A Short Declaration Of War Against Blender
So the campaign begins...
For the longest time ever since I can really remember I've always been interested and inspired by the many incarnations of the media form of animation.
Especially blending different visual elements and styles into one unique motion feature from the critically acclaimed Katsuhiro Otomo Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Blood The Last Vampire, Cowboy Bebop, Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust and can't forget the Amazing World Of Gumball.
Seriously Gumball really needs more recognition that it currently has in the animation industry.
There's so much more, but I just don't have the time to list them all. Animation has always been a vital part for me growing up. Didn't matter if it was anime, western or any other global animations. They were all major influences. Even the really bad ones.
Honestly, I could really have a deep conversation about this topic in more detail from my early years till today, but time is currently not my ally. So maybe that's another discussion for a different time.
Blender has always been an odd unique kind of monster when I first had a glance a so many years ago prior from the latest release build. The moment I downloaded and opened the application I was extremely overwhelmed by the very problematic and intimidating UI (User Interface).
I mean seriously the number of drop-down menus was straight up startling. Like an endless spiral of into pure madness with the very questionable design elements and misunderstood choices.
But regardless it's an open source application. It was expected to have a few drawbacks. I was still very much interested in dabbling around with this creative creature. I really wanted to master or even somewhat tame it and explore the many benefits it had to offer from the endless examples illustrated across the Internet by well-educated individuals from hobbyists and industrial veterans.
If they could accomplish amazing pieces of work I should be able too. Plus I love learning new software for creative purposes.
I gave up two days later...
To be honest, It wasn't just the UI that helped solidify my final outcome to drop learning blender, but it was the difficulty finding suitable or well-structured tutorials online at that time period.
For example, learning Photoshop on my own was fairly easy with its informative interface and the hundreds upon hundreds of accessible tutorials and resources available.
On rare occasions, I would re-download Blender just to have another trial run and hopefully develop some kind of liking to the application.
I really wanted to love it, but unfortunately, every time I tried I would only be frustrated with the outcome and leave the application to fester on my hard drive once again without any attention for another couple of years or uninstall the damn program.
Fast forward to 2018.…. The Blender Foundation dropped the biggest bombshell ever since releasing the open source application to the world. The Blender 2.80 initiative!
To quickly sum it up it's a complete full overhaul of Blender with new groundbreaking elements, but one of the biggest features it's the new user-friendly interface and the development of grease pencil.
The first time in years I was extremely impressed and excited about the grand possibility with the new incarnation of Blender. I was willing to learn again plus with the new influx of tutorials and courses I was definitely sharpening my blade and my wallet for this Onslaught.
I started reading more and more articles about Blender 2.80. I watched videos just about anything about the application I wanted to know. This was the exact moment I've been waiting for. No more excuses.
MY DRIVE FOR BLENDER WAS REIGNITED!!
I'll be documenting my blender journey to the fullest of my abilities. This will be including any type of data that I think might be useful for anyone willing to know my progression. I welcome any kind of constructive criticisms, support and resources. Blender 250+ mission begins on 6th of May 2018.
So with that said ..
LET'S FUCKING GO! WAR UPON BLENDER!! TAKE NO PRISONERS!