Any regular blender users here?

[FloppyPoppy]

This weekend for unknown reasons i have decided to try and learn some blender and had an absolute blast learning!

I have watched and followed along with several hours of tutorials (donut) and whilst i am really happy with the results it feels cheaty as it was followed through a tutorial.

Here are my attempts :

This first one i scrapped as it just didn't look anything like a donut more like some weird alien orifice


This is what i ended up with on my second attempt and i am blown away by the fact that i was able to reproduce it!




Here is donut + a cup of ?? irn bru?? Liquid is imo poor but im really happy with the glass!


So after doing this i wanted to challenge myself to do something without any tutorials or even google ( outside of hotkeys because i keep forgetting some of them )

I initially planned to make just a simple desk but ended up having too much fun with it and made a lamp and monitor ( both basic AF )



But to say that i am happy with these would be an understatement! More satisfying than the tutorial donut although the skills i learned from the tutorial were widely used here so they clearly worked!

So what would any of you blender gurus suggest as midweek projects/things to learn that are suitable for beginners?

 

[Chaos]

If you dont mind paying you should check out Blender Launchpad which is aimed at beginners.

They also have a free apple tutorial -

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3UWN2F2M2C8-zUjbFlbgtWPQa0NXBsp0

Cgmasters imo make the best blender tutorials imo but are paid.

 

[FloppyPoppy]

Thanks for the above! I will have a nosey tonight after work!