What I Wish I Knew Before I Started Learning Blender 3D
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I've been learning Blender, a free 3D modeling and animation application. It one of the hardest programs I've ever tried to learn. This video is about what I've learned in the process and what I wish I knew before I started.
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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!
To add to this: learning photography will teach you a lot about lighting in 3D spaces.
Looking for tutorials about lighting in Blender, will only teach you how other people perceive lighting. But if you study photography, you will understand how light works and transfer those skills to Blender.
@@Xgil2Play to build off this blender guru has a great lighting series as well
don't be afraid to use FLOSS versions of programs that are alternative to Adobe ones, including GIMP, Krita, Darktable, Inkscape and many others, Open source is your friend not your enemy.
Yeah, harness the lightning
@@Xgil2Play do you know any resources to start learning lighting photography?
What I love about 3d is the ability to render your art at different angles.
And don't forget that you also don't have to start from scratch if you wanna adjust some shape, or lighting, or material etc
@@TiagoTiagoT Exactly.
@@eyeprops5422 Yeah
And, what's better, is that you can actually look around in literally every different angle possible!
As for the artist, they don't have to draw all those angles as well.
Win-win, many angles with less hassle (assuming you have experience)
Same goes for animation, in 2D you need to redraw everything to get them to move a bit,
but in 3D you drag one thingy and move on
I remember watching "Beast Wars" (yeah, i'm that old) that every time one of the characters tranformed the animation was played from different angles. That was the first time i realised the potential of 3d rendering.
@@julianverdier7166 i loved that show! i used to pretend it was a videogame
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 don't know why people say that Blender is hard to learn..I started it last october, and by the end of it I already made a high cuality model, and my skill is still growing day by day through experimenting and tutorials on youtube.
Modeling in Blender to me feels like playing a game.
Any other software scares me with how over-complicated and scary it looks...
@@almas4663 any 3d software is going to look complicated for noobs, and a lot of people (myself included) want to move quickly and do projects without understanding the basics, or have a short attention span and give up. I'm also trying to learn blender.
@@J-wm4ss There's enough tutorials to learn the basics in at least a few days.
You can't just move quickly without basics, it's like going from a bicycle to car without driver's licence.
Every good software needs some time to learn, and blender is the easiest and functional.
You can't make anything good with an "easy-to-use" apps, like the one from this video - 3D is not a toy.
@@almas4663 Of course. But blender is free (versus a program that costs hundreds of dollars and benefits from the sunk cost fallacy) and there are a lot of videos that are like "i made this really cool thing in just a few days! or months." I'm just stating that's why people have the expectation of magically making something cool and then quit when it doesn't immediately pan out.
yes! I'm 2 years into my blender journey and I'm always amazed how much I still don't know lol. I can usually get the result I want now, but my efficiency is still severely lacking. sometimes it takes weeks for a single model 😵
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.
I am a long time user of MAX (16 years) but havent used it for roughly 4 years. Needless to say i'm rusty. My work started using Maya so i used that for about 8 months, now they are on hard times and have decided to move to Blender. Any tips going from a Max mindset to Blender?
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.
I love hearing this. People living off of what they enjoy doing.
Almost same. Good tip.
So funny to see you come to Blender Brad. I'm following you since I bought the iPad pro to draw with Procreate essentially. I love your channel.
And I almost couldn't believe it was the same Brad talking about Blender, a program I began learned in its 2.49 version. At that time Blender guru was almost the only one to provide good tuts. Hopefully now there are tons of good tutorials about each part of this awesome open source 3D software.
One time I read the post of a graphic designer explaining he was learning something new each time he opened Photoshop. Since then I can say I can learn something new each time I open Blender and wayyy more than I would with Photoshop. So my 2 cents would be to learn only what you need when you need it because you could learn for the rest of your life without creating anything if you wait to know each piece of Blender. Moreover it is upgrading with new features so quickly that when you think you know most of it, you can press repeat everytime. Just have a look at geometry nodes, the last big thing that was added to Blender, and mad things we can do with that.
By the way I'm glad to watch Brad's Blender tuts now ! :)
I also love grease pencil and Dedouze art. Looking forward to seeing your GP creations.
Thanks, I’m yet to start learning (I even moved away from my friends to have more time for studying) but I’m torn whether I should right away buy a good rig with a great gpu that will be even good enough for decent rendering or just first spend at least a month or two just watching tutorials and then get a good pc and keep going.
@@0utder You don't really need a beast of a machine to start. You only need that when you get into fancy materials and lighting. Start with basic modeling, and you'll see how you feel about blender.
Start right now, strike while the iron is hot. From experience, waiting to upgrade your setup is just an advanced type of procrastination.
@@ginemginem on I totally ended up getting a beast, it instantly made renders be quick and
I need to get good at it in a decent amount of time, already appreciating what I’ve learned
"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.
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!
Thank you for walking us thorough your experience Brad! Really useful!
This is excellent advice.
I've been using Blender since before TH-cam 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.
"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. 🤩
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
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!
When i want to make something more complicated I'm always watching someone else doing it basically because there are SO MANY useful tools that you can forget about or just the view that they have on modeling things as more professional artists makes me so much more comfortable when I'm working
just getting back into blender and watching this video definitely helps me a lot not to stress out if I mess up or miss a step
Just about to dive into blender and found all this very helpful, Thankyou!
good luck
welcome
Same here.
O jeez... just found your channel. And without even having seen your material I'm gonna complain, well... not really but a bit, which makes me feel really awkward but it is becoming a thing on youtube these days: may I ask you, and other creators, if it isn't an extra pressure on your end, to make available 720p material without the 60herz thing? Since many of us out in the world still are on limited dataplans, the 720p60 eats data like 1048p and up material.
ANyway... gonna watch now :-D
Thanks!
edit: LOL!!! I had the same thing back in the past.... 3 years ago orso, maybe even longer, but yes! I messed up the same way with the donut topping. Finding the fault was cool though, so... yeah.
edit2: well... like the vid. A lot. You should do tutorials 😀
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 TH-cam 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!
seeing what you have created is quite good progress in a month.
I've been using blender for 3 years now and comparing my old projects to the new ones makes me proud of myself, a little bit of patience is require
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)
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!
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!
sometimes its hard to do low poly art because you want to add every detail.. but there really is a art to capturing your vision with a few elements as possible!
Thanks for sharing your journey! I'm learning blender as well and I relate to everything you said lol.
Great overview and sharing around your experience. Good tips (keyboard + mouse) for sure. Your end results are really good for just being a month in. Your tenacity and drive to try different tutorials for different styles is inspiring. Thanks for the resources.
I think the point about redoing something without the tutorial is so good. It really makes you think about what you’re doing instead of just going through the motions
You remind me when I started to learn Maya back in 2008. It was a slow process but I managed. I'm also trying to learn Blender, I think is a better 3D software and you can do anything there (even videoediting)! As I already have a 3D background it wasn't that bad when I began but still is very different than Maya or 3DMax or Cinema4D.
I hope to see soon more of your Blender work. Take care man!
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
Loving your tutorials Aidy! Creative Shrimp.
@@michaelwsheeler :D Thanks so much! :D
Watching this is practically watching a replay of what I did to learn blender when I started out, I also tried to do something too big for me at the time and ended up failing... Now it's my hobby, I get paid for it every now and then, and I have an incredible amount of fun every time.
Thank you so much for sharing this! It gave me more hope in my journey with blender lol. I started learning blender 3 weeks ago maybe a month now just like you and literally EVERYTHING you experienced I have as well! So that being said good luck with your journey!
thank you for making this video! I'm about to jump into blender so I'm right there with you! I love that your approach to tutorials can be applied to learning a new software in general!
Thank you for this list. I just started learning Blender myself and I can't wait to dive into these tutorials.
This was really great and I’m excited to see what else you do in 3D!
Oh wow, thanks for the feature Brad, I'm glad you found my video useful! Haven't had much time to make vids due to work commitments atm, but I hope my up coming content helps on your blender journey, good luck 😁🙌
Your wisdom in learning new software really shows! Thanks for the encouragement to not obsess over small mistakes when learning.
I am so happy this video came out, THANK YOU
SIR!!! Your transparent, clear communicative, humble approach of this was so encouraging! Earned my subscription!
This is exactly what I need - a walk-through, with links where helpful, of a "I started here - and now I'm here" process. Thanks a ton. I'm going to follow along with you until I get to that happy 'solo' stage.
Roger
Hello Brad, great advice all around! I especially appreciated the tip about learning Blender in general as opposed to jumping into the Grease Pencil, which I was thinking about doing.
You are helping countless others wisely plan their time!
Good luck to you on all your future endeavors!
I literally just started learning blender for the past few weeks, saw your video and was like no way!!! Nodding along through the entire video - I found some courses on Skillshare really good as well, along with youtube content. This is the first time I have ever touched 3D and as you said, want to run and make 3D masterpieces but am breaking down the skills into modelling, texturing and lighting and slowly building each of the skills! WOULD LOVE to see more blender work you create!!
I know Blender community would recommend the donut tutorial bcos it is like the "rite of passage" into Blender, but I oppose that.
Donut tutorial is great and all, except that it covers all various aspects and features that a beginner shouldn't know on their first day using Blender.
What I'd recommend is the beginner series by Crossmind Studio. He's got accent but the curriculum is imo better: teach beginner about manipulating object in Object Mode, then going into Edit mode, than simple materials, etc.
One should understand Object and Edit mode well first, and not being overwhelmed by simulation, particles, etc on first tutorials (donut tutorial does that).
Anyway, good luck on your journey! 😀
That's totally your opinion.
@@egretfx ofc it is, I said "imo" already 😁
Crossmind studio has great beginner friendly tutorial. He has Playlist that'll guide you through each and every steps, tools and techniques you can use and optimize. Great tutorials!👍
i'm so happy to find this. i'm so excited to start learning and making stuff
Hey Brad, thanks for this video, and mostly for your sincerity and enthusiasm. I've also been teaching myself Blender over the past couple weeks. I did make it all the way through the donut to the animation, but don't feel bad about not finishing because the blender guru guy said something like 97% of people don't make it through all the way to the end.
I have to laugh a little because it's clear that along with your passion is a bit of impatience, in hopping from project to project without finishing, and then later you admit as much. You want to be good right away. I can relate to this feeling! But I have observed some of this energy across-the-board with tech people, even gamers, who seem these days to enjoy finishing a game as fast as possible. That's never been me, and that's not me. I like to take my time enjoying the entire game universe and I'm in no rush to complete it.
I feel I have equal passion for learning blender, but I don't mind the detours; I don't mind stopping the tutorial for even half an hour to work something out, because that is all good learning too. There was someplace in that tutorial where I got off the path and I redid that part of the lesson like five times until I got it. Working through these problems and solving them is extremely important to me (tho not so much aligning with the exact same image at the end, either. I'm with you on that part). It's the repetition & the application of the new methods and tools that are important. But when I stop to work out a problem, I feel like I'm getting an even deeper embedding of that knowledge and process. But everybody works differently. Even if you and I, or 10 other people with 10 other ways of learning, approach it differently, I think the most important part is knowing how you work and working with that.
In any case, mostly wanted to thank you for the video. Enjoy your journey!
I needed to hear all of this - THANKS!
I’ve been using blender for a couple years and the journey you’ve described was very similar to mine in the beginning!
I only wish I had learned earlier what you talk about in the video, that sometimes it can really help to be Ok with it not being “perfect”!
Im just a few weeks into my blender journey and I think completing tutorials to your personal satisfaction is great advice. It doesn't have to be perfect, you just have to learn something. Then move on! learn something new! practice what you learned
Love your response bro im just now getting into blender myself WISH ME LUCK BRO!!!
I used to do a lot of blender a few years ago, but blender guru was key to learning how to do anything the basics. Great video and look forward to your progress.
Brad!! This is cool - thanks for sharing your journey! I'm working on learning Blender and it's been really encouraging to see where you're at with it. Following on Twitter and here too! :D
Great Video! This has inspired me to get back in touch with Blender. I've familiarised myself with some of the tutorials you mentioned here and some others as well. I often felt frustrated midway tutorials compelling me to give up on those. But the final render's sure worth it!
I love seeing other people's progress, not only versus my own, but to see the possibilities. Blender is amazing, I like being creative and 2D digital only gets me so far... I'm about 3 and a half months into it altogether. I like your isometric projects, I wanna get into those... maybe tomorrow I'll see what one is like. Great work, bud.
Great Video. Thank you for the insight and perspectives
This is great 👍 Thanks for sharing. I am trying to start off in blender and this helped a lot.
Great content! never a dull video with you for tech artists
Great job on the Loom ad. First sponsor section I've ever voluntarily listened to completely.
thank you for this video i just started blender i cant wait to check out the stuff you looked at
thanks so much for sharing! i've been coming at blender over the last week or so purely from the texturing end and it's been sort of a wild adventure of transferring between blender and my preferred art program. i'm about to start in on learning the actual modeling part of the program and this was the perfect video for me to find---keeping your learning experience and tips in mind will help me learn more efficiently. great video!
THANK YOU FOR THE ROAD MAP, I WAS NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND LIKE JUST WHERE TO START! THANK YOU BRAD!
Thx!! I plan on learning blender soon so the tips are much appreciated!
Unique and excellent, encouraging video. Have learned over half a dozen 3D programs over the years and the stages you describe are exactly the same experience each time you learn a different one. Great video and excellent Links! Thanks.
Thank you for this. I'm an illustrator, and almost exclusively use Adobe Illustrator. I spent much of the last weeks trying to wrap my head around Blender to possibly expedite some of my process, and it has been an unwieldy beast that netted some models I can use as reference but not show anyone. :D I have had a VERY similar time pecking around various tutorials in hopes of having some breakthroughs, but end up hitting my patience limit and move onto the next tutorial that seems like it may offer a better jump into the ease I have drawing 3-D on a plane. Your video helped me realize I need to finish a tutorial before I move to the next, and offered some great options to work through. I appreciate you sharing your experience.
Hi brad, I went through the same experiences back when I was trying to learn cinema4D and your next step need to be modelling your own piece by applying different tutorials into your piece, this way you will get a creative original piece of yours, it took me years to master C4D but it is really worth it.
By the way, I started with blender but found it tough, I moved to c4d then back to blender which was a piece of cake.
Good luck 👍
I have an iPad and a Mac studio, I liked the guru’s tutorials because he also covered the mistakes you might make and he is slow paced which helps
to get your building model to look different, play with the camera settings in blender...depth of field, wide angle, etc. and the multiple lights with different lighting temperatures
Thanks for your perseverance to finish the tutorials and forcing that discipline 💪 thanks for sharing with us too, keep up the great work, your building looks sick!
thats so neat! keep us updated
Bro I just started learning blender a week ago too! Everything you are saying here is so accurate to my experience
Awesome models! Love them 😍❤️
Brad you’re the man dude! Love your videos!
Starting to learn Blender. Thank you for this video. All the best to you and me!
Brad, thank you for referring this newcomer to the donut. I came to TH-cam to learn Blender software and not sure where to learn and build a foundation. You've been a great resource :)
What a great coincidence! I have just decided to learn blender myself lately. So cool!
Great new series - pls keep it up - love your style
Insane rationality and motivation there Brad! And your energy is through the roof! 😄 Love your vids TQ : )
Brad, thank you. I've learn a lot from your videos and never say thank you. Thank you, Brad.
Inspiring! I look forward to trying it out!
This is a GREAT video. I loved it. Thank you for sharing.
Great video, been dreading Blender, and actually you’re giving me confidence to go for it👊👊thx 👌🙏
I also started pretty recently...around mid January. I'm rooting for you!
Great Idea to review the existing tutorials out there and hear about your experiences
It's frightening how your experience is so relatable ❤
I've been learning modelling so far, basically a variety of content creators who demonstrate how to model a human body. I've also dabbled in rigging the human form too, and I have dabbled in landscaping (basically sculpting a plane). I've produced a number of alright low poly models, but never one I want to make use of for anything XD .
I love Imphenzia's tutorials. He does a bunch of low poly models and explains the steps clearly. The models may not always look fantasic, but they are functional, and teach several important shortcuts for modelling.
Drawing from a visual reference is easier than drawing from an idea in your head. At least that is the case for me.
i had started blender, but got too frustrated when nothing was working in the donut part and left it there, but i might even start it again with a new inspiration
Thanks a lot Brad!!
I've been using Maya for about 4 years now, I find Blender super hard to switch to due to all the differences. But with that said, I'm super grateful for it as it is allowing people to try things without having to put down a load of money to try Maya.
Great video!! its great to learn from others' learning experience and their takeaways.
Thank you for the insights!!
Awesome vid, pretty much summed up my experience with Blender so far. But you also highlighted a couple of tutorials I'd not found yet too. Thanks 👍
Thanks, Brad! That video gave me hope as I'm stuck in the begining of hard tuts =). But I'll start from the begining again.
That tip with redoing the tutorial in a new doc is gold. I was thinking about how I'd retain all the info i think ill do that now too!
Great Video. I too followed the Donut tut. The one person whose style helped me learn most is Grant Abbitt. His series of low poly tuts are great, and he goes at a great pace, even telling you to pause and go ahead and see if you remember how to do something he's already taught you. I highly recomend his vids.
he also has a full course on udemy. I highly recommend it
Omg, THAAANK YOU for saying that even though some tutorials are only 30 minutes or so, that it could take an entire afternoon! I thought it was just me and was hard on myself but it's a steep learning curve but ooohh soooo fun! Now, the lighting has me all thrown off. I think i need to slow down and step through a tutorial on that because it was one of the most frustrating things for me.
Nice video! Very informative and hyped me up to learn Blender! Appreciate ya!
Brad, thanks. This was very helpful and encouraging.
Your videos are really helpful with opening me up to new stuff
This will help immensely as I start my blender adventure today, thanks Brad for the stellar video!
This is great Brad! Blender does have a longer learning process but is so powerful.
This was excellent, I'm just starting on Blender (literally just installed it) and this video is great to set expectations. I opened Blender for the first time and like you say, this is hard to just figure out by yourself. Once you use photoshop and illustrator, there are many other programs you can figure out, this one I couldn't move farther than the cube. Thank you!
Great advice! Thanks for your insight.
This helps immensely 🙏much love keep grinding
Oh man, the lifetime pet peeve of mine is never having learned to draw… you showed it clearly what a great toolset to have with the art hut, creating a high level concept art-ish sketch gave the whole picture of what’s really needed to be done on the modeling phase.
I dig these moments so much… now, onto learning some basic drawing skills.
Loomis books are nice. I don't suggest you have to be good at drawing, but drawing and 3D art are mutually reinforcing skills, it helps if you do it regularly even without the purpose of becoming good at it.
@@SianaGearz That is ABSOLUTELY true. I often model/sculpt my comics characters in Blender to use them as reference models to speed the perspective drawing. As you say, modelling and sculpting is such a neurons demanding task that I find that the actual 3d shapes get engraved in my brain boosting my 2d drawings skills.
Good luck for everyone that just started learning blender! 🙌 it's hard but it's gonna be fun and worth the effort
I have started learning Blender so many times that I've lost track. I get to a certain point, then either get frustrated or bored. I haven't worked with it since the big giant update, so maybe it's time. The fact that you're basically outlining the roadblocks that kept me from moving forward makes me feel like i should try again and not be so hard on myself. Thanks!
I was the same way, but with 2.8 it’s became much easier to learn. I use it every day now and have done whole sequences in grease pencil.
Wait did I type this comment? This sounds like me