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    Learning #Blender with #BlenderGoon for #SecondLife – V2.4 Make a signpost in Edit mode

    September 16, 2023 - By 

    Here’s a simple old fashioned signpost that might be useful for someone in #SecondLife, created in #Blender. The tutorial covers inset, extrude, scaling on specific X Y or Z orientation, and other fundamentals. At the end Goon uploads his model to the test grid of Second Life (that is, the cost to upload is actually free, you use play money on the test grid). He’s still assigning simple colors to the object and not using images – that’s coming up. I’ve turned on more crossposting links so I’m really hoping this isn’t posting multiples to Mastodon, as I have a…

  • 3D Fridge object now faces the right way out
    Blender - Second Life

    Learning #Blender with #BlenderGoon – V1.5 Building in Object Mode, uploading to #SecondLife

    September 10, 2023 - By 

    Now we’re getting somewhere. I’ve recently created objects with the standard “primitives” in Blender, so for me this is still review. It was still a struggle but eventually I produced the required lesson objects and got them uploaded into the “test grid.” GREAT SUCCESS. After taking a long break for some RL errands yesterday, I was able to produce the two objects from the lesson… and during Goon’s discussion of uploading to SL, he mentioned he was skipping some “checklist” steps. And yep, one of those steps was to check for flipped normals. The soda cup and straw is fine,…

  • Yes We Are Calm now SHUT THE FUCK UP
    Blender - Chameleonic Possessions - SecondLife

    Learning #Blender with #BlenderGoon – V1.4 Blender Object Mode Tools

    September 9, 2023 - By 

    The next video in Goon’s series covers Object Mode tools. I’m going to try to speed up for these and spend less time looking for funny Blender memes to replace the “featured image.” BUT THEY ARE SO FUNNY… Ten or thirty minutes later I finally watched the video! And then started playing around with the Annotate tool and got horsed up trying to get a Wacom tablet working. More watching, less going down rabbit holes. Goon (Goonther Blackcinder) is a #SecondLife resident who teaches at #BlenderSchool inworld at (SLURL) GoodVibes There’s an active Discord group – there’s an invite link in…

  • Blender logo with “keep calm and don’t ragequit”
    Blender - Chameleonic Possessions - SecondLife

    Learning #Blender with #BlenderGoon – Viewport Navigation

    September 9, 2023 - By 

    The next video in Goon’s tutorial series goes over viewport navigation, whether using the gizmos in the upper right corner, or keyboard shortcuts. I have struggled in the past with some of these and with some shortcuts, they just don’t “stick” in my head, like Shift-C to re-center my cursor. Repeat, repeat, repeat.  Other shortcuts (the numpad keys to change from front, right, left, top, bottom views) come easily. Goon has a pleasant presentation voice – and has a quirky sense of humor. He often hosts live workshop videos on Discord that are a lot of fun. You can support…

  • Happy girl: me thinking about learning 3D modeling Overwhelmed girl: Me learning 3D modeling, covered by texts: shit ton of hot keys, smooth shading terrible, Ctrl-Z Ctrl-Z Ctrl-Z
    Blender - SecondLife

    Learning #Blender with #BlenderGoon – Blender User Interface

    September 9, 2023 - By 

    The next video in Goon’s series goes over the #Blender user interface in a clear and logical manner. A lot of the time we tend to just jump into the middle of trying to make something in Blender without knowing what-the-hell we are doing. This video series gets us started on the right foot. At least, at this point, I always feel positive, before the confusion sets in about which hotkey to use, or how not to fold mesh over, or how to avoid horrible horrible n-gons, and wearing out my Z key from undoing so much. Goon (Goonther Blackcinder)…

  • I have a very particular set of skills... but Blender is not one of them.
    Blender - Chameleonic Possessions - SecondLife

    Learning #Blender with #BlenderGoon – Install Blender

    September 9, 2023 - By 

    I’m going to watch every one of #BlenderGoon ‘s #Blender tutorials in order, because I keep getting frustrated by my lack of grounding in the fundamentals. Goon (Goonther Blackcinder) is a #SecondLife resident who teaches at #BlenderSchool inworld at (SLURL) GoodVibes There’s an active Discord group – there’s an invite link in the school landing area. There are 2 schoolrooms – Goon’s and also Celestine Ghiardie has a dedicated schoolroom that’s geared more for clothing design and instruction. This first video is a short “How to Install Blender” instructional.

  • I have a very particular set of skills... but Blender is not one of them.
    Blender - Create - SecondLife

    No #SecondLife #Senra #Devkits distributed yet – still learning Blender

    September 7, 2023 - By 

    As of right now, no SDKs (Senra development kits for the new starter avatars) have been distributed, according to Patch Linden. We anticipate the updated versions of the bodies and heads to be released within a few weeks. In the meantime, we still have all submitted applications saved on file, and new applicants are continued to be welcomed. When the dev kit is ready for distribution, we will release it in batches, beginning with our earliest applicants. – Senra Applications from Second Life Community Board  Okay, then. I was wondering if my application was incomplete or messed up, as I…

  • Blender logo with “keep calm and don’t ragequit”
    Blender

    Texture Baking In Blender Cycles

    August 24, 2023 - By 

    This is one of the best overviews of texture baking for Blender that I’ve ever seen. The baking system in Blender takes a lot of critiques for being unintuitive, hard to understand and error prone. In this article, I aim to untangle the confusion about baking in Blender with Cycles. GUESS IT WOULD HELP IF I ADD THE FRICKING LINK. Artistic Render