Learning Blender Be Like 

Never has a better result than this come from a tutorial of mine

A tip from someone who's 4 years self-taught: Make something that makes you want to create.

The "how do I move" was painfully accurate. The fist thing I did on blender was to press right click to move, and it didn't. Then I pressed Ctrl+Left Click and dragged and nothing happened too. I had to watch a blender tutorial to learn how to move the view.

I think the biggest hurdle for a lot of newcomers is figuring out all the hotkeys and shortcuts. The interface is really complicated in some areas and weirdly sparse in others, and a lot of tools and options are hidden unless you know the right keyboard combinations. Tutorials for other programs like Photoshop say things like "use the move tool" when Blender tutorials say "press G Z and type 10, then click"

as a blender user,

So relatable, i came back to Blender some days ago after 7 months of not using it (i had roughly a month of experience) and the most important lesson i've learnt is that you need to accept that this is an art that takes years to master, be happy with the stuff you make, keep following tutorials and don't keep thinking what you did is dumb

The Donut tutorial is easily one of the best tutorials out there. I've watched all of them multiple times and I can guarantee you, I know about a quarter of a percent more than I did before I watched them.

This man freakin narrated my experience right now as a new blender user

Pro tip for newbies: if you want to be successful "learning Blender," the first thing you should realize is you're not in fact "learning Blender." Oh sure, you're learning Blender in the sense that you're learning the interface and the various features of the program, but what you're REALLY doing is learning how to make 3D art. Blender is just the piece of software you happen to be using. 3D art, meanwhile, is a SKILL (or more accurately, a whole range of skills including modeling, sculpting, UVing, material creation and painting, rigging, animating, lighting, rendering, and so on). SKILLS take time to develop, and you're not going to master it after just a few RU-vid videos. But if you break it down, focus on one or two things at a time, and keep developing those skills, you'll eventually get pretty good at it. And as a bonus, suddenly all those hotkeys and menu options and display panels that seem so mysterious in Blender now will make a hell of a lot more sense.

You might not be amazing at blender, but you, sir, are a great video editor.

As someone who just tried using blender after watching some tutorials and wants to make something fast, I can confirm this is how learning blender feels.

Man, what a wholesome community of comments providing great tips for getting started. Thanks to all of you who contributed your experience starting out in blender. I’ve recently started the donut tutorials.

just follow the donut. its long but it is because it goes through everything with enough detail so you dont get lost. Once you finish that you can go do whatever and be more familiar with at least what kind of things can be done and what to look for. Unfortunately 3D software has some complexity that cannot be avoided. look at paint 3D for an example.

as someone who used blender for the first time in my life 2 days ago, i can confirm this is accurate

Started learning this week, and I can confirm that this is an accurate depiction of what I'm going through

I fr am trying to learn blender at the moment and this popped up on my feed 🤣

so glad I learned Blender like 10 years ago and now coming back to it is much simpler than learning it from scratch. honestly I CANNOT imagine myself learning this thing from scratch, I feel bad for anyone who does.

For the love of god just watch the Blender Guru videos. He's one of the few tutorial guys that actually explain what he's doing and why he's doing it. So many others feel like that "Draw the rest of the fucking owl" meme.

same with me just searching every tutorial when I decided to create something, then instantly forget after it's done

I’m trying to learn blender now, that donut tutorial series is great, he actually explains what he does and what button to press and why. It’s probably the best introduction video to a new software I’ve ever watched.

0:52 this render results even better than my own

3D Modeling software is complex overall. If you don’t have the time or attention span to follow the multi-part donut tutorial, then you are going to have a hard time lol. Thankfully Blender has improved *a lot*. I would know, I first learned how to use it back when 2.49 was the latest release, and 2.5 was in early development.

Years ago (maybe even 10, Idk), when I was a teenager, I did the donut tutorial & recently remembered that I even at least started the cup (which I had completely forgotten about until then). Sadly, I have no footage of that- just my memories like making radioactive green icing- which is unusual for me as I started posting my art pretty early on. Anyways, Idk how I did it. Guess I was just more motivated back then & it was before school, mental health & physical issues weighed me down so much that I'd barely do anything besides the essentials, partially therapy & acting class. For years I'd want to proprly learn 3D art for various reasons- & then last year I made awesome friends through which my life has been improving more & more & we've started working on creative projects together. Those mental health improvements, learning from them & me still working on & looking out for myself led to great motivation & a surprisingly chill (re)"start" to learning Blender- after another donut tutorial try (didn't get far) in September had left me in such an "oof" state (not necessarily overwhelmed, just not the right way for me + frustration, a bunch of fears, etc.). In my opinion the keys were or are: •an overview video (SharpWind) •a tutorial that was right for my brain (CG Fast Track's Minecraft Pillars) aka not too fast & didn't start with hotkeys/shortcuts which led to me quickly seeking out & introducing the shortcuts myself after I had understood the basics; I also watched the tutorial while eating before following it so I'd know what I was up for & didn't have to process new info & apply it at the same time. •a goal/project(s) & support system (my friends, co-working streams & Discord channels); due to my current point in life it's also important for me to see sense & a future in something (which works with my health issues etc.) I'm super motivated & putting a lot of time & energy into learning already but I'm also watching out for myself- try to take enough breaks & chill before things go downhill. I take my time as that's the fastest path anyways- stress or trying to learn at someone else's pace will bring worse results anyways. I'm currently kind of jumping between tutorials (PIXXO 3D) & have attempted tiny projects on my own to try & see what I can do already. Switching between projects also helps with applying what you've learned in one tutorial in another 🎉 Happy learning everyone & all the best ✨

As a Blender user since 2.5, I believe the better tutorials to start with are actually ones focused on creating architecture and cityscapes. Buildings are mostly just cubes with a bit of flavoring, and Blender already starts you with a cube so half the work is already done! Also, 2D is always more forgiving when it comes to creating a videogame, so it can boost the confidence a bit to use Blender to create pr-erendered 2D assets for your games since you'll have severely less technical faff to deal with. Jumping right into character creation with Blender is much like trying to learn to cook by following a Souffle recipe when you don't even know how to boil a pot of water yet. Also like cooking, it's beneficial to approach it with an experimental mindset, Often I don't open Blender with a goal in mind, it's just my sketchpad, I suppose like learning most things a large step forward is learning what questions to ask, and experimenting often creates those questions. The struggles other people have with Blender are the same ones I have when trying to learn to code, I'm trying to reorient my brain to think of coding in the same manner as Blender, but it's difficult, just far less intuitive and obvious than Blender was for me starting out. Sometimes it's okay to admit defeat and just doing what you know what you are capable of for the sake of productivity, you can always fallback on voxels as that's more intuitive form of modeling for most, and I fellback onto visual scripting, it's limiting but I grew up on Warioware D.I.Y and Scratch so I can actually create something with it rather than just spinning my wheels with Python scripting.

Wow, this video is exactly how I felt trying to learn Blender on my own. I just wanted to make some printable tiles to help me write... 1 Year later and I can make a cube!

I must admit, I am self taught I have no progress whatsoever

I looked at the donut parts playlist and went like "Oh no". *Then proceeds to go through 1 week of pure torture.*

Exporting models to unity should be it's own tutorial series 😂

Yeah, blender is hard. I remember when i was struggling with the basic shortcuts too. Nowdays, after lots of babysteps and patience, i'll say i've improved my modeling skills juust enough to make more than simple basic shapes (i still stuck at it tho xD) Also, let's not talk about the fact the the rotation calculation between Unity and Blender is different, and it needs to be adjusted every time you import a model between the two lol

Legend starts with one small step keep grinding my dude

As someone that has been learning Blender for 8 years, your modeling skills are still better than mine

An Eevee is a Pokemon that has 8 evolutions!

This is accurate! I have used blender for 4 years! And I only spent 3 days using the program. Yes, I am a procrastinator.

this is probably the most accurate video i've ever seen hahahah, i freaking love it "Why is not rendering the back?" i felt that

It's eerie how accurate this is 😑

My process was XNALara to DAZ to Blender, and along the way, I gradually picked up things I needed to understand for Blender. When I reached blender, I had some vague grasp of the interface system and the terminology. Researching just the key words and discarding tutorials that start off with "Hi my name is (20 goddamned minute intro), and just looking for stuff like "lazy tutorials" and "one minute tutorials" is helping me jump up my skills relatively quickly. Also, look up resources from folks on Deviantart and forums instead of depending on tutorial videos that never get to the point, especially if you have a question about a specific term like cycles/evee, etc. Often you'll find the answer a lot quick and you don't have to deal with some dude talking at you over Mario music. Another really easy way to feel empowered with the program is to just fuck around with the sculpt tools on a sphere, and keep subdividng the shape. It's not a practical way to build a model, but it will let you feel like you're creating something organic and cool without a lot of hassle. Farther than that, just trial and error, playing around, asking asking asking questions to anyone and everyone who has any experience with the program until they want to gouge out their eyes from reading your dumb questions, and a lot of techno music and patience have been the keys to helping me learn. For reference, I have been learning for about a year on and off, and I'm at the point where I can make textured models ready to render in cycles. It's nothing professional yet, and I'm still having trouble with rigging, but I feel confident enough with the program to create a product that represents what I imagined in my head. All that being said, you nailed it- trying to find resources online is like scratching nails on a chalkboard. Good luck with your endavors!

This is "shorter-ish" video I was working on for these past days. Thank you so much for all the support, we reached 5K yesterday and I'm really happy about that! Let me know in the comments what you think about this video and follow me on twitter if you want to. twitter.com/ionelalexandr12

When I started, I didn't have the internet... I installed it from a flash-drive and tried to figure things out myself by trial and error. Good times.

The accuracy 😭😭😭😭😭this program had me fighting for my life

As a pratica kid ( third year into animation in high school) this is exactly how it feels, its so hard but at the same time so cool!!

I've been trying to learn Blender for the past two weeks, and I can tell you from first-hand experience that this is, without a doubt, indeed, how it be like.

Blender really do be like: ↑↑←←↓↑→→☼↑←←←↑↓ in [wireframe mode] to make a 5 pixel incision on the model

As a returning blender user, this is how relearning felt like

You know it's good when the first 3 seconds of the video is already relatable

hehe i can relate. the hard part is that there really is no "start" point. all the tools rely on each other in some way. so you have to jump in with only one wing. and hope you find the other before you hit the ground. :P

apply the scale on your model, and go into edit mode and select everything (press A) and then press Shift+N to recalculate normals. that should fix your wide character and back not being visible.

Ive self taught myself for around 2 years an i think the best way to start is mesaimg around with something you like and then looking into tutorials, Happy Blending 😊

Just started a week ago and its so accurate it scares me

Thank goodness it was 17 parts. He really went into the details. But I suggest Grant Abbit's tutorials alongside Blenderguru. They are very beginner friendly.

as a person who has previously failed to use blender, I can confirm that every possible control feels counter-intuitive

learning blender right now and i feel like you were watching me through my window, these were my exact searches and vids i watched

found this while trying to look up tutorials, was not upset.

> "I need to make something quick" > "How to make a character" XD

PSA : Install heavypoly config, it helps a lot, and comes with a cheat sheet embedded in blender its self, I had to learn this shit fast for work, and it saved my life and sanity

My first challenge of Blender was like this. Years later, I found the ''How to make low-poly avatar for VRC'', a Japanese tutorial. It changed my life.

it may be a long process but the donut tutorial really is the best to learn the ins and outs as someone who couldnt even with most any other

Blender’s not….that bad. It only took me 3 years to get to where I am 😆 The first year of which I scoured RU-vid trying to find a good start-to-finish character-making tutorial (none exist, except the series I just finished making for other people). Most of it I had to figure out on my own 😬 Anyway, this was a highly entertaining video😅 you did a great job summing up everyone’s first Blender experience.

As someone who just finished a basic hard surface course as my first part of blender... i can relate. took me 8 months

"HOW DO I MOVE?" is frickin' relatable.

Lmao i spent all day following like 10 tutorials and im not even halfway done with a tiny character model… this is painfully relatable

The donut tutorial seriously helped me understand the concept of a lot of the things blender throws at you (speaking in past tense yet I'm still working on the last part of the tutorial)

For me blender is hard when you want him to be hard if you set down and relax and starting to learning step by step you gonna enjoy it one more thing blender is 80% looking for a solution and 10% the actual work don't ask me about the other 10%

This is so relatable I had to watch hundreds of tutorials, writing so much down just to learn how to rotate an object

I get recommended this today, one day after I started learning, and this is painfully accurate

I can see how confusing blender can be to new users, especially the versions after 2.9 dropped. But I assure you, as you progress you'll realize its the most comfortable software there is.

This is extremly relatable. A huge tip for the people here trying to learn Blender; Don't watch tutorials, mess around with everything for a day or 2, you will get the hang of it. You can always look for keybinds to make messing around easier!

The numpad alone was my undoing

Perfection. Exactly how it was and is for me

One time I tried making a low poly character, I did everything he told me but then he extrudes some of the faces for a neck, but then I looked and my one had all his faces grouped as one so his neck was going backwards when I extruded, still haven't finished the tutorial.

This is the painful truth 😢

This hits too close to home for my liking especially first few seconds

there has never been a more truthful video of my experience with blender

I must be a genius or something, my first ever model I made was fully modeled, non-low poly. Fully rigged, fully textured. Fully weight painted, wasn’t a humanoid, had multiple limbs, and was made using retopology. 💀

What sort of magic is this, two days ago I was going back home and remembered this video, started laughing like an idiot and now it shows up in my recommendations... I feel blessed rn

This is so true, i just started blender and tutorials have led the way

I am learning blender right now and watching Ian Hubbert videos and spending a day trying to work out which random button will achieve what I already learned how to do in maya has been my experience so far, slow but starting to come together

So ironic. Years later after starting learning Blender, I finally watched the donut tutorial, and omg... i would have learnt in those few hours, what instead took me months to piece together from other videos

I just downloaded blender and I feel this on a spiritual level

As someone who is currently learning how to use Blender for the first time, this is quite accurate.

honestly i just go step by step all the way, do what i can and if i just cant do something the i learn that, the i learn it like 10x and keep using it until i need another new thing and learn that 11x as well and that keeps going until i forget the first thing i learn and learn it again 11x

I feel it sooo hard! xDDDDDD Thanks for this genius video! Made my Day! XD

The fact that I watched all of the mentioned videos when starting out really says a lot

You are an incredible animator🔥💜, and your editing skills are truly remarkable. Your ability to take a simple animation and transform it into something truly awe-inspiring is astonishing. Your attention to detail is remarkable, and you are able to take even the most basic of animations and turn them into captivating visual masterpieces💥. Your ability to use color, shading, and other visual elements to bring your work to life is unparalleled. You have an eye for the perfect aesthetic and your passion for the work is undeniable. Your animation editing is truly awesome and cool. Lots of love 💜💜💜💜.

I CAN FRICKIN CONFIRM ITS SO TRUE I DID THE EXACT SAME THING and ended up learning how to do the blender stuff on my own ;-;

Man this was fr how it felt like when I was starting out

Same feeling when starting using blender 3.0 after blender 2.7

the unity import sent me to heaven and back lmao

I don’t like how accurate this is

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the hardest part of learning this program is having somebody who instantly can tells you whats the problem . i am currently a 5 days old learner . I really like this allready . For me sofar the biggest drawback when i bump into an easily solvable issue but i need somebody to tell me to turn off "proportional editing" cuz i dont even realize when did i incidently start using it . So yeah if a small issue happens . solving it under 2 minutes or 2 hours can be huge difference when the amount getting add up.

OMG UR EDITS ARE SO COOL

This is literally how it was for me when I Started out with blender, no idea what to do then after like 100 different tutorials and 2 updates later I finally understood, then I had to learn even more because I didn’t understand enough.

I feel so called out with the donut tutorial, I literally just started to learn blender 2 hrs ago and im so lost I want to make a hyper-realistic buoy floating in water with a time stamp thing kind of like how they do it in The Amazing Misadventures of Flapjack for a comic I want to make about pirates and im this👌 close to just buying an actual buoy, writing on it, and going to my nearest docks but I also think it would be cool to learn how to do 3D stuff so ill use my comics as a motivator omg im scrolling down and seeing videos with the similar experience I had no idea the Blender Guru was such a canon event for blender users thats so funny

I am still learning blender and this summarises the experience perfectly

omg.. finally a video that explains how I feel about blender right now..

Honestly my biggest tip is paid courses there amazing and will teach you so much I’ve been learning for about two months and work for my dad designing for his company

Blender is a gift that keeps on giving and the community just makes it that much more interesting. So many people are willing to give feedback and share resources. Just like everything else, it takes time to learn, but persevere! Also, by all means do the Donut, but you won't come out of it a pro simply because it focuses on the larger aspect of Blender. Instead, learn how to get comfortable with shortcuts and movements. I highly recommend CrossMind Studio's Introduction to Blender crash course. You'll come out of it an Intermediate to Advanced user, it's that good!

banger music choice at the end

This gave me that 2015s nostalgia when I (just like everyone else) tried making a RU-vid vines channel. I remember self learning Sony Vegas for hours each day to get that good quality content. After 2 months or so, I basically got the hang of everything, from the most basic step of inserting stuff to the again basic but the last step of selecting the type of rendering format. I love that time lol.

I was sweating the whole time trying to not mess up!!! 😂