I have to take a short break from this project as I have been invited to carry out an art test for a company that I applied to. I'm using this opportunity to learn Blender, as this is the company's 3D program of choice. They said that I could use Maya if I wanted to, but they wanted to challenge me and see how I got on with Blender. In my previous role a lot of the other artists preferred Blender but I was still allowed to use Maya, so I never learnt. The longer I'm in the industry, the more common it seems to be that people are switching to Blender, so it's about time I have a look too!
So far I've been learning it for 3 days and it's slowly getting less daunting. I like the modifiers, but navigating around the program is challenging. I have post-it notes stuck to my monitor with lists of hotkeys and I have to Google how to do specific things, but I'm getting there, slowly.
It is weird to feel uneasy and slow with 3D modelling, as I've been in the industry since 2016. It takes me back to my university days, feeling embarrassed and awkward. Google and YouTube are my friends at the moment though, there's a lot more information available now than when I was at university!
In other news, I just got a new super cute mouse and keyboard, which of course will help me with productivity.. but I mostly got it because they both connect to the same Bluetooth USB adapter. I have limited USB slots in my PC and also there's no wires for Pumpkin the Destroyer to sink her fangs into! Her current record is 3 gaming mice and 2 wired Xbox controllers, she has expensive tastes.
