Conversation with a 15-yr old Blender user who has already made two short films, and has a volume of work to rival some artists already working in the industry. We talk about how he learns from tutorials, his advice for other beginners, and much, much more.
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Instagram: https://instagram.com/landgrenwilliam/?hl=en
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_v-Rg-FYBUfkF4GLcMDEcg
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/williamlandgren

Links discussed in this episode:

The Drink (Short Film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJ7K3fd6Mg
Ducky 3D: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuNhGhbemBkdflZ1FGJ0lUQ
Ian Hubert: https://www.youtube.com/c/mrdodobird
Every Node Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ0qtcSymDI
Aftereffects Wolverine Claw Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQyPkj4Nz-Y
Once upon a time in Hollywood: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7131622/
Scope Chapter One - Anamorphic Lenses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIhaItLnSR0
Frischluft: https://www.toolfarm.com/buy/frischluft_lenscare_ae/
Pwnisher Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKBs9l8jS6Q
Jama Jurabaev: http://jamajurabaev.com/
Jon Favreau: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269463/
Two Minute Papers: https://www.youtube.com/c/K%C3%A1rolyZsolnai
Erindale: https://www.youtube.com/c/Erindale
Derrick Elliot: https://www.youtube.com/c/DerekElliott
Southern Shotty: https://www.youtube.com/c/SouthernShotty

Chapters:

0:00 Intro
2:53 Getting into Blender
6:22 How much time put into learning / free time priorities
14:36 Learning from tutorials / What William did differently
23:20 Inspiration
29:23 School in Sweden / Career plans
35:38 Impact of seeing other's work on Artstation
42:18 The Drink (Short Film) / Post-Production Pipeline
01:08:00 Looking forward to A.I.
01:13:05 Geometry Nodes
01:21:59 Learning vs Producing
01:28:40 Losing motivation
1:34:27 Starting CG with bad hardware
1:39:40 Advice for new Blender users

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