@@lavatr8322 Not true at all! I am a 3D artist and provide my services to all sorts of people! I can do anything from Architectual 3D renders for houses, apartment complexes, retrain into structural or mechanical engineering using CAD, I could get into 3D printing and get certified for Warhammer 40K figurines (which make a FORTUNE BTW), make advertisements, animated music videos, and then of course, TV, games & film! You just have to look in the right places :)
@@lavatr8322 Every freelance job: You make 3d? Here's an asset pack full of stuff, make it work for our game... 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - are you done yet? How long until you are done? 🤣🤣
I've been using blender for 10 years, and professionally for nearly 3. That is an absolutely amazing render, and your motivation is incredibly inspiring - For my first 2 years, I didn't even finish any projects due to me just giving up and starting with a new one, never really creating anything I'd consider as "finished". You're gonna go far without a doubt, you got this! :)
Dont ever feel bad about not being amazing at blender. Ive been using it for 5 years and there's still points i look at other peoples work and think i should just drop it and find something else. Imposter syndrome hits hard in any creative industry
I've been using Blender for 12 years. I'm still nowhere close to where I would like to be and still follow plenty of artists that I can't fathom the skill of.
Imposter syndrome is part of being introspective. I used to sketch when I was younger and I didn't think I was very good. Yet, everyone that looked at my drawings thought they were really good. When you see a body builder posing in front of a mirror at the gym, they aren't admiring themselves, they're finding all of the flaws.
3D needs a LOT of practice.Repetition and training, build up the muscle, rinse & repeat. I'm 10+years in on learning 3D and I can tell you, every task can still be a new challenge, learning doesn't stop. keep going, looking good!
It took me less than 9 months to model anything on the fly just by watching a lot of tutorials, so I don't think it takes 10 years to be a master at it. idk depends on what your goals are. For me, all I did was sleep, eat, blender, repeat for about 7 months straight it took a huge toll on my mental health, but it was worth it
This is absolutely false, 3D is one of the easiest arts to learn. Drawing requires 10 years of continuous (even on digital art), non-stop practice, and probably after 10 years the results you see won't be anywhere near the pros anyway. 3D takes you maybe 6 months to learn everything. The problem, if we really want to talk about problems, is that 3D is not the result, but the starting point. What is difficult to learn is animating, directing, scripting, and everything behind a production. I am both a 3D and a 2D artist, and there is no comparison! I have been drawing for over 15 years, and what I draw is not at all comparable to what I do in 3D which I have been studying for just 5 years. 3D, of all the things I studied, was one of the easiest to learn, and that includes studying subjects like history, chemistry, literature, writing, photography, psychology, philosophy and so on. If 3D stops you, it means that you are not good at studying, but stop saying that 3D is difficult, at most it's complex, but there is an endless list of things out there that are decidedly more difficult than 3D. Personally, learning Blender was one of the easiest things I have ever learned in my life, after 1 month you can easily start creating your own projects without any problem. I want to see you using Photoshop after 1 month, you will still be there trying to understand how the keys work.
Part of me is screaming "THERES SUCH A BETTER WAY TO MAKE THOSE SHAPES!!!" but another part of me is like "it's so freaking cool that that's the way you do it."
LOVE this comment. Individuality and humility exist together in one human? Really!!?? Massive affection and hope for humanity restored just the tiniest bit. Ty
Gonna be honest, the way that there are so many different methods for making any one thing in 3D is part of what makes it awesome. It's always an experience watching someone else and going "huh. I wouldn't have thought to do that. That's cool."
If you edit this video, that’s a pro level already. You’re funny and encouraging to anyone learning Blender! I’m 64 (pro illustrator for 30yrs) and learning Zbrush Blender Unreal and Nomad. It’s never too late! I’ll start then in light mode and work my up to dark.
As someone who has been doing 3d animation professionally for 25 years and is still learning every day....enjoy the next 25 years. Joking aside, in 1 day you still haven't made it to the crawling stage but keep at it and the gains in skill will increase by orders of magnitude. I wish I had RUclips tutorials when I was starting to learn Raydream Studio in 1993.
25 years ?!? Im just 18 so thats beyond my boundaries rn. But I really look forward to learn new stuff then maybe one day i'll the one who saying "back in 2024 we didn't have AI too fill the gaps for us"
You're hard on yourself, but that looked great in the end! Hats off to you for walking away from Blender to save your sanity, then coming back and knocking it out of the park. I'm learning to use Blender to create add-ons and clothing for Daz3D figures and it makes me want to scream. Keep at it!
Someone once told me that learning Blender (and 3D in general) is like learning to play the piano. You'll suck at first, but eventually, it becomes an extension of your creativity allowing you to create worlds you thought were unimaginable. The most important thing is that, deep inside, you have to feel like you're having fun doing it. If you do, keep at it. If you don't, it was worth a try. 🧡 btw 5K views and counting 🔥
Well put. It is also important to be willing to learn new things and not to stagnate. I've been playing around with various 3D software for years before learning about things like UV unwrapping and normals.
RUclips and its algorithm and crazy this is her 2nd video and got that many views dang, if only it were so easy to pull this off for other youtube creators. Wish them the best
I can't possibly imagine having to look at light themed blender for hours, in the middle of the night, sleep deprived and running on only caffeine. Also those renders are the cutest thing I've watched all day.
This is so refreshing to see. I´ve been wanting to get into blender for a while now and i have been watching endless tutorials to learn the basics, but honestly i think i got overwhelmed with the amount of talented people out there and it got me thinking i could never get to that level. Seeing someone in the begining phase is so reasuring and inspiring. Keep it up, looking forward to see your journey ♡
"I made something - and for that I'm proud" This should be the motto of all people creating - I know the struggle - i used to just create and have fun with it when i was a kid but almost being 26 now and not really having done much in the last couple years due to a long illness every idea and concept or even footage goes through this huge filter consisting of what others posted on social media and what others might think of what i made (and how "bad" it is) therefore a lot of it just ends up getting scraped and never being made at all. We should all just start creating more - not caring or comparing to what others can do - we are not them and they are not us - everyone has different circumstances and obstacles - and we should just create for the sake of fun while doing so and maybe learning something new and getting better at it! Always thinking something should be perfect while doing it for the very first time is a trap I myself fall in way too often and its the thief of creativity - so lets untrap ourselves! :D
You know when I saw the title of the video I could relate because I'm constantly dealing with self-loathing and shame for not trying harder and getting easily discouraged, it's reassuring to be reminded that other people have similar struggles.
Way to go! You just showed us how to face our fears and still go into it and persevere and how this leads to making a dent in our fears and making it a bit easier and a bit more motivating to keep coming back... So many of 'us' are facing exactly that, our fears sabottaging our dreams. Thanks for showing the way through your courage !
3D ART is the best thing to ever happen to me. i basically Dropped everything in my life and dedicated it to learn everything i needed to learn lol. Great video Btw!
Remember that the first step in being really good at something is being really bad at something. Social media tends to give people an unrealistic expectation of how their work should look as you're looking at work by people that have been at it for years not days. This is often an issue with Blender where you'll see a post by someone claiming they've used it for a month and produced something that looks like it's strait out of an ILM studio but don't mention that they've been working with Maya for the past fifteen years (fundamental don't change with software). BTW the singular is vertex not vertice. Plural is vertices. Sorry to nitpick.
I too have adopted and abandoned a million hobbies but 3D art really stuck with me. Once you get comfy with the software the windows of opportunity blow wide open and it just gets more and more inspiring. Great video btw, love seeing people start their 3D art journey. I recommend you try sculpting in blender, or even try the free trial of zbrush. Pushing and pulling digital clay is my zen place.
As somebody, who learned 3-D 20 years ago in a proprietary piece of software that hardly anybody talks about on the Internet anymore, I completely understand the struggle. You have no idea how much I appreciate this video. What you went through and what you’re gonna go through is super real. I just wanna remind you not to, compare this stuff you make with the stuff made by people who been doing this for a long time. You will eventually discover your own style, your own workflow, and the things that keep you going. You just have to give yourself the time and space to do that. Congratulations on your first thing! Keep it up. Also, I’m not super familiar with blender at all so I might be off base on this, but I think you basically have to bake the fluid simulation so that it’s basically just a static animation, and then you gotta do some particle effects for the splashes, they’re two different things . Somebody else probably has a better solution. Hahahaha
Instead of the donut, I think the best place to start is *3DGreenhorn's* Isometric Bedroom tutorial, MAR's *_Easy Froggy tutorial_* & Eve Sculpts *2D Drawing to 3D Model* tutorial ❤ I believe in you, have a fun journey
Blender Donut is honestly so outdated at this point. It was fine when he was the only one on the block doing tutorials but there are so many FAR better tutorials out there for beginners.
I’ve been working with blender for 15 years and it’s made me cry out of frustration many times. Always a difficult relationship. Trust me when I say, as difficult as it is now, it’s so much better than it was, especially because there are just so many resources for learning! You’re doing great. Your render is so cute. 😊 keep going!
That's awesome that you get into a hard software like Blender with no fear to fail and not fear to show the result. It is the attitude to get something great.
As a gen Z that has been modelling for 6 years, and also started with the donut!! - you got this (: keep doing stuff that inspires you but dont be afraid to branch out and do some random thing for a challenge every once in a while! I find not having expectations for something but still giving it your best, you end up impressing yourself and you learn some fun new technique you`ll use in your comfort zone projects as well! Good luck and remember you`re not alone!
As someone who got a degree in 3D animation and then stopped for 7 years, the blender guru tutorial has just got me bad in my stride :D Nice work with the textures on the cereal
The best kind of way to pick up not just blender but any software is to have that drive to create something, achieve a certain result because when you're all focused on wanting to bring the thing from your imagination to reality, time really just flies by. I had no motivation to create motion graphics but then slowly i got so into it that i picked up Adobe's after effects and because my brain had so many ideas i just kept problem solving and trying new things until ive gotten the result I wanted to. Now im having the same phase with 3D. Same can be done with blender , if you've got a scene built in your mind. I'd say you're already good enough to succeed in creating things , all you need to do is learn and try finding any way you can to bring things to life. Remember to never give up and to create what you really want to , blender and many other softwares are just tools. You can use them however you want , art is afterall about creating things and the journey of it is what puts soul in the art.
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as a fellow Blender struggler: you can use the Mirror modifier if you want symmetrical objects. it does half of the work for you. Although... come to think of it, perfect symmetry isn't always what we want :D
I learned everything related to 3d in less than 8 months from modeling robots, cars, weapons to animations, textures, I'll say in the start it's going to be a little bit of a challenge so learn the basics like shortcuts, modifiers then watch a lot of tutorials (dont follow them just study them), just watch like 10 tutorials a day then make something similar out of it, trust me i learned how to model a car in less than 2 months, but there is a catch you need to practice everyday for at least 3 to 4 hours maybe more if you have the time. I started blender back in August of last year. i followed the donut tutorial but quit midway through cus i was just following everything he does without understanding anything. It gets easier after about 2 months, also don't just watch random tutorials watch what you want to learn for me it was cars, robots and weapons
This is a dangerously addictive path that I myself ended up on. Was shit at being an artist, so I've been pursuing Blender! It's very fulfilling. Gives that dopamine hit you expect being competent at a more traditional form of art would give you, without the steep technical uphill march like learning drawing/painting.
This reminds me of the time I began learning about video editing and sound design. 6 years later and I finally feel a LITTLE more confident in my work hahaha. You have to do it because you love it first. The rest just falls into place 💛 keep it up!
this was incredibly simple and heartwarming to watch as i've been frustrated and quit so many times as well haha, felt like I got satisfacton and momentum from this video. hope to see you creating more videos daisy
You know what, I really love your mindset and you actually did what I'd recommend people learning any creative craft should do : make something. It doesn't matter if it doesn't turn out as you wanted, just make it and go through with it. And then move on to the next project.
More power to you miss, takes real balls to put something out there that u put time into on the internet for the world to see. I commend your effort and look forward for more 3d art.
Blender is so much! And it’s always changing, there’s entire workflows that didn’t exist a decade ago when I started (grease pencil in particular, the art people pull off with it is spectacular)
I feel every piece of this Daisy. Never has a program made me feel more like it's sucking my soul but also giving me life at the same time. The way I've found my way through it is building creative flow into my process with sculpting in a much more user friendly mobile software like Nomad Sculpt or in VR with Gravity Sketch. This path is super rewarding though and being vulnerable with our process is powerful in itself.
Thanks for making this video and... Highlighting how painful modeling can be. Great job, you're great at Blender! I'm gonna be that guy and point out that the singular of Vertices is "Vertex". Don't forget, you're allowed to be bad at hobbies! Sometimes that's the best hobby
I really resonated with this video 😅 I’ve been getting into blender for a while and being someone who hops around new hobbies, I’m at the phase of wanting to quit simply because of this failure complex. But I’m glad that just because i find a different hobby to enjoy, doesn’t mean i can’t come back to it again!
Great Job! Your render turned out really good! As a solo game dev, I deeply understand how much effort it takes to make something that looks great in blender. I just completed my most ambitious model yet yesterday. It took me 3 weeks to make! If you keep at it, you'll be amazed at how much better you'll get in time. Don't be too hard on yourself. If you go at this with a can do attitude, your skills can grow infinitely better than if you question your own talent. Believe in yourself! you can do it!!!
I just discovered your channel and this video is fantastic! Your honesty about the challenges in creating 3D art is refreshing and motivating. As a graphic designer who has worked with static designs for years, I recently started updating my skills in motion design and have been posting my studies on my channel. Good luck to us both!
Welcome to the club. I’ve been on/off 3D since 2010, and it took me a couple years to really hit my stride A project focus helps immensely, and you’re already starting out great
I work as a teacher for 3D art and game technology, and I find your videos about starting out in blender honest and true! Not only are you inspiring others to start, you're also honest about "this is hard". It is!! Learning new skills is hard. The fact you're showing your progress and end result is great! Very few beginners would dare to. It's the best way to get constructive feedback - show where you're at and talk about where you want to be :)
I find this inspiring. I recently picked blender up again after about 6 months. I employed full time so have limited time but it has given me the inspiration to make the most of it
I've been using Blender for many years now and I'm still learning things regularly and dealing with little frustrations here and there. I'm actually really terrible with rendering and usually put off texturing because I'm so indecisive, so I never really 'wowed' anyone with my work. I think you're off to a good start. As long as you're making something, including things that feel like failures, you're on the road to improving. Making videos about it seems like a good motivational tool too.
Really awesome work! You really show that everybody can make some cool looking art work as long as you just have fun! Is it gonna be perfect? Ofc not! Does it matter? Ofc not! I really like what you made and I really appreciate the fact that you are sharing a small part of your journey of making it! In a world where it is difficult to not compare yourself to others this is a fresh breath of air. Keep up the good work and have fun!
I was fortunate enough to pick up blender as a hobby during the beginning of the pandemic, so I had a lot of free time to practice. Now 4 years on I'm a completely different artist to how I was when I started. Just keep practicing and you'll get there :D
Thank you for inspiring and motivating me to start a new project in blender. It's hard for me to start because my mind needs a justification to do the work like making it my career in 3d or being useful in some kind of way to my future. I love the idea of doing something just for the fun of it and not thinking about the results or the reasons.
Keep going, if you love the process as much or more than the end result of any hobby you will find great success. When you get to the point that the final output is icing on the cake but its the process you truly love, you have become a master.
I had this video on pause at 0.05 for about 3 days and now that I just watched full of prejudice while thinking is just a pretty face in make up saying blablah I got a pleasant surprise because the approach was excellent, we set such a high expectations of ourselves and auto-sabotage our lives, just try and see, I have blender installed for months and only watched the 1st donut tutorial, need to switch jobs to get more free time and sit and chill to see if I can do some mediocre renders, you go girl, keep it up.
Think of something to model instead, rather than replicate some art. I once took apart a palette and photographed each piece of wood then textured some same sized boxes in blender. I started to put the planks together like I was building for real. It was an inspiring blender experience.
That was incredible! I use Blender and have used it for perhaps 3 years. On my spare time. So, perhaps a few hours per month in general. I could never have done what you did! Yo should be proud! Love your art and your YT clip!
It's easier if you've learned other 3D programs in the past, however, 3D has a bit of a learning curve, but once you demystify it by learning the process (box modeling, principles of animation, how to rig characters, learning the useful hotkeys, etc.) it gets easier. You clearly know a bit about the node editor, so good job.
Always admired people who are exceptionally talented in art, but few people actually talk about the discipline it takes to get there. I’m in the same boat as you, started my blender journey a year and a half ago and still feel like a beginner, but I push my self to get better, some of my best work is when I actually don’t feel like modeling. Even if you feel like the end result is mediocre at best, you still took the time to practice and might’ve even learned something along the way. Art takes time. Good luck.
As a non expert Blender user and knowing how tricky and time consuming it can be - I think you did an excellent job - keep going and keep posting the video results 👏🏻👏🏻😃😃
Very difficult sometimes when you compare yourself with all the talent on Artstation and RUclips, but you just have to use it as motivation and inspiration that you'll get there one day. Cool vid!
My whole life story is learning new skills after either failing at past ventures or just switching interests. I've had such a messy path but now I'm really starting to come into my own. Congrats on simply getting started and posting about it so early. That's something I want to fix about myself, to start posting videos again!
Felt the very same with most things, especially art. Then started dabbling in drawing, pixel art and the worst of the lot 3D modelling. It was just picking it up, dabbling in some tutorial where the outcome was way below what even the tutorial showed with all of them. Then just went for it, first it was drawing. Started on digital (somewhat mixed, lack lustre but okishresults) then went to paper and pencil and just kept drawing till it got to a decent level of being able to draw people and certain things. Outcome being something I enjoy doing now and happy with the results. After that it was pixel art. Same pattern, a bit of dabbling, then tutorials which always fell as soon as I started and didn't see any good results. Then just went for a 30 day experiment of creating pixel art and actually came out with very good results as well. So only one thing remains... the much dreaded 3D modelling with blender. Been meaning to pick it back up and seeing this kinda scares/inspires me.😅
i 100% relate to the burden of being easily inspired and having too many dreams. this got recommended to me after i decided to go against the grain and teach myself Blender for 3D printing / 'hard surface' modeling. it took me 12 hours to do what a blender-guru friend of mine did in 2 minutes 😭 but i will get there.
Holy crap. After seeing you moving vertices around on the heart instead of using a mirror modifier to work twice as fast I did not expect the final result being that good.
Youve got a good eye for art! You dont have to eyeball the symmetry, you can use the Mirror modifier, just make one half and all your changes are mirrored in real time.
I was already thinking to get back into Blender after dropping it twice, and I had also done BlenderGuru's latest donut tutorial. I had also seen another tutorial and a timelapse of a really complex render, but this video with your simple render that you put a lot of effort into and got a product that at least shows that you're getting the hang of it gave me the last bit of motivation I needed. All the best with your renders!
Nicely done. The key here is you had a somewhat specific image you wanted to create and you let that guide you. Most people just click around waiting for inspiration to strike until they give up.
Honestly, it's not bad man, it took me 7 years to learn blender and get used to everything inside of the app. Of course the cereal bits could use some improvement on the model and the material but besides that you should be proud of yourself, its amazing none the less just to create art and you should be happy to have such a privellege :)
This vid was an instant subscription. The relatable project and situation with blender. And the TUNIC SOUNDTRACK AT THE END OMG. Random, but if you do read this, it would be so cool if you make your next blender challenge making something from the game Tunic.
You're off to a great start. You came up with an idea for a project and you figured out a way to complete it. Sure, there is room for improvement, but that's why you repeat that process. Blender Guru's tutorials are great, but his 7 habits talk changed my perspective on learning immensely. Flipped Normals also has a great video on learning Basics vs Fundamentals. Even as a software developer I make any new people on my team watch those two videos. As for dark mode vs light mode, to each their own. I have astigmatism so light mode is better for me. Saying dark mode is going to make you better is like saying you can drive better if your car is blue.
That was a great Render, be proud! I'm subscribing to watch your progress, just like a wise japanesse fisherman once said. Never give up! I've also started my journey with Blender after many years of giving up on 3d Modeling, but this time i will stick with it and see where it leads me. Don't you dare give up this time! You got this!
Quite impressed with what you've achieved with this project as a beginner and you show great potential. Keep putting in the hours and challenge yourself with new projects. Going to subscribe to follow your journey. Also a great positive message at the end. Keep it up! As a suggestion to improve this as an animation. consider using Rigid Body World, Fluid simulation and a study on Physically Based Rendering to get more realistic looking results, for example using correct Index of Refraction settings on materials and Subsurface Scattering for the milk. Started on Blender 2.36, which a lot of my peers mocked me for, Blender is now leap years ahead of what is use to be.
normal people = dark blender
psychopath people= let's make it whiiiittteeeeee
jk love ur content
@@MrDaim1993no jk, that’s actually a crime
@@MrDaim1993 public apology for light theme hahahaha
Major 🚩
@@pawelmiller20 what do you mean by too much contrast? It’s grey…
That's not a failure, that's the start of 10 years learning 3d :)
and still landing no satisfactory job
@@lavatr8322 Not true at all! I am a 3D artist and provide my services to all sorts of people! I can do anything from Architectual 3D renders for houses, apartment complexes, retrain into structural or mechanical engineering using CAD, I could get into 3D printing and get certified for Warhammer 40K figurines (which make a FORTUNE BTW), make advertisements, animated music videos, and then of course, TV, games & film! You just have to look in the right places :)
Nooooooo
@@lavatr8322 Every freelance job: You make 3d? Here's an asset pack full of stuff, make it work for our game... 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - are you done yet? How long until you are done? 🤣🤣
yes a 10yeas pain in the ass 🤣
I've been using blender for 10 years, and professionally for nearly 3. That is an absolutely amazing render, and your motivation is incredibly inspiring - For my first 2 years, I didn't even finish any projects due to me just giving up and starting with a new one, never really creating anything I'd consider as "finished". You're gonna go far without a doubt, you got this! :)
Haha, yes. I'm on the 4th version of my current scene right now. As I learn I keep finding ways to do things better.
Dont ever feel bad about not being amazing at blender. Ive been using it for 5 years and there's still points i look at other peoples work and think i should just drop it and find something else.
Imposter syndrome hits hard in any creative industry
Well said!
You know what cured my impostor syndrome? Seeing a banana taped to a wall being called art. lol
I've been using Blender for 12 years. I'm still nowhere close to where I would like to be and still follow plenty of artists that I can't fathom the skill of.
Yes, you are right.
Imposter syndrome is part of being introspective. I used to sketch when I was younger and I didn't think I was very good. Yet, everyone that looked at my drawings thought they were really good. When you see a body builder posing in front of a mirror at the gym, they aren't admiring themselves, they're finding all of the flaws.
how to improve instantly by 180% is to change back to dark mode!
no joke, dark mode give you super power
3D needs a LOT of practice.Repetition and training, build up the muscle, rinse & repeat.
I'm 10+years in on learning 3D and I can tell you, every task can still be a new challenge, learning doesn't stop.
keep going, looking good!
thanks for the words really been hard on myself cause am taking time to learn
Ive got all the premium 3D softwares installed lol even 2Ds like toonboom, and latest versions too tryna learn them all at once lol
thats so true!
It took me less than 9 months to model anything on the fly just by watching a lot of tutorials, so I don't think it takes 10 years to be a master at it. idk depends on what your goals are. For me, all I did was sleep, eat, blender, repeat for about 7 months straight it took a huge toll on my mental health, but it was worth it
This is absolutely false, 3D is one of the easiest arts to learn. Drawing requires 10 years of continuous (even on digital art), non-stop practice, and probably after 10 years the results you see won't be anywhere near the pros anyway. 3D takes you maybe 6 months to learn everything. The problem, if we really want to talk about problems, is that 3D is not the result, but the starting point. What is difficult to learn is animating, directing, scripting, and everything behind a production.
I am both a 3D and a 2D artist, and there is no comparison! I have been drawing for over 15 years, and what I draw is not at all comparable to what I do in 3D which I have been studying for just 5 years. 3D, of all the things I studied, was one of the easiest to learn, and that includes studying subjects like history, chemistry, literature, writing, photography, psychology, philosophy and so on.
If 3D stops you, it means that you are not good at studying, but stop saying that 3D is difficult, at most it's complex, but there is an endless list of things out there that are decidedly more difficult than 3D. Personally, learning Blender was one of the easiest things I have ever learned in my life, after 1 month you can easily start creating your own projects without any problem. I want to see you using Photoshop after 1 month, you will still be there trying to understand how the keys work.
Part of me is screaming "THERES SUCH A BETTER WAY TO MAKE THOSE SHAPES!!!" but another part of me is like "it's so freaking cool that that's the way you do it."
LOVE this comment. Individuality and humility exist together in one human? Really!!?? Massive affection and hope for humanity restored just the tiniest bit. Ty
Gonna be honest, the way that there are so many different methods for making any one thing in 3D is part of what makes it awesome. It's always an experience watching someone else and going "huh. I wouldn't have thought to do that. That's cool."
If you edit this video, that’s a pro level already. You’re funny and encouraging to anyone learning Blender! I’m 64 (pro illustrator for 30yrs) and learning Zbrush Blender Unreal and Nomad. It’s never too late! I’ll start then in light mode and work my up to dark.
As someone who has been doing 3d animation professionally for 25 years and is still learning every day....enjoy the next 25 years. Joking aside, in 1 day you still haven't made it to the crawling stage but keep at it and the gains in skill will increase by orders of magnitude. I wish I had RUclips tutorials when I was starting to learn Raydream Studio in 1993.
25 years ?!? Im just 18 so thats beyond my boundaries rn. But I really look forward to learn new stuff then maybe one day i'll the one who saying "back in 2024 we didn't have AI too fill the gaps for us"
"i've always admired art but couldn't imagine myself as an artist" that hits hard :') i have the same thought too
You're hard on yourself, but that looked great in the end! Hats off to you for walking away from Blender to save your sanity, then coming back and knocking it out of the park. I'm learning to use Blender to create add-ons and clothing for Daz3D figures and it makes me want to scream. Keep at it!
The title attracted me to this realm
muahahah welcome
so relatable, icri
Someone once told me that learning Blender (and 3D in general) is like learning to play the piano. You'll suck at first, but eventually, it becomes an extension of your creativity allowing you to create worlds you thought were unimaginable. The most important thing is that, deep inside, you have to feel like you're having fun doing it. If you do, keep at it. If you don't, it was worth a try. 🧡
btw 5K views and counting 🔥
you will never not suck at blender
@@Axelz58 Can confirm. Been using it since 2002 and can say that 22 years is not enough.
Well put. It is also important to be willing to learn new things and not to stagnate. I've been playing around with various 3D software for years before learning about things like UV unwrapping and normals.
pablo is in the house! [neat vid by the way, was a fun watch :D]
RUclips and its algorithm and crazy this is her 2nd video and got that many views dang, if only it were so easy to pull this off for other youtube creators. Wish them the best
I can't possibly imagine having to look at light themed blender for hours, in the middle of the night, sleep deprived and running on only caffeine. Also those renders are the cutest thing I've watched all day.
This is so refreshing to see. I´ve been wanting to get into blender for a while now and i have been watching endless tutorials to learn the basics, but honestly i think i got overwhelmed with the amount of talented people out there and it got me thinking i could never get to that level. Seeing someone in the begining phase is so reasuring and inspiring. Keep it up, looking forward to see your journey ♡
This is how we all learned Blender. Great video
"I made something - and for that I'm proud" This should be the motto of all people creating - I know the struggle - i used to just create and have fun with it when i was a kid but almost being 26 now and not really having done much in the last couple years due to a long illness every idea and concept or even footage goes through this huge filter consisting of what others posted on social media and what others might think of what i made (and how "bad" it is) therefore a lot of it just ends up getting scraped and never being made at all.
We should all just start creating more - not caring or comparing to what others can do - we are not them and they are not us - everyone has different circumstances and obstacles - and we should just create for the sake of fun while doing so and maybe learning something new and getting better at it!
Always thinking something should be perfect while doing it for the very first time is a trap I myself fall in way too often and its the thief of creativity - so lets untrap ourselves! :D
You know when I saw the title of the video I could relate because I'm constantly dealing with self-loathing and shame for not trying harder and getting easily discouraged, it's reassuring to be reminded that other people have similar struggles.
Making 3D art because you're a failure? Anyone who makes 3D art is a winner in my book
nahi degi beta
i love making stuff
Way to go! You just showed us how to face our fears and still go into it and persevere and how this leads to making a dent in our fears and making it a bit easier and a bit more motivating to keep coming back... So many of 'us' are facing exactly that, our fears sabottaging our dreams. Thanks for showing the way through your courage !
I’m right there with you 🥹❤️ we got this
3D ART is the best thing to ever happen to me. i basically Dropped everything in my life and dedicated it to learn everything i needed to learn lol. Great video Btw!
Remember that the first step in being really good at something is being really bad at something. Social media tends to give people an unrealistic expectation of how their work should look as you're looking at work by people that have been at it for years not days. This is often an issue with Blender where you'll see a post by someone claiming they've used it for a month and produced something that looks like it's strait out of an ILM studio but don't mention that they've been working with Maya for the past fifteen years (fundamental don't change with software).
BTW the singular is vertex not vertice. Plural is vertices. Sorry to nitpick.
Very well said, and so true. I have been a designer for almost 30 years. She is probably not even 30 years old.
I too have adopted and abandoned a million hobbies but 3D art really stuck with me. Once you get comfy with the software the windows of opportunity blow wide open and it just gets more and more inspiring. Great video btw, love seeing people start their 3D art journey.
I recommend you try sculpting in blender, or even try the free trial of zbrush. Pushing and pulling digital clay is my zen place.
As somebody, who learned 3-D 20 years ago in a proprietary piece of software that hardly anybody talks about on the Internet anymore, I completely understand the struggle. You have no idea how much I appreciate this video. What you went through and what you’re gonna go through is super real. I just wanna remind you not to, compare this stuff you make with the stuff made by people who been doing this for a long time. You will eventually discover your own style, your own workflow, and the things that keep you going. You just have to give yourself the time and space to do that. Congratulations on your first thing! Keep it up.
Also, I’m not super familiar with blender at all so I might be off base on this, but I think you basically have to bake the fluid simulation so that it’s basically just a static animation, and then you gotta do some particle effects for the splashes, they’re two different things . Somebody else probably has a better solution. Hahahaha
Instead of the donut, I think the best place to start is *3DGreenhorn's* Isometric Bedroom tutorial, MAR's *_Easy Froggy tutorial_* & Eve Sculpts *2D Drawing to 3D Model* tutorial
❤ I believe in you, have a fun journey
yeah there are many other tutorial makers who can give the beginner a better start than Blender guru.
Blender Donut is honestly so outdated at this point. It was fine when he was the only one on the block doing tutorials but there are so many FAR better tutorials out there for beginners.
@@gkdair1413 yess pls hit me w the recommends?!
@@gkdair1413could you share some?
I’ve been working with blender for 15 years and it’s made me cry out of frustration many times. Always a difficult relationship. Trust me when I say, as difficult as it is now, it’s so much better than it was, especially because there are just so many resources for learning! You’re doing great. Your render is so cute. 😊 keep going!
That's awesome that you get into a hard software like Blender with no fear to fail and not fear to show the result. It is the attitude to get something great.
how is that feeling when you snap out of the flow and realize that it is morning already?
As a gen Z that has been modelling for 6 years, and also started with the donut!! - you got this (: keep doing stuff that inspires you but dont be afraid to branch out and do some random thing for a challenge every once in a while! I find not having expectations for something but still giving it your best, you end up impressing yourself and you learn some fun new technique you`ll use in your comfort zone projects as well! Good luck and remember you`re not alone!
As someone who got a degree in 3D animation and then stopped for 7 years, the blender guru tutorial has just got me bad in my stride :D Nice work with the textures on the cereal
So, did you find the motivation to dive back into it? :3
The best kind of way to pick up not just blender but any software is to have that drive to create something, achieve a certain result because when you're all focused on wanting to bring the thing from your imagination to reality, time really just flies by.
I had no motivation to create motion graphics but then slowly i got so into it that i picked up Adobe's after effects and because my brain had so many ideas i just kept problem solving and trying new things until ive gotten the result I wanted to. Now im having the same phase with 3D.
Same can be done with blender , if you've got a scene built in your mind. I'd say you're already good enough to succeed in creating things , all you need to do is learn and try finding any way you can to bring things to life.
Remember to never give up and to create what you really want to , blender and many other softwares are just tools. You can use them however you want , art is afterall about creating things and the journey of it is what puts soul in the art.
as a fellow Blender struggler: you can use the Mirror modifier if you want symmetrical objects. it does half of the work for you. Although... come to think of it, perfect symmetry isn't always what we want :D
As someone who has been in the industry for over 6 years now and worked in movies! You're doing a great job!! Loved the video and the final result!!
I learned everything related to 3d in less than 8 months from modeling robots, cars, weapons to animations, textures, I'll say in the start it's going to be a little bit of a challenge so learn the basics like shortcuts, modifiers then watch a lot of tutorials (dont follow them just study them), just watch like 10 tutorials a day then make something similar out of it, trust me i learned how to model a car in less than 2 months, but there is a catch you need to practice everyday for at least 3 to 4 hours maybe more if you have the time. I started blender back in August of last year. i followed the donut tutorial but quit midway through cus i was just following everything he does without understanding anything. It gets easier after about 2 months, also don't just watch random tutorials watch what you want to learn for me it was cars, robots and weapons
This is a dangerously addictive path that I myself ended up on. Was shit at being an artist, so I've been pursuing Blender! It's very fulfilling. Gives that dopamine hit you expect being competent at a more traditional form of art would give you, without the steep technical uphill march like learning drawing/painting.
This reminds me of the time I began learning about video editing and sound design. 6 years later and I finally feel a LITTLE more confident in my work hahaha. You have to do it because you love it first. The rest just falls into place 💛 keep it up!
speaking as an artist, congratulations... you are an artist. That looked really cute, congratulations, keep it going!
There are no failures in life, there are only discoveries of what does and does not work. Failure is a state of grief. I.e. it's all in your head ✌️❤️
this was incredibly simple and heartwarming to watch as i've been frustrated and quit so many times as well haha, felt like I got satisfacton and momentum from this video. hope to see you creating more videos daisy
You know what, I really love your mindset and you actually did what I'd recommend people learning any creative craft should do : make something. It doesn't matter if it doesn't turn out as you wanted, just make it and go through with it. And then move on to the next project.
More power to you miss, takes real balls to put something out there that u put time into on the internet for the world to see. I commend your effort and look forward for more 3d art.
Blender is so much! And it’s always changing, there’s entire workflows that didn’t exist a decade ago when I started (grease pencil in particular, the art people pull off with it is spectacular)
I feel every piece of this Daisy. Never has a program made me feel more like it's sucking my soul but also giving me life at the same time. The way I've found my way through it is building creative flow into my process with sculpting in a much more user friendly mobile software like Nomad Sculpt or in VR with Gravity Sketch. This path is super rewarding though and being vulnerable with our process is powerful in itself.
Thanks for making this video and... Highlighting how painful modeling can be. Great job, you're great at Blender! I'm gonna be that guy and point out that the singular of Vertices is "Vertex".
Don't forget, you're allowed to be bad at hobbies! Sometimes that's the best hobby
You are awesome and I am so glad I randomly woke up early this morning and discovered your channel. Blender is fun!
I really resonated with this video 😅 I’ve been getting into blender for a while and being someone who hops around new hobbies, I’m at the phase of wanting to quit simply because of this failure complex. But I’m glad that just because i find a different hobby to enjoy, doesn’t mean i can’t come back to it again!
Great Job! Your render turned out really good! As a solo game dev, I deeply understand how much effort it takes to make something that looks great in blender. I just completed my most ambitious model yet yesterday. It took me 3 weeks to make! If you keep at it, you'll be amazed at how much better you'll get in time. Don't be too hard on yourself. If you go at this with a can do attitude, your skills can grow infinitely better than if you question your own talent. Believe in yourself! you can do it!!!
So cute 🥰 both the art n the creator
I just discovered your channel and this video is fantastic! Your honesty about the challenges in creating 3D art is refreshing and motivating. As a graphic designer who has worked with static designs for years, I recently started updating my skills in motion design and have been posting my studies on my channel. Good luck to us both!
Damn! At the end, you just described how to be happy.. no matter what happens to us! 😊❤
Welcome to the club. I’ve been on/off 3D since 2010, and it took me a couple years to really hit my stride
A project focus helps immensely, and you’re already starting out great
Love your honesty and ambition. Great video.
I work as a teacher for 3D art and game technology, and I find your videos about starting out in blender honest and true! Not only are you inspiring others to start, you're also honest about "this is hard". It is!! Learning new skills is hard.
The fact you're showing your progress and end result is great! Very few beginners would dare to. It's the best way to get constructive feedback - show where you're at and talk about where you want to be :)
I find this inspiring. I recently picked blender up again after about 6 months. I employed full time so have limited time but it has given me the inspiration to make the most of it
You should be proud of yourself!! And also it’s cute how your blender color theme matches your chair so don’t listen to the haters 😝
Wow I am so proud of you for pushing forward. I am at the giving up part. But I will return to it, you've given me back that final push
I've been using Blender for many years now and I'm still learning things regularly and dealing with little frustrations here and there. I'm actually really terrible with rendering and usually put off texturing because I'm so indecisive, so I never really 'wowed' anyone with my work. I think you're off to a good start. As long as you're making something, including things that feel like failures, you're on the road to improving. Making videos about it seems like a good motivational tool too.
Really awesome work! You really show that everybody can make some cool looking art work as long as you just have fun! Is it gonna be perfect? Ofc not! Does it matter? Ofc not!
I really like what you made and I really appreciate the fact that you are sharing a small part of your journey of making it! In a world where it is difficult to not compare yourself to others this is a fresh breath of air. Keep up the good work and have fun!
Keep being constantly motivated on a thing is the key of tranforming from a null to the master in your own mind
I was fortunate enough to pick up blender as a hobby during the beginning of the pandemic, so I had a lot of free time to practice. Now 4 years on I'm a completely different artist to how I was when I started. Just keep practicing and you'll get there :D
i love your honesty lol
Thank you for inspiring and motivating me to start a new project in blender. It's hard for me to start because my mind needs a justification to do the work like making it my career in 3d or being useful in some kind of way to my future. I love the idea of doing something just for the fun of it and not thinking about the results or the reasons.
Congrats! You're going into the right direction. Positive habits are formed by a series of small successes.
Keep going, if you love the process as much or more than the end result of any hobby you will find great success. When you get to the point that the final output is icing on the cake but its the process you truly love, you have become a master.
Keep going You will grow day after day! Blender looks intimidating in the beginning but it gets easy as the time passes!
I had this video on pause at 0.05 for about 3 days and now that I just watched full of prejudice while thinking is just a pretty face in make up saying blablah I got a pleasant surprise because the approach was excellent, we set such a high expectations of ourselves and auto-sabotage our lives, just try and see, I have blender installed for months and only watched the 1st donut tutorial, need to switch jobs to get more free time and sit and chill to see if I can do some mediocre renders, you go girl, keep it up.
Let's go Daisyyyy!! I'm also picking up 3D art next to music creation and your dramatic monologue was really empowering :D
I've also been toying with blender and just want to say that you are an inspiration!!! Just gained a new subbie
Think of something to model instead, rather than replicate some art. I once took apart a palette and photographed each piece of wood then textured some same sized boxes in blender. I started to put the planks together like I was building for real. It was an inspiring blender experience.
watching this has inspired me to try blender again! ty! this was not a failure nor mediocre. It looks really really good! nice job!
You’re not a mediocre. I’ve been learning blender as well along with unreal engine. You did great 👍🏼
Good on you for sticking to it and learning a new skill and most importantly, having fun with it.
That was incredible! I use Blender and have used it for perhaps 3 years. On my spare time. So, perhaps a few hours per month in general. I could never have done what you did! Yo should be proud! Love your art and your YT clip!
5:35 facts, i stopped coding due to lack of motivation, after awhile a random video motivated me and now i love doing it and having fun.
It's easier if you've learned other 3D programs in the past, however, 3D has a bit of a learning curve, but once you demystify it by learning the process (box modeling, principles of animation, how to rig characters, learning the useful hotkeys, etc.) it gets easier. You clearly know a bit about the node editor, so good job.
Well, finishing one thing is more than what I can do anyway. Good work.
Blender is like going down an unlit hallway and it seems never ending...
Always admired people who are exceptionally talented in art, but few people actually talk about the discipline it takes to get there. I’m in the same boat as you, started my blender journey a year and a half ago and still feel like a beginner, but I push my self to get better, some of my best work is when I actually don’t feel like modeling. Even if you feel like the end result is mediocre at best, you still took the time to practice and might’ve even learned something along the way. Art takes time. Good luck.
Wow I was impressed how you created these shapes and how good the end results were.
As a non expert Blender user and knowing how tricky and time consuming it can be - I think you did an excellent job - keep going and keep posting the video results 👏🏻👏🏻😃😃
Very difficult sometimes when you compare yourself with all the talent on Artstation and RUclips, but you just have to use it as motivation and inspiration that you'll get there one day. Cool vid!
My whole life story is learning new skills after either failing at past ventures or just switching interests. I've had such a messy path but now I'm really starting to come into my own. Congrats on simply getting started and posting about it so early. That's something I want to fix about myself, to start posting videos again!
Felt the very same with most things, especially art. Then started dabbling in drawing, pixel art and the worst of the lot 3D modelling. It was just picking it up, dabbling in some tutorial where the outcome was way below what even the tutorial showed with all of them.
Then just went for it, first it was drawing. Started on digital (somewhat mixed, lack lustre but okishresults) then went to paper and pencil and just kept drawing till it got to a decent level of being able to draw people and certain things. Outcome being something I enjoy doing now and happy with the results.
After that it was pixel art. Same pattern, a bit of dabbling, then tutorials which always fell as soon as I started and didn't see any good results. Then just went for a 30 day experiment of creating pixel art and actually came out with very good results as well.
So only one thing remains... the much dreaded 3D modelling with blender. Been meaning to pick it back up and seeing this kinda scares/inspires me.😅
Very very cool and awesome start. I look forward to seeing your progress, dark mode and your poor bunny rabbit picked up off the floor. lol.
i 100% relate to the burden of being easily inspired and having too many dreams. this got recommended to me after i decided to go against the grain and teach myself Blender for 3D printing / 'hard surface' modeling. it took me 12 hours to do what a blender-guru friend of mine did in 2 minutes 😭 but i will get there.
Holy crap. After seeing you moving vertices around on the heart instead of using a mirror modifier to work twice as fast I did not expect the final result being that good.
Youve got a good eye for art! You dont have to eyeball the symmetry, you can use the Mirror modifier, just make one half and all your changes are mirrored in real time.
I was already thinking to get back into Blender after dropping it twice, and I had also done BlenderGuru's latest donut tutorial. I had also seen another tutorial and a timelapse of a really complex render, but this video with your simple render that you put a lot of effort into and got a product that at least shows that you're getting the hang of it gave me the last bit of motivation I needed. All the best with your renders!
Nicely done. The key here is you had a somewhat specific image you wanted to create and you let that guide you. Most people just click around waiting for inspiration to strike until they give up.
imperfection is the key to incredible art.
Honestly, it's not bad man, it took me 7 years to learn blender and get used to everything inside of the app. Of course the cereal bits could use some improvement on the model and the material but besides that you should be proud of yourself, its amazing none the less just to create art and you should be happy to have such a privellege :)
This vid was an instant subscription. The relatable project and situation with blender. And the TUNIC SOUNDTRACK AT THE END OMG. Random, but if you do read this, it would be so cool if you make your next blender challenge making something from the game Tunic.
You're off to a great start. You came up with an idea for a project and you figured out a way to complete it. Sure, there is room for improvement, but that's why you repeat that process. Blender Guru's tutorials are great, but his 7 habits talk changed my perspective on learning immensely. Flipped Normals also has a great video on learning Basics vs Fundamentals. Even as a software developer I make any new people on my team watch those two videos.
As for dark mode vs light mode, to each their own. I have astigmatism so light mode is better for me. Saying dark mode is going to make you better is like saying you can drive better if your car is blue.
Hey, cool video! Blender is a great tool. My favorite part is that there is no such thing as failure! Only improvement.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I've been wanting to try doing 3d blender fpr quite a while, now I'm even more motivated!
"Mediocre at best"
Shows awesome render that's way better than anything I've done in blender after over a hundred hours.
Nice work!
That was a great Render, be proud! I'm subscribing to watch your progress, just like a wise japanesse fisherman once said. Never give up! I've also started my journey with Blender after many years of giving up on 3d Modeling, but this time i will stick with it and see where it leads me.
Don't you dare give up this time! You got this!
I've been super inconsistent with my blender journey, thanks for the inspo and encouragement to continue learning!!
Quite impressed with what you've achieved with this project as a beginner and you show great potential. Keep putting in the hours and challenge yourself with new projects. Going to subscribe to follow your journey. Also a great positive message at the end. Keep it up!
As a suggestion to improve this as an animation. consider using Rigid Body World, Fluid simulation and a study on Physically Based Rendering to get more realistic looking results, for example using correct Index of Refraction settings on materials and Subsurface Scattering for the milk.
Started on Blender 2.36, which a lot of my peers mocked me for, Blender is now leap years ahead of what is use to be.
Sick video Daisy! Hyped for future 3D content! 🙌
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