Still working on the coffee cup in #Blender - got advice from #BlenderGoon on how to get "unstuck" and now starting to get a dim idea of what I'm doing. This will eventually need a "holding" pose and will be a little game asset for Second Life. Probably need to remove/dissolve unnecessary edges to make tweaking UVs easier and get the texture I want to use to lay nicely.

https://gyazo.com/acf00a5318cf6276ed2cddae98c1e85e

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

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 t

https://www.lelanicarver.com/2023/09/learning-blender-with-blendergoon-for-secondlife-v2-4-make-a-signpost-in-edit-mode/

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Learning #Blender with #BlenderGoon – Edit mode tools and hotkeys

Now some more fundamentals for review. If you find this series of posts tedious - please filter on #BlenderGoon as I'm trying to watch all his instructional videos in order.

https://www.lelanicarver.com/2023/09/learning-blender-with-blendergoon-edit-mode-tools-and-hotkeys/

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Learning #Blender with #BlenderGoon – Intro to Edit Mode

Next up - how to get in and out of edit mode, and also some recommendations for setting up your Blender in the Preferences menu.

https://www.lelanicarver.com/2023/09/learning-blender-with-blendergoon-intro-to-edit-mode/

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Learning #Blender with #BlenderGoon – Enabling and Installing Add-Ons

The video is titled V2.1 Blender 3.0 enabling and installing add-ons, but these steps apply to ANY current version of Blender, don't be put off by the low version number. Putting this post in my SideEye column.

https://youtu.be/3CPaMslB0PE?si=LFOU4ISY7bH7nTpV

Goon (Goonther Blackcinder) is a #S

https://www.lelanicarver.com/2023/09/learning-blender-with-blendergoon-enabling-and-installing-add-ons/

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

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

https://www.lelanicarver.com/2023/09/learning-blender-with-blendergoon-v1-5-building-in-object-mode-uploading-to-secondlife/

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

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 fin

https://www.lelanicarver.com/2023/09/learning-blender-with-blendergoon-v1-4-blender-object-mode-tools/

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Learning #Blender with #BlenderGoon – Viewport Navigation

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

https://www.lelanicarver.com/2023/09/learning-blender-with-blendergoon-viewport-navigation/

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Learning #Blender with #BlenderGoon – Blender User Interface

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

https://www.lelanicarver.com/2023/09/learning-blender-with-blendergoon-blender-user-interface/

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