I´m going to have to accustomate myself to write posts more often, even if I can´t hang a new work because this cannot be…..just two single posts in September ….. ahem.

I have always wanted to know how to handle some 3D programs, I used to see spectacular things and it envied what they did and thought that it could be a great support for my work at the time of drawing (creating structures in 3D and painting above, mounting some complicated perspective, etc.) Unfortunately the 3D courses were (and they are) sooo expensive and my income never have allowed me to accede to those courses, aside from that if even the most basic courses are expensive, not to talk about the complete ones…

Then, a year or so agoI discovered Blender and the forums of 3DPoder (thanks Mars) and, thanks to the forums (and wonderful people in there), the guide of Morcy. By curiosity more than anything and without many hopes I downloaded the program. I really did not think that a program that weighed 5 Mb could not even come near to the results that are obtained with the “great ones” like Maya, Max or XSI….I was so mistaken… I have to say that when beginning with Blender I had an “advantage” over those who knew how to handle other 3D softs: that for me the interface did not throw me back. It scared me up a little ,certain, but not more than it would have done those of the other programs since I didn’t have absolutely any previous knowledge. I say this because the interface of Blender does not have anything to do with the standards of the industry although those that dare to follow with the program in spite of it,they end up recognizing that although rare at the beginning, it finishes being even more comfortable than those from other programs.

As I said I downloaded Morcy’s Guide and began to make the exercises compulsively, anxious to learn and astonished because the things worked for me. If Blender has something, it is an immense community of people who improve the program day by day and always helps you to solve your doubts, and if you speak the English there are no limits. Unfortunately in just a short time (3 weeks or so) I had to park the learning because I began to have too much work, and thus has been throughout this last year in which I have not been able to touch the program for anything. But recently I returned to visit the forums of 3dPoder and, downloaded the last version of Blender to begin again with my “training” (Blender has so fasts development… 3 new versions at least this last year. There has been so many changes this year, among them the publication of a book of introduction to Blender from Mercé Gallant (an inconditional visitor from 3DPoder forums), in a perfect spanish who will constitute an inestimable aid to begin with 3D for all that that felt “the tickles” and did not dare, published by Inforbooks.

Well, now I have continued my learning where I left it, or rather beginning again because in a year practically everything forgets and I believe that I am affected of which in the forums has occurred to be called “Blenderitis” and every time I have more symptoms ….. there is so much to discover, not only in Blender but in the section of render of the images and is that every time there are more free render engines and of great quality (kerkythea, Yafray, Yaf (a) ray, Indigo, Sunflow….). The amount of information is so great that it scares at the beginning, but with a bit of will the mysteries are unravelled…..

So here I put the last image that I have done, although is not a great thing it gives an idea of the results that can be obtained in just a short time if iyou have the desire to learn (and of the reach of my Blenderitis, because it is for a wallpaper that I have done for myself ). It is done with Blender and rendered with Índigo, a free unbiased render engine and that also is being a surprise by its great features and results.

So you´ll say what you think….

I put here the web adresses of the sites mentioned in the post: (they are in spanish though)

• 3DPoder Forums
• Guide from Morcy
• Book from Merce Galan
• Blender Website

Apart of that links you can find hundreds (if not thousands) of tutorials and videotutorials among the Web about Blender, it´s just a matter of searching……

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