Here is my new learning project. I will learn to make 3D images with Blender. I made 3D graphics before and I enjoyed it very much. I have used various tools in Windows environment. Last year I decided to use Linux and open source SW for my personal projects, so I had to find some alternatives. It didn’t take too much time to find Blender with Google hehe. So I installed it with the good old apt on my Ubuntu PC:
sudo apt-get install blender
It took me Blender 2.44. I started it and surprised. WTF is it?! Starting to use the interface without help is hopeless. I was really disappointed. I just closed it and started to look for something else. Google, Google, Google. Blender, blender, blender. Eat shit! 100 000 000 flies cannot be wrong. So I got back to Blender and did what I hate the most. I started to RFM. Or actually to watch tutorials. Do not misunderstand me. There is nothing wrong with tutorials, but I like to figure out most of the things myself. I simply learn better that way. This time it didn’t work. Fortunately there are some good video tutorials at blender.org:
http://www.blender.org/education-help/video-tutorials/
I watched the first 6 tutorials under “Getting started” and “Model/Material.Light”. Then hope came back 
I’m not convinced yet, but I didn’t give up!
Here is my first Blender rendered picture:
Well, I admit it is not a good picture at all. I was just playing around with basic objects. Creation, moving, sizing, etc. I also tried materials. Lighting is really bad on this image. I have to improve a lot on that. I also suffered quite much with the camera. I have to improve on that, too. Anyway, it is already an achievement that I managed to render something
