This is my latest bit of Blender work. I’m really pleased how it came out. It’s a near future space station. Modular, like the ISS, but bigger, much bigger. In orbit – somewhere.
I really enjoy designing and building stuff that looks plausible. Like NASA/ESA stuff – but from maybe twenty years in the future.
I’ve been learning some 3D. I’ve been trying, and failing, for years to get to grips with 3D software – downloading trial versions of Cinema4D, ZBrush, AutoCAD… and trying out free software such as SketchUp. I also tried Blender a few times – and found it similarly baffling. After years designing for 2D, I just couldn’t get my head around that extra dimension.
Until…
I found a Tutorial by CGMasters, helpfully called Blender for Complete and Total Beginners. Target audience right here. And it was great. Rather than just showing you what to do to build something, this course by Chris Plush, actually explained WHY to do things in order to build them. So instead of learning to model a 3D glazed donut (a tutorial everyone seems to try), I learnt how to use Blender’s tools to build a little desert island scene.
The course covered the basics so well I was able to go away and start building my own models straight away. I’m not on commission by the way, but I really do recommend that course. So what have I built in the last few months since I started learning Blender?
I’m amazed at how quickly I’ve picked things up, and that’s absolutely testament to how good that course is, and how powerful Blender is, but I still have a LOT to learn.
Next on the list are more spaceships and perhaps a scene from Bladerunner or Star Trek.
Hopefully I’ll be back soon with more multidimensional goodies.
this northern boy 