I'm a complete idiot :P

[Super Moo]

Hi guys,

Got something that'll make your eyes roll, firstly, yes, I'm an idiot, I come from a background of no animation, modeling or computer generated anything. I tried to use the blendr tutorials on their website, but I found them quite slow and boring, I felt that at the end of each tutorial I'd forgotten how to do the first thing mentioned in the tutorial >.< also, I kind of forgot my login details for it (as I said, I'm an idiot :P). The point is, I'm not very good at this kind of thing, and I really need some "idiot's guide to blendr" made so I can learn how to use this software properly... Preferably in as little time as possible, as I type this, I'm looking for good tutorials and guides now, but I'm only asking because I'll need as much help as humanly possible ^_^ and I'm sure that there's plenty of Blendrers that're willing to help an idiot like myself :D

Cheers guys

[Hayden's Studio]

You really need to help yourself, before asking for help. We ain't going to hold your hand while you learn.

Watch all the tutorials you can, even if they are "Boring, and Slow"; after a little while you'll get the hang of it. Here is a fairly quick tutorial for beginners to get you started. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y__uzGKmxt8
Anyway, good luck mate.

[wellen1981]

Originally posted by Baggage_warrior:

Hi guys,

Got something that'll make your eyes roll, firstly, yes, I'm an idiot, I come from a background of no animation, modeling or computer generated anything. I tried to use the blendr tutorials on their website, but I found them quite slow and boring, I felt that at the end of each tutorial I'd forgotten how to do the first thing mentioned in the tutorial >.< also, I kind of forgot my login details for it (as I said, I'm an idiot :P). The point is, I'm not very good at this kind of thing, and I really need some "idiot's guide to blendr" made so I can learn how to use this software properly... Preferably in as little time as possible, as I type this, I'm looking for good tutorials and guides now, but I'm only asking because I'll need as much help as humanly possible ^_^ and I'm sure that there's plenty of Blendrers that're willing to help an idiot like myself :D

Cheers guys

Different people learn best in a variety of ways...

Here's all the different options to learn i can think of:

1) ask someone to teach you.
You have tried this with this steam thread and sadly it isn't very likely that someone will answer your request and have the time and patience to walk you through blender as a new start - sorry.

2) Get a book on blender (a real actual book btw)
This works for some people and as you say you have forgotten stuff from videos you watched by the end of the vid, a physical book could work well for you as you can page turn and go back over stuff easily when you need to for reference - also you could put a post it note on the front cover with page numbers or chapters that you need to keep referring back to.
There are many differnt computer reference books with many styles... for that reason i would advise you get the free amazon kindle app/software and check out some book free tirals so you can see if the authors writing style resonates with your learning style.
If you like things short and on point then sams teach yourself in 24hrs book series can be decent as each chapter is approx 1 hr so in 24 parts you can have a sams books topic covered in a structured way.
The 'Bible' series of books is very good i used the old flash bible back in the 90's but the Bible series books can be very expensive - they are huge also but you cant say they lack content!
You could get the 'for dummies' series of books but honestly most people complain that this series is always lacking too much -= i find this series of books best for people who are put off from learning as they find the topic they want to learn too daunting, then the dumies series is great for easing people into their chosen topic of interest.
Getting real books as well as having all the free online learning resources eg videos can be a good pairing of learning aspects.
As always with computer learning books, be mindful of buying them as they will likely be out of date and no longer accurate after a year or so - this is even more likely when its about free or open source software - still can be a good reference but just watch out for buying a book that is for an older verion number of the software mainly.

3) Using online videos etc - you have already said you are doing this but you aren't happy with pacing etc .. keep looking for other people who have made videos as there is bound to be a person who has done blender vids on youtube that has done them in the way you are looking for.

4) If you want a sort of middle ground regarding number 1 then you would be wise to consider looking on twitch tv. In the creative section and or arts and or computer programming you will likely find streamers who are not only working in blender and already commentating on what they are doing, but you may be lucky and find some helpful soul who is willing to spend some time 'showing you the ropes' as it were (even if it is just the beginning basics, you are asking for 1 on 1 help here on steam and this is as close as you are likely to get to that for free).
The good thing about twitch is, if you find a streamer that you understand, you may be able to look at their past broadcasts to find some useful content that you can digest at your leisure.

5) I cant think of a 5 but i will just say the fact you want to learn AND are willing to ask for help means you are the opposite of an idiot.

Good luck.

[Super Moo]

Cheers guys, massive help, I found a tutorial playlist by a guy called Jacob Lewis, the version of Blendr that he uses is at least 2 years older than the version I use, unless there are features that he has enabled that don't come with the base version, it's pretty comprehensive and that means a LOT of going back to rewatch parts of it over and over again because I can barely concentrate for longer than 2 minutes :/ But I've learnt how to create objects and how to manipulate them a bit, so progress is slow, but I'm getting there :D again, thanks for the help guys, really appreciated :D

[olionion]

id advice checking out the blender noob to pro book https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro it covers most if not all the basics or at least enough to get you started and as its text its easy to referback to stuff.