I finally bit the bullet and signed up for a paid course from CGBoost called Robotic Planet World. I’ve already built the first robot twice – once following and once flying solo. I’m trying to engrave these lessons into my gray matter before I animate these tin cans into life. Who knows, maybe I’ll create the next Wall-E… or at least a passable R2-D2 knockoff.

If you knew me, you’d know I’m as cheap as a dollar store umbrella. So why shell out hard-earned cash for something when YouTube’s ocean of free content is just a click away?  You get what you pay for. Only a third of the way through and I feel like I’ve already gotten my moneys worth. I’ve learned things that I’ve never seen demonstrated in the hundreds of hours of Blender Youtube vidoes I’ve seen. More to come.

7/30/24

After many hours doing and redoing the Fish Bot, part 2 of the tutorial. I feel really confident with the new skills I’ve aquired. I love having the tutorial chapter reference to fall back on if I ever need to. It was definatley worth doing. I could make a list of the new things I discovered were possible with Blender. Highly recommend to someone like me caught between a beginner and intermediate.