Get Good at Blender - Practical challenges to improve you skills!

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  • čas přidán 24. 02. 2023
  • #blender3d #3dart #blender
    Get good at blender but trying out simple challenges to improve your skill level and learn new skills along the way.
    In this video I challenge you to make different models and then show you how I would have made them afterwards. In this video i focus on the spin tool for creating arches
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Komentáře • 221

  • @charmawow
    @charmawow Před rokem +95

    As still a relatively new Blender user, these types of tutorials make for great refreshers…..thanks Grant!

    • @Mz-ty5lg
      @Mz-ty5lg Před 11 měsíci

      are you good now

    • @Nmgoated
      @Nmgoated Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@Mz-ty5lg😂😂😂

  • @bjornmeh7771
    @bjornmeh7771 Před rokem +49

    Just spent 40 minutes watching a 11 minute video haha, love this way of teaching, im new to blender and already learned a bunch of techniques i didnt know an hour ago :D great video

    • @andylastname566
      @andylastname566 Před rokem

      This is why i love videos over sitting in a classroom. Learning at your own pace. :)

  • @insomniopolis
    @insomniopolis Před rokem +5

    challenge-based learning is a definite yes for me. this is great. please keep going with it.

  • @laillaE
    @laillaE Před rokem +13

    I absolutely LOVE the way you teach, I've bought a few courses recently from Polygon runway and others, and my biggest frustration is that they're 'follow my actions' type of courses, and don't really teach you fundamentals. Whereas you build understanding of why you should do things, give challenges and help people experiment, learn, fail etc.. It's such a fabulous teaching method.
    Would love to see more of these challenges!

    • @DeXTRONS
      @DeXTRONS Před 4 měsíci

      hmm thats exactly copy and paste without understanding the things
      but i have watched blender guru tutorials he exactly explain the things but i don t know why he is underrated for other tutorials

  • @windyindie9911
    @windyindie9911 Před rokem +8

    PLEASE do more of these videos! this was extremely helpful and easily digestible compared to most other blender videos.

  • @dailycgi
    @dailycgi Před rokem +15

    This is a great format! I basically play this challenge game with myself anytime I look for reference images online of things I want to create, attempting it with my beginner skill set, and then seeking out a good tutorial to learn a better or more efficient way of creating the object. It's a good way of learning.

  • @kristenthomasson273
    @kristenthomasson273 Před rokem +2

    this is brilliant. love how you give us things to scratch our brain over rather than just showing us what to do immediately!

  • @etruedus
    @etruedus Před rokem +4

    I found your channel during covid and modeled for about 6 months. Just now getting back into it, and I am glad to see you are still doing this type of tutorial! Thanks Grant!

  • @Corb4l
    @Corb4l Před rokem +1

    Been learning Blender for a few weeks, you answered precisely to a couple of issues I wanted to solve.
    Your channel has been incredibly helpful, thanks a lot for all that well taught, high value content :)

  • @LiMaking
    @LiMaking Před 3 měsíci

    Grant, I love you. You make modelling so much easier and every word you say is a piece of information and no side quests. fantastic

  • @frankb4793
    @frankb4793 Před rokem

    Thank you for taking the time to help us improve @ Blender Grant, all your videos are very helpful and educational.

  • @jim-wallace
    @jim-wallace Před rokem +8

    I like the rythme and the tone of your voice 👏 👏 no need backwards or slow-motion !
    It is really enjoyable 🙏🙏🙏

    • @asthalis
      @asthalis Před rokem +1

      Agreed ! Lots of youtubers speak waaaay too fast or not clearly enough in their tutorials. I appreciate this a lot as a non english native speaker.

    • @jim-wallace
      @jim-wallace Před rokem

      @@asthalis I'm a native english speaker, but nonetheless, a Tutorial is a Tutorial not Indianapolis 🙏🙏

  • @amigoface
    @amigoface Před rokem +2

    I really love the format

  • @billthornhill1921
    @billthornhill1921 Před rokem +3

    Great way of getting it all across. Thanks for posting

  • @pradyutmukherjee1110
    @pradyutmukherjee1110 Před 10 měsíci

    You are the best, Grant! Almost every CZcamsr creating videos on Blender is showing some over-the-top crazy stuff all the time, but most of us forget that these basics are what will make you a master at any craft. Thank you so much for making such videos that help us build the basics.

  • @keepitsimpleforreal295
    @keepitsimpleforreal295 Před rokem +1

    Thanks Grant! This type of video is exactly what I have been looking for to learn quickly.

  • @GinoZump
    @GinoZump Před rokem

    I'm real glad You started these videos again. I really like the practical approach of actually making the viewer figure out how to make the object before You explain how. These videos rock!

  • @timarlow8007
    @timarlow8007 Před rokem

    I'm glad these challenge videos are back - these are the best!

  • @bagpipesedderkopp717
    @bagpipesedderkopp717 Před rokem +1

    Really enjoyed this!
    Much better than trying to blindly follow instructions fluctuating wildly in volume at 0.25 speed while the 'basic' tutorial sets up 90 procedural nodes, glonks the prongle, overbastulates the wizboglin and then selects hyperfrist while using an environmental spilby to hurl the grass of spading.

  • @craigbaker6382
    @craigbaker6382 Před rokem +3

    Thanks. I am a middle / total newbie, so this kind of exercise is well formatted and quite useful.

  • @GaryParris
    @GaryParris Před rokem +1

    well done Grant! these are a great way to re-enforce learning, which is very similar to the classroom!

  • @dreamisover9813
    @dreamisover9813 Před rokem

    So much to learn just from you explaining your steps here, great stuff!

  • @markiobook8639
    @markiobook8639 Před rokem

    Brilliant again Grant- this is a wonderful series.

  • @user-bt5mp4gx9m
    @user-bt5mp4gx9m Před 6 měsíci

    Thank you very much , I love your tutorials . Very helpful !

  • @SlyNine
    @SlyNine Před rokem +1

    I think this is the best way to learn. So many times when I was new I would watch a tutorial, only to finish with a nice object but unable to employ anything I learned.
    Tho I just chalked it up to me being slow lol.

  • @eZTarg8mk2
    @eZTarg8mk2 Před 2 měsíci

    Grant, sending a heartfelt thank you for these videos. I've been finding so many tutorials that really don't make the UI for Blender any less opaque XD I've worked on and off as a digital artist, using various different painting softwares, for over a decade. I'd put off trying to decipher Blender for way too long, and had a few attempts over the years before giving up after just getting lost in the UI.
    Your chess piece series was so carefully presented, giving concise and precise steps, time to apply my own interpretations to the challenges, and then learning a more efficient way to do the same thing. It's a fantastic way to learn, try and apply that knowledge then reinforce that information and correct any misconceptions.
    I'm very glad I found your channel

  • @mwparker1969
    @mwparker1969 Před měsícem

    Excellent demonstration for inset(i), extrude(e), scale(s), the spin tool, and proportional editing(o). Watched it a few times to catch all of the details. Awesome!

  • @olegb2177
    @olegb2177 Před měsícem

    Thanks! This is the best and usefull format ever for practicing

  • @SlothFang
    @SlothFang Před rokem

    I will always highly recommend ANY and EVERYTHING from Grant Abbitt! I went from not knowing anything in blender to being able to craft my own worlds and everything in them thanks to Grant!

  • @KlaudiusL
    @KlaudiusL Před rokem +2

    I've really never grasp the "scale" function .. but that move @3:28 was genius! .. Thank you !!

  • @Severely_Distracted
    @Severely_Distracted Před rokem +1

    I love this series and all the videos you make!

  • @jamaicster
    @jamaicster Před rokem

    Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
    This kind of giving of information is the easiest to understand for newbies!
    Thank you Grant!
    You're making a very good and helpful stuff!
    Keep it up! Newbies as me need it indeed!

  • @rofgar
    @rofgar Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you, as always, the density of useful information per minute is really good :)

  • @StevenDiLeo
    @StevenDiLeo Před rokem +1

    great content and exercises as always, thanks Grant! :)

  • @toddhansson1613
    @toddhansson1613 Před rokem

    Great tutorial Grant... keep them coming. Thanks

  • @the_tunez
    @the_tunez Před rokem +2

    Finally someone has done it! For years I've been trying to improve my knowledge of which tools to use to achieve results. For the same amount of years, I've been asking some people who are good in modelling to help me with things like this, if possible. Every single time the only answers I got were "just follow any beginner tutorial" or "just start modeling", which really doesn't cut it anymore: I may be a pro at modeling cups or glasses from tutorials, but what about other things that use the same tools but aren't really cups or glasses? How could I use said tools? Etc... Anyways, this is pure gold. You're the best of the best, man! Thanks a LOT!!

  • @rilleyblazer2330
    @rilleyblazer2330 Před 3 měsíci

    Very helpful and fun tutorial! Thank you so much for making these!

  • @thisisshadow64
    @thisisshadow64 Před rokem

    Honestly thought when I got to using the spin tool that I was overthinking it and then you did it that way and was very satisfied with myself. Thanks for the challenge.

  • @golemtabak1183
    @golemtabak1183 Před rokem

    Amazing. thank you Grant!

  • @negativecharisma7583
    @negativecharisma7583 Před rokem

    Coming from your courses, I'm loving these tutorials!

  • @PurrpleSnow
    @PurrpleSnow Před rokem

    Now that's a cool tutorial ! Love the format

  • @helziephoton
    @helziephoton Před rokem

    I really love this video thank you so much ❤

  • @sobreaver
    @sobreaver Před rokem

    How I love practicality and scrambling things together :P
    Thank you for this exercise.

  • @gatofuji7410
    @gatofuji7410 Před rokem

    Fantastic. Good exercises and very instructive. They are simple, even for beginners like me, but to try first and see where you could have done better or more efficiently is great. And, of course, you also learn something new, some use for a tool that you already knew and used before. Great!

  • @Mdoraz27
    @Mdoraz27 Před rokem +1

    I picked up your Blender Beginner Courses on Gamedev and have been loving them! Your teaching style is fantastic and easy to pick up! I'm going to use what I've learned from your courses to begin developing my own models for a portfolio. I'm really hoping to get hired in an entry level position modeling assets at a game studio soon.

  • @thedudewhostalkedbjork121

    I took your beginners course at the beginning of the pandemic! Best money I ever spent.

  • @radoslavkasabov7330
    @radoslavkasabov7330 Před rokem

    This was wonderful! Thanks for the great video.

  • @bluesun7777
    @bluesun7777 Před 3 měsíci

    thank you for this! it really helped!

  • @chriswebb945
    @chriswebb945 Před rokem

    Terrific. Thanks for thinking up a new way to teach Blender. Very effective.

  • @aliceleblanc7318
    @aliceleblanc7318 Před rokem

    Nice teaching approach and I really do like your voice! It's soothing to listen to it 😃

  • @saylurrodriguez3315
    @saylurrodriguez3315 Před rokem

    This really got me comfortable with modeling things in general. Big thanks my guy 🙌

  • @tempofugace9955
    @tempofugace9955 Před rokem

    Super concept, thanks👍

  • @MartKart8
    @MartKart8 Před rokem +75

    I still feel like a beginner and it's almost a year since I've used Blender.

    • @rtyria
      @rtyria Před rokem +11

      My first foray into Blender was over a decade ago now. I'm still a beginner, mainly because I have so little time to develop skills and don't have the equipment to do anything serious with it anyway. These tutorials are always beneficial and because they are simple are probably the ones I get the most out of.

    • @BasedMando
      @BasedMando Před rokem +6

      Bro, a year is definitely a beginner; though it's much better that the first few months where almost every idea is a tutorial lookup.
      I'd say after a year, we can at least drive without the training wheels.

    • @joseastigueta5714
      @joseastigueta5714 Před rokem +3

      Muchas gracias, el mejor tutorial!

    • @Ayogenius67
      @Ayogenius67 Před rokem +1

      Am few days but I feel like I haven’t learn anything

    • @MartKart8
      @MartKart8 Před rokem +1

      @@Ayogenius67 having spent time watching, I've learnt to making some things into models and got them to work, like a bread bow and bread stick arrows, I imported them into Unreal Engine.

  • @Snorth_3D
    @Snorth_3D Před rokem

    The spin is insane.

  • @coreys2686
    @coreys2686 Před rokem +3

    Another way of using the inset tool is to hold the [CTRL] key to increase the depth without actually insetting, it'll basically combine extrude/scale.

  • @skeletonking4119
    @skeletonking4119 Před rokem

    Always learning something great ! And easy guide and 100 % learning and improve one self! You have our great thank my good sir!

  • @bradmoffat9884
    @bradmoffat9884 Před rokem

    This is a great refresher, thanks Grant. I would love to see some retopologising challenges next.

  • @WelshGuitarDude
    @WelshGuitarDude Před rokem +1

    This is a great way to learn you should do more of this with ever more advanced things

  • @vizdotlife
    @vizdotlife Před rokem

    Super helpful! Thank you

  • @Time2Wonder70
    @Time2Wonder70 Před rokem +11

    Rather than hiding stuff from the outliner with the eye, it's easier to hit forward slash on the number pad, that will hide everything in one go, and leave the selected geometry to work on, when done just hit forward slash again and everything hidden will be visible again👍

  • @Radheradhe13338
    @Radheradhe13338 Před rokem

    I watched your video for the first time and I was very surprised how easy and cool you explained using all small commands. I've watched a lot of Blender user videos but I haven't seen anything like what you've explained. Congratulations and may God's blessings be with you always…. 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

  • @rajismhr9898
    @rajismhr9898 Před 11 měsíci

    This is a gold mine for beginners like me

  • @LoneAdventurer730
    @LoneAdventurer730 Před rokem

    this is really intresting and having fun to follow along. please make more video like this

  • @derekmoore1387
    @derekmoore1387 Před rokem

    I'm excited to practice this after work. I purchased the environment course on your website, which had been helpful and fun! Lastly, I like the newer format where I can see you. It's like seeing the wizard behind the curtain!
    Thanks, Grant!

  • @adamjohnantonio
    @adamjohnantonio Před rokem

    Great format, would love to see more

  • @jackcleveland1175
    @jackcleveland1175 Před rokem

    Good stuff, Grant! Thank you.

  • @amitbt69
    @amitbt69 Před rokem

    Great tutorial! thanks.

  • @bardeauxblack
    @bardeauxblack Před 9 měsíci

    This was so informative and easy to follow.

  • @sumanth3036
    @sumanth3036 Před rokem +1

    How awesome. Please keep doing these basic stuff.. I did some Belnder a few months back in CZcams and your lighthouse Island. Now forgot most of the things. Started with this again.

  • @jackmakmorn
    @jackmakmorn Před rokem

    Awesome video, I really appreciate when you go about basics again and again.
    Although I got everything working pretty fine and fast (except for arch with the circle tool (which I only know of thanks to this video :)) it feels like there is always still some little thing to find to sharpen the skills on the basics and get better results; this time for me it was the scaling on the normals.
    Well, it is always good to get over the basics once again, it is simply the most important part; thank you a lot, Grant! :)

  • @fpatrocinio
    @fpatrocinio Před rokem

    I like these challenges. Always learning something new. :)

  • @SolearGnG
    @SolearGnG Před rokem +1

    Good to see that you use Blender the same way I've learned it from you years ago. There are multiple ways to do things but this specific way you do it reminded me of the early YT texture painting courses. Ideas for the next one: Cut-outs (Booleans) and making sellable assets.

  • @maryelljazz
    @maryelljazz Před 10 měsíci

    I absolutely loved this video!! Thx so much

  • @oscarchavez8527
    @oscarchavez8527 Před rokem

    Good gravy, man! This is just one awesome video. Thanks alot, specially for me, since I lack imagination at the mechanical level and I would have done everything manually by messing with the vertices or going along the longest possible route. This helps me a lot. So thanks again, and I mean it.

  •  Před rokem

    6:12 ✔ Fine detail in using the "inset" command.

  • @JoeQuinn-vm5li
    @JoeQuinn-vm5li Před 3 měsíci

    Fantastic video, thank You

  • @khalidhashimeh
    @khalidhashimeh Před rokem

    Best video ever..thank you so much

  •  Před rokem

    Completely new to blender, I do not understand all but it works fine. It's really satisfying yet. Thanks.

  • @mee6945
    @mee6945 Před rokem

    Finally a simple tutorial i can handle. Thank you Mister Abbit

  • @DimoPoland
    @DimoPoland Před rokem +1

    Amazing. Wainting for more.

  • @xavierchavezm.3240
    @xavierchavezm.3240 Před rokem

    Thanks Grant!

  • @gregq8
    @gregq8 Před rokem +1

    I like moving the center of the spin tool around (in this case further right) and cutting off the arch with a boolean to make those cool pointed gothic arches. I used to make the points with proportional editing but I didn't like how it distorted the cross section of the arch.

  • @Rowan308
    @Rowan308 Před rokem

    I would love to do more of these to keep my touch with Blender. Maybe something a bit higher level but on this scale as I really dont have much time for Blender as a uni student. Do keep up the good content, Grant!

  • @kulewa1
    @kulewa1 Před rokem

    I did learn a few things I did not know. Good job.

  • @ABlueThing
    @ABlueThing Před rokem

    Feels kinda nice that i knew everything but two things of what was done here

  • @projekt3100
    @projekt3100 Před 10 měsíci

    Nice 👏 Beginning to love and get a hang of Blender really fast thank to you. Although I saw your video about how easy it is to get 3D job opportunities…aking me think twice in a way

  • @chromaweaver
    @chromaweaver Před rokem

    Great exercise for a lazy Saturday!

  • @agyabcg983
    @agyabcg983 Před rokem

    please continue doing videos like this

  • @riuken1234
    @riuken1234 Před rokem

    First tanks for the video, I being having problem on how to use the spin tool, thanks for the excellent explanation.

  • @3d.artsoul
    @3d.artsoul Před rokem +1

    Thanks.

  • @rbettsx
    @rbettsx Před rokem

    You wicked, wicked, wicked man! Even allowing folks to _think_ about scaling in Object Mode during modelling is going to cost us hours on Blender Stack Exchange solving duplicate 'mystery' behaviours of operators, modifiers, textures.. name it! Swipe the padlocks on Object scale before you even start, that's what I say. Lovely approach to teaching modelling, though 😊

  • @theman7050
    @theman7050 Před rokem

    Brilliant!

  • @AndrewWeirArt
    @AndrewWeirArt Před rokem

    this is a great way to do tutorials! nice :)

  • @CleverGirlAAH
    @CleverGirlAAH Před rokem

    I love this series, cause sometimes you just need someone to walk you through the best way to construct odd but common shapes. LIKE ARCHES. I can't tell you how many times I've extruded and extruded and extruded lol

  • @Ferodra
    @Ferodra Před rokem

    I have been using Blender for YEARS, and only now learned about the fact that you can manipulate the origins of objects like in Maya. What. I always did this with the 3D cursor 😂

  • @hugoembien
    @hugoembien Před rokem

    maannnnnn, Grant why are you so good!??

  • @Sam_Simon_
    @Sam_Simon_ Před rokem +1

    Wow! You are awesome!

  • @hotsauce7124
    @hotsauce7124 Před rokem

    THESE ARE GREAT!!!!!!

  • @Psilohighbin
    @Psilohighbin Před rokem

    Excellent!

  • @randospawn7495
    @randospawn7495 Před 5 měsíci

    finding out the shortcuts interactively made things easier to find out