starting learning blender and it’s been nice cos i’ve been spending the last 6 months feeling like a talentless hasbeen (in the least self judgmental way possible) but it turns out im actually pretty good at making things lol 👍👍👍👍👍👍 nice to just learn things for the fun of it again - ThreadSky

gracebruxner.bsky.social • 108 days ago

starting learning blender and it’s been nice cos i’ve been spending the last 6 months feeling like a talentless hasbeen (in the least self judgmental way possible) but it turns out im actually pretty good at making things lol 👍👍👍👍👍👍 nice to just learn things for the fun of it again

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peacefullily.bsky.social•108 days ago

Yeah it's hard not to put too much pressure on yourself when making stuff. And Blender is pretty awesome, so many improvements lately.

pookage.dev•108 days ago

ooh, I keep trying but I keep bouncing off of it! Have you been winging it, or have you found any resources in particular that were super useful?

ed-from-durm.bsky.social•108 days ago

i learned just by doing random youtube tutorials and picking up a wide range of techniques from them

gracebruxner.bsky.social•108 days ago

yea this ! i did one tutorial just to get an idea of things and just kinda used my knowledge from maya as well . and my bf helps me when i get stuck cos he knows it but im sure theres tons of discords etc

srednieel.bsky.social•108 days ago

Blender has a bitch of a learning curve, but once you get it you feel like you’ve got super powers.

gracebruxner.bsky.social•108 days ago

i have a lot of hobbies nowadays so i thought i would just try making games-adjacent things as a hobby to combat burnout and i think it’s been working ok, trying to keep the pressure off & just make things like i used to …..

jaytholen.net•108 days ago

feeling this a ton. i haven't even really started my work on my big game that has been in development (on the programming side anyway) for nearly 4 years now. at this point i can't stand working on it and i long to go back to when i actually enjoyed any of this.

gracebruxner.bsky.social•108 days ago

yea for me i found it a lot easier to take time to heal when i let go of any projects i had in the back of my mind … just properly doing nothing games related … not everyone can do that bc of $ so i am very grateful

gracebruxner.bsky.social•108 days ago

me when i make a moderately successful indie game

danvogt.bsky.social•108 days ago

Hell yeah! Make weird shit because you enjoy it. 💖✨

klara.art•108 days ago

Blender is endlessly fun good on you for taking the jump

rockhopper420.bsky.social•108 days ago

Parent mesh to bones... It literally took me a month to figure out that parenting bones to mesh does nothing. Order of stuff is critical.

zunvect.bsky.social•107 days ago

You have a talent for making people happy with what you made and how people still engage with it 😸. I hope you continue to create things that are as much fun for everyone.

geewhits.bsky.social•108 days ago

Ive been learning blender for work and personal stuff recently and its been a nice change from animation

bankara.ink•108 days ago

Blender is really good when you get to grips with it! Not sure if it’s my Stockholm syndrome or not, I’ve found it really fun to work with (most of the time!)

gracebruxner.bsky.social•108 days ago

it’s great !!! hard to have stockholm syndrome with a free product lol

bankara.ink•108 days ago

hahah that's true! But having that moment of realizing "holy shit I can do whatever I want" opens up so many things to do :D

nvgg.online•108 days ago

Fantastic. It's such a great tool.

warbraidski.bsky.social•107 days ago

Same, even though Im using it consistently for 2 weeks now, I've been on and off for like 2 years trying to make tutorial donuts. I started having fun once I have abandoned donuts and started creating my own stuff from references

tanatb.housefuckinggame.com•108 days ago

slay !!

tarasophie.dev•108 days ago

Yeah blender is nice.
Also how did you make your game models, maya?

gracebruxner.bsky.social•108 days ago

yep maya! i had maya lt before they discontinued it

tarasophie.dev•108 days ago

Wait maya is dead????? Wtf.

gracebruxner.bsky.social•108 days ago

no maya LT haha i believe maya will survive the apocalypse

twiggyscribbles.bsky.social•108 days ago

Do you have any tutorials you’d recommend? I’ve been trying to make the transition from Maya to blender and I’m really struggling, it’s like learning an entirely new language to me 😭

salmikawolf.bsky.social•108 days ago

I am also new to blender and have this feeling, i'm happy to hear that as you've been learning it you've gained that confidence back!

gracebruxner.bsky.social•108 days ago

yayy!! were you using maya before?

salmikawolf.bsky.social•108 days ago

yeah, and now i'm in this weird middle ground where i feel like i have forgotten maya completely because its been too long but i'm not proficient enough at blender yet 😩 i'll get there eventually!!

alinawithaface.bsky.social•108 days ago

I feel exactly the same between Unity and Godot, like all of my prior knowledge is ✨trash✨

salmikawolf.bsky.social•108 days ago

i learn best when i have a specific problem i'm trying to solve but lately i haven't needed to do as much in blender so i always feel a bit rusty when i open it again. boy do i not miss maya though haha

gracebruxner.bsky.social•108 days ago

i guess i have the advantage of never being THAT good at maya hahaha im almost at my previous skill level already

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