How YOU Should Learn Blender In 2024!

[@DerekElliott]

Thank you for the very kind words! Can't wait to see what everyone gets up to in 2024! Cheers to a bountiful, blenderful year!

[@iamthekaverik]

Whoop whoop. Took your course on Skillshare. I loved it. Esp the lighting part

[@polygonrunway]

Thanks for the feature again! All the best in 2024 and beyond 🚀

[@Smeaf]

Thanks for the love dude, its gonna be an awesome year for Blender! 🥳 Our collab video is still one of my favorite moments of 2023! 🤯

[@The_Darkness07]

Sup Smeaf I'm the first yay 😁

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks a lot for featuring me dude! It's so crazy to me that you as my Blender hero now talk about me in a video with praise. A great high to start 2024 on! 🧡

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks for the shout-out Nathan! Really appreciate it. By the way, I saw on your website that you're located in Nashville. I just moved to Tennessee a few months ago, and I really like it here. 😄

[@thisisshadow64]

I'm glad someone finally called out Mr. Beast's contributions to Blender. He's such a struggling little channel, but I hope this brings him just the smallest amount of attention so that he can really make something of himself. Wow. Wouldn't that be something? Can you imagine it? Can you?

[@3dddd3]

😆😆😆

[@shahbazkhan-ek7hp]

😂😂😂

[@lonelyberg1808]

I think Grant Abbit is a must for beginners. He explains very well and goes straight to the point

[@CrossMindStudio]

Thank you, Nathan, for the shout-out and for introducing so many awesome channels. Happy New Year!

[@isaacreation]

You're my top 1 ❤ 🙌

[@doublebeefstew]

man i love your geometry nodes series! best of luck for your channel, i mean it!!

[@pps9075]

You are awesome

[@CGFastTrack]

Thanks for the mention! Keep up the great work 💪

[@stache_obj]

not only is it just absolutely surreal for me to be even mentioned in one of your videos ducky--to be mentioned alongside such giants in the communities is literally a privilege tbh. thanks for the shoutout man! made my day! can't wait to see what you have planned for us in 2024 🧡🧡🧡

[@TheOnlyGuyWhoPlaysMCPE]

Stache got famous.btw huge note for all blender beginners,first rule in blender is to delete the default cube and without that ur project is ruined

[@daisykatakam5997]

you deserve it man!

[@TheOnlyGuyWhoPlaysMCPE]

Bro wtf how did u upload based on my previous comment

[@stache_obj]

@@TheOnlyGuyWhoPlaysMCPE hahaha. What a coincidence

[@yGrumpyStegosaurus]

Good work, stache!!!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Thanks so much for the feature and support 🙏

[@wiskasIO]

Wow. Who else tried Blender long time ago only managed to do an animated cube and then quit? 🤡🤣 My respect for all those artists.

[@thomasvonstaub431]

You can do it. I believe in you.

[@lxdzii]

Shots fired, I feel attacked 😅... But I'm slowly coming back to blender and giving it a second try❤ some lessons learnt from past failures

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

I'm currently struggling with the rendering basics. Got movement figured out, but can't get out of 3rd angle view when I accidentally click into it.

[@noseaintown]

just type blender crash course and follow. free one is the best.. paid courses are too long and exactly same as free ones. so, save money and happy 2024 🎉

[@internetexplorer7880]

The keywords "crash course" are the two magic words for learning anything on the web for free

[@criss26565]

Damn bro, sometimes. Seeing so many options become very overwhelming for people. So having a video, to guide us is what some people need. Especially when you don't know what each person does. Love how this guy breaks it down to each style! As well

[@noseaintown]

@@criss26565 you always have to ask what you need, not what is this.. what is this also amazing but it is mostyle new styles... :))

[@noseaintown]

@@internetexplorer7880 it is fastest way to switch between tools that looks similiar but works different way. :))

[@Najobajo]

"Crash course" huh? Kind of like "cliff notes" or "(X) For Dummies"

[@ATLJB86]

It’s interesting that Blender Guru is only an honorable mention.. The guy has a vast amount of knowledge in Blender and has been using it over 20 years. He explains things nice and slow. He doesn’t explain things like he is explaining it to himself, which is where 95% of people mess up! He explains it like he is talking to a person that has no idea whatsoever, what’s going on. He doesn’t just tell you what tools to use, he explains how and why they work. If you really want to understand how things are working then I highly recommend him.

[@gaz0428]

I can understand why. I tried starting with him when I first got into blender and couldn't follow it at all. Now that I know a little more I can see how helpful his classes are. But I don't think they are beginner friendly.(At least not for people who learn like I do)

[@ATLJB86]

@@gaz0428 that’s interesting because I feel he goes into way more detail and understanding. Maybe too much information was scrambling your brain but I had basic knowledge before I found him and he did more than say use this modifier, set this to this setting. He actually explains how and why things work and he doesn’t do it like he is explaining it to himself like 98% of people.

[@floooooo33]

@@ATLJB86 I tried learn from him couple of times already(since he is so popular in blender community) but somehow gave up on halfway I don't know why. Personally I felt his tutorials are little bit boring(beginner videos). In the end I started Crossmind Studio's absolute beginner 7day tutorial, learned lot from there.

[@Yuvraj.385]

@@ATLJB86 He definitely goes into details but I had the same problem... I don't know why he feels a little hard to follow. I used to get struck a lot of time in his tutorials and just stuck for hours... He's great but maybe after you know the basics.

[@jakuburban6921]

There is no way in what I could express how thankfull I am for this neatly categorised tutorial oriented video. I’ve been strugling while working on a project of mine because I couldn’t find the tutorials I needed and I got stuck between softwares like Houdini and Maya. You just saved me TONS of hours with this.

[@katana2665]

After 20 years with 3DS Max and 4 years with Maya, I started learning Blender today. I think it's far and away the best supported 3D software out there.

[@kenlatman1352]

just a minor note from the beginning of the video when you discuss the two forms of learning Blender you write free and payed. I think you need to change it to free or paid. Payed is a used to refer to the act of coating part of ab oat with waterproof material or to the act of letting rope or chain by slackening it.

[@VivekKumarSahu1]

HERE'S ALL CHANNELS NAME : Learn Blender in 2024 🌟 Where to start? - CGCookies 🌟 Modeling - Polygon Runaway * Josh Gambrell * 3d Cars Modelling 🌟 Motion Graphics - Crossmind Studio * Ducky 3d 🌟 Procedural texture - Ryan King * CG Masters 🌟 Character Creation - Southern Shotty * Crossmind Studio * Live 28hrs course 8 chapters 🌟 Sculpting - Yan Sculpts * Grant Abitt * Human Realistic 25 hours 🌟 Lighting - Creative Shrimp 🌟 Environments - Max Hay 🌟 Product animation - Derek Elliott * Smeaf 🌟 Fun channels - Curtis Holt * PolyFjord * Stache * Kaizen 🌟 Geometry Nodes - Default Cube * Erindale 🌟 Honorable Mentions - zerobio - atti - Bad Normals - ascozy_atelier - Cleverpoly - CG Fast Track - CG Geek - NENGHUO - Royal Skies - intranetgirl - Joey Carlino - CG bird - 3D by Sarah - The CG Essentials - Blender Guru - Kev Binge - CG Boost - Aria Faith Jones - Entagma - Cartesian Caramel - CBailey Film - Mr Beast Thanks :)

[@thiagodasilva3022]

Why is @MrBeast in a Blender Video? Does he alse make Blender stuff?

[@TravisHi_YT]

@@thiagodasilva3022 probably a joke for the more observant ones :D

[@shanksythegoat3540]

Thanks :3

[@MarvinXOnline]

What a great starting point for Blender 4 learning! Really couldn't have come at a better time for me. Thank you for all you do and I hope to see much more! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

[@stellataylor7436]

I’m starting out and I’m terrified. I have such a grand vision that I know I can realize in Blender but I didn’t know where to start. This helped a lot. Have a great one.

[@NataliesDesignStudio]

Great advise! i currently started to learn blender and it's nice to have a list of great creators with especially beginnerfriendly tutorials!

[@TravisHi_YT]

As a GCFT Student, the paid course is a great place to start your Blender journey! Do the free Beginner course on their youtube channel, I found it way more fun than the donut and Robby is a great instructor. Another great honorable mention has to be blender bob!

[@shark6350]

What's GCFT? I've tried learning blender a few years ago and actually made the donut, but I want a new route for a noob like myself

[@protyushrdx]

This is one of the most valuable videos for the creators' community. I already follow Stache's beautiful story telling and Derrek's high quality content. It looks like there are great talents to explore....

[@qu_feigenbauma]

Big respect for you and what you're doing! May you All!

[@sandu9779]

Why is this the best video on internet. Also guys just learn what you like, I got burnt out trying to learn photorealism and just now I discovered stylized graphics and I am having a blast.

[@D.KRyley-mq1do]

Stylized is the way to go

[@JonathanWinbush]

Definitely need to this year though I say it every year 😅

[@Mamika_AFK]

I would like to recommend a few more! 😄 CG Dive - Rigging tutorials + course Blender Secrets - Great book and short tuts Alimayo Arango - Long in-deph tutorials Mumu Mundo - Grease Pencil tuts Great video as always 🩵

[@swisha_223]

I appreciate how this is showcasing not only what to learn, but where to learn it, as well. Ive never really been able to get much from those “How to start X in 20XX” videos that just give generic advice

[@jsilva4706]

why is MrBeast in the honorable mentions? 😭😭

[@OlDirtyCosmos]

Suspicious

[@legocreators]

The 3D cars course is totally worth the money imo. I’ve been a blender beginner for years and finally feel more comfortable after finishing it

[@kareemalmkahelah5338]

12:16 what is Mr Beast doing wright there XD

[@Yagrel]

thats what im saying lmao

[@Dr3am0fLight]

Thank you so much for this guide on how to learn blender. It's so nice to see you recommending other KZbin channels although you are teaching and selling courses yourself. This really shows the spirit of the blender community. It's an incredible program and tool to create everything you can imagine and everyone is willing to help and share their thoughts and experiences. So... Tons of stuff to learn this year! 😎

[@Raj_2904]

I'm just downloading blender right now and I'm so excited to learn!

[@Dr3am0fLight]

@@Raj_2904 Way to go! I recommend you to start with tutorials right away. Don't try to do anything without because it can get frustrating while it's full of things you don't really need at the beginning. Once you feel a big more comfortable, you can try it on your own.

[@Nkanyiso_K]

Very few can do it like you do, thanks for sharing all these recommendations. It's gonna be a great year for Blender 🥳

[@nurnberger588]

i have been learning blender from past one year it is worth it to keep learning as new AI emerges

[@Gage42]

Same, personally gonna try 3d printing n see where that takes me had a quarter life crisis after seeing sora. Idc how good people think they are we aren't gonna be able to compete. But in the end the journey was worth it it's still fun for me to make stuff.

[@brianlourds]

Let’s gooooo! Thank you for all the advice you have given us. I’ve been following since the time you showed me how to make some logo reveals on Ae to now Blender tutorials. Happy new years buddy :)

[@zerobio]

Thanks for including me in this, Ducky.

[@VegaVibing]

Another year another dropping the ball on picking up this skill. Well hopefully I get there one day, and thankfully I'll have all these bookmarks.

[@merlynfereira9631]

the most important thing before learning blender is the device specs, cores, RAM, video graphics, your GPU, CPU, etc to render in blender. many people dont know how this is not taken into consideration

[@hersheynaik3029]

Can you tell the min specs please?

[@passionatebeast24]

​8core cpu , 32gb ram , rtx graphics card that you can afford with biggest vram. ​@@hersheynaik3029 this are recommended in blender official website

[@DJPastaYaY]

There's so much to learn in blender and I'm glad you made a video for this. Thank you

[@M4rt1nX]

About to go Berserk in the until I saw the honorable mentions. So happy to know about most of them. I've learned so much. Thanks a lot y'all

[@tonynochill]

Currently learning blender, got into it after my motion design class. We mainly used after effects but I used a couple of plug ins here and there to make things happen. But now moving to blender as I wanna work in the VFX world for future videos and projects my brother and I wanna produce. Started with a donut to really get myself started on all the starter things for Blender and I’ve enjoyed it so far. Can’t wait to do more things.

[@Sk8Wine]

Hero, you and Ryan King have helped me so much over the year! I can now make fairly good skatepark realism renders! I supported by buying your materials pack too!

[@teabagNBG]

polygon runway helped me alot ... also keelan jon helped me to get into blender...

[@alssndrsttl]

I love seeing Mr Beast in your honorable mentions at the end!

[@TravisHi_YT]

Why?

[@gregoryporter-gaming2559]

I think CG Dive is the absolute master of rigging. He taught me a lot and is very active on his discord channel

[@leifdux7277]

Man I work with VRay, Maya and Mari, and I really enjoy Blender because of it's modernity, fast preview, refined workflow and ease-of-use.

[@3danmensional0000]

I think one of the hardest parts is finding a job! Can you please make a video on how to put your name out there or even how to reach out to professionals without sounding like a copout T-T Loved this video btw. I used all these people while learning blender after switching from Maya

[@uberunix]

Thank you so much for compiling this list! I'm trying to get back into blender this year, but it felt like an impossible task to even find the resources, much less learn them. Really appreciate the work here.

[@disaffected_npc]

super helpful video! been suffering a ton of decision paralysis trying to answer _this exact question_ for myself and will absolutely be bookmarking this and running through a few of them

[@helinguyen7825]

Love the animation of the Blender software haha! Keep up the great work!

[@trevorbarney1796]

Thanks for making these a series. I watched the one last year and still have yet to take the full plunge into Blender. Intimated to get started I guess. Hope I’ll finally dive in this year

[@bennie.379]

NENGHUO is one of the wildest discoveries ive made in this community. each of their uploads feels so otherworldly i cant explain it

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

Yeah Boss. I’m a visuals hack mostly focused on music production, but I’ve learned lots from you and your patreon as well as other sources you have recommended. Thanks for your work. 🤙🏽😎🖤🐓

[@EduardKaresli]

I think people should keep this video bookmarked for future reference, very useful info. Personally, I'm just starting with Blender Guru's donut tutorial and with CG Fast Track's Blender 4.0 Beginner Tutorial, from there one can pick some (or all) of the resources that you've provided and/or buy a course, depending on the goal for learning Blender in the first place. 👍

[@Tecboy08]

Been subscribed to your channel Ducky! Thank you for this post! You forgot about Andrew (Blender Guru) 😊 I've been following you guys, lime forever! Happy Blender years to come 2024 & more to come!🎉

[@ethanpisel]

I started doing blender thinking it would take a day or two to get used to now I’m seeing all the possibilities and features and I’m realizing that imma be in this for the long haul

[@MaruHieta]

I wish I had unlimited time to watch all their amazing content and learn from the best. Fantastic compilation! 💠

[@9NitrogeniuM6]

This video is simply amazing amd straight to the point ! new to blender want to make my own very high quality assets for my UE5 game projects and this video is a blessing, already did blender gurus Donuts and now i want to experiment on my own but getting to know techniques means a lot ! Happy blending everyone

[@CrystalVisionx]

Thank you for this incredible video!!! Its kickstarting my Blender journey after way too many years of not pulling the trigger

[@Barnardrab]

I've been wanting to learn Blender to create my dream city. Thanks for pointing me to Max Hay.

[@debajyotipandit2252]

Thank You very very much sir. A major of portion of the time is lost looking up for good tutorials but because of you a big mountain is down. Geared up to start blender. Cheers!!!

[@FunFunZeroOne]

There are normal people, and then there is me :D I am pro learning by doing, and I am documenting my journey in modeling coffee cup stains on my channel, which sometimes turns out hilarious. Jokes aside, great video and wishing you all a great Blender journey!

[@my_daarlin]

I just want to say, that this video helped me incredibly, i didnt even know there was so much. high quality content about blender. Thank you so much!

[@Ed-jk1mg]

I don't know how youtube algorithm knew about this, but this is exactly what I want to do this year, to finally learn blender. Thank you

[@shark6350]

Same. Good luck, let's stay focused.

[@KabeeshS]

Ducky is like the Big brother for blender. Love it

[@purefoldnz3070]

just started my Blender journey, very user friendly program to learn.

[@theantireaper]

I mentioned I was learning blender, and a friend was like I'll pay you to model this this and this. So I've been scrambling to learn as I work ahaha. Great list!

[@DaellusKnights]

I'm definitely going to check out the course (yours, Ducky! 😁). Since I decided to really get serious about all of this for REALS again, my New Year's project is a combination of two tuts from Polyfjord (one old, one new) that gave me the idea for the concept I'm working on. But the motion techniques and material designs largely come directly from the many things I've learned (and am still learning!) from THIS channel. Thank you many muches as always bro!

[@ducvilnow]

Shout Out! to you for sharing and showing the world about your friends and like-minded people and creators.

[@iamjohnluke]

Oh thank you for making this video. I've been searching which 3d modeling software to learn. This is the sign. Thanks again.

[@eclipsehunter303]

Great video, thanks! Learned a lot through your tutorials! This is much appreciated for 2024 😊

[@Goomageddon]

Thank you man. I just started learning last month and this is going to help so much!

[@amitu22]

They are masters of their craft, and I felt so supported by them. Thank You

[@SkyTankLabs]

This Video convinced me to keep learning Blender vs starting Cinema 4D.

[@Scowlingdonut]

I just got into learning blender and this is a great video! can't wait to check these channels out and continue learning

[@salazar665]

Default cube and Erindale are legends 🤞🏼

[@605dave]

Payed is paid. From a quick google: payed is used for meanings about sailing and seafaring

[@KB4JC116]

I love the new direction animations are taking on art style.. i really want to experiment with different animation art styles in blender which requires me understand shaders, lighting and compositing

[@Hudson1615]

If you're getting in the industry (movie/vfx), I would focus on learning only modeling in Blender. Also geo nodes are pretty useful for procedurals. But I would learn Houdini instead. But you do you! :)

[@MichaelSafwat]

Ducky... You've shortened my way by months !! Thanks so much for this informative video 😃

[@trevoncowen9198]

Thankyou I’m trying to master Blender and Unity this year

[@Knoxsinn]

I'm very new to Blender (~15 hours) and I didn't even know half of these categories existed. Product animation, motion graphics??? Yes please

[@Turgineer]

Polygon Runaway looks good to start modeling with.

[@lastsonofktn]

Excellent pointers for resources thank you so much!

[@3riple-D]

I feel like I know where to start now. Thanks for this!

[@AarvishEdits]

Thankfully, all best learning channels found at one place. Some of them are very informative and very helpful for beginners. Thank you

[@3dmva]

OK Nathan! why there's Mr Beast in there?💀 12:02

[@xmeygan]

Probably so everyone will comment why that name is there lol

[@inhobiswinecellar9571]

You are a very classy person for posting this

[@rangituhia]

Blender Guru for Lighting

[@Cellardoor_]

Great list man. I highly appreciate this video. Collecting all the most useful resources is going to be very helpful for me.

[@3duConstantino]

Speedchar by Niko for sculpting character creation, hes now working on Blender.

[@MigiTheHand]

starting to learn new stuff is always so jarring and frustrating. Pray that I can continue in this endeavor

[@abbie1989shaw]

Thank you for this video. Starting my Blender journey again. :)

[@IAmKennyBrown]

This is so great I cannot wait to get started with Blender

[@pitched7401]

Awesome video! Thanks for mentioning Cartesian Caramel, I have yet to find someone on youtube as proficient as him with geometry nodes. I think The Light Architect deserves a mention as well, as they are the professionals when it comes to compositing and interplay between reallife footage and 3D. But this field isn't as popular as others I'd assume.

[@kemeraljones]

Thank you for that video. I'll use it as a blender channels bookmark.

[@psysword]

I'm thinking of buying the m3 Max for blender

[@pierresounds370]

the Crossmind Studios character tutorial is amazing.. I'm currently finishing it up.

[@duaaqabel]

Kinda overwhelmed but I'm excited to see my progress at the end of the year. Thank you for the guide!

[@KugasKuoska]

Aryan just learnt me how to make a Tiger 1 tank just for 30 minutes lol. Underrated dude. Noggi my comrade too😊