to certain vibrations. How do you deal with this? Is it the case? Maybe my connectors are weak? I just upgraded my machine with a new GPU and a couple SSD's.
Thanks for all you do!
It's not been a problem for me at all. I think you may have had a problem with your machine
This is really amazing. Thanks for taking time to do this... Very soon you might acquire NASA's setup for your works😂
By the way I'm the guy who spoke about the discord link being expired the last time... Still the same bro. Havent been able to join
Thanks. I updated it on that video and forgot that the wrong one was set to my default uploads I'll fix it for the next one and try and remember to replace these ones
You have expensive equipment, nicely 👌
Hiya Grant. Whats your monitor size? 27" ? What do you recommend.... 27" or more? Thanks a lot.
Yes 27 is a nice size
thanks. I was thinking to go 31.5" at pcspecialist, is that too much?@@grabbitt
i have 2 at 27 and they work very nicely.
Cheers Grant@@grabbitt
I hope I dont need to scrap my old Huion :(
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Very nice set up! 🤩🙌🏼 What size is your desk?
180 x 80cm
great studio!
I'm still with ya Grant =) I'll be over soon to help recycle those boxes. Note: I'm a bit messy when I work and tend to misplace laptops with 3080's when near them, so don't go looking for it... it's gone... write it off. I will also probably leave my coffee cup on your desk too =( PS: While i'm there, I'll 3D print you a replica of my junky body (with shorts on) so you'll have that on your desk for reference as well.
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Background - Take Frank Frazetta's and dub in your face for Conan. - can't go wrong😀
Seems to be such a cool guy! 🙂
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Thanks for the video Grant.. the Tablet info was really interesting as I'm thinking of upgrading this year from my Wacom Intuos tablet to a new tablet with a screen and I have been looking at the Xp Pen. How is the actual pen itself on the XP Pen? Does it have a paper feel on the screen and would I need to buy extra nibs regularly?
I've never had to replace the nib but it depends a lot on how have you draw. The pen is very similar to wacom
@@grabbitt Thanks for the reply Grant. It's a shame there's nowhere to test drive these tablets before purchase but I think I'll go with the XP Pen as the price seems to be reasonable. As a side note for anyone interested, I actually have my pen pressure set quite low on my Wacom Intuos as I don't like pressing hard on the pen as it feels unnatural, But due to the surface texture of the tablet the nibs still seem to wear down quite quickly so I quite regularly buy extra nibs. I must say though that the Intuos (medium) has been a fantastic, Low cost introduction to the world of tablets and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it as a first tablet to anyone. I bought it for £73 in the Amazon Black Friday sale. Anyway, Thanks again for the info, And thanks again for the great video's. 👍☺
Iam still with you grant🙂 love you❤️
😀👍 nice
Really cool! In regards to ergonomics, do you have a way to get your xp tablet closer to you for better posture? My back would kill me if I had to lean forwards like that for hours on end😅
I don't find it too bad.
Are there still issues with the NVIDIA drivers? I have a 3090TI and have not downloaded new drivers since people were having all those issues... what version are you running on your 4090?
I keep them up to date. Otherwise blender doesn't seem to like it
@@grabbitt copy I will wait till I am a heavy hitter like you with that 4090!!! Thanks and keep up the great tutorials!!!
I have the same XP pen ..... 🙂👍
planning to buy a 3d space mouse, but i dont see it on your setup, any reason?
Yeah I couldn't get used to it. Tried it but wasn't for me
Very nice setup, I'm still with you Grant ! Are your slippers part of it ? 😃
Yeah fluffy slippers are all important 😀
The thing that most impressed me was your adjustable desk. I had a standing desk at my old job, but you had to adjust it manually and it still cost around $500.
Yeah that's been really nice.
we have almost the exact same setup 😀
First! Yay, Studio tour!
How much would the pc cost if you had to buy it?
Good question. I think around 3500 dollars
@@grabbitt Definitely a lot of variables, but I'm betting that the 128gb of memory alone likely pushes it up well over $4k. That is a beautiful machine...would love it. Waiting for prices to come down, though.
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You could just loop my videos in your background lol
Or maybe you should have a competition, winners art is your background 👍
Your set up is exactly like mine, just mine is cheaper, dirtier and nothing like your set up lol
I am usually cleaning my son's bogies off my screen and wiping his left over food off my mouse mat.
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128gb ram? But not full speed supported
Not entirely sure what you mean
@@grabbitt ~3600MHz is available when running 128GB of RAM on AM5
aren't you worried about your pc falling off with that vertical placement? because of that fear, i laid it horizontally.
It's too heavy for that
Still with you 2024
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Who else was watching his legs trying to find out which shoes he's wearing 🤔
Still with ya 😂
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so this is where our lord and savior works
with that pc you can run Crysis on atleast 20 fps
I think I get 3 maybe 4fps
hi Grant Abbitt
Grantt, now that AI has come out of nowhere is progressing at an alarming pace, is it even worth it keep learning 3D?
Yes. I think so. Its still a fast growing industry with many job roles
The tech is all well and good, but how comfortable are those slippers?
The slippers are essential and very comfy
@@grabbitt This is the way.