What is Blender?
Blender is a 3d software which is free and open source software, if you are starting to be a 3D Artist or a Game Developer this is the best software to start with.
It is not just a free 3d software that is difficult to understand or no material online to watch and understand, Blender is an industry leading 3d software, in coming years Blender will stand in the line with other 3d graphics leading software’s.
Blender is not just a 3d modelling software you can create 3d models and render, or animate in it, basically it is a complete package.
How to download blender?
Go to the blender.org just look for the Download click on it and choose your operating system and Download.
Blender Hardware requirements are:
- 64-bit quad core CPU
- 16 GB RAM
- Full HD display
- Three button mouse or pen+tablet
- Graphics card with 4 GB RAM
If you want to render images quickly you need to purchase a NVIDIA Graphics Card as the Blender supports the GPU rendering which is much faster than CPU rendering.
Blender Beginner Friendly?
It will take you around two weeks or a month it depends on how much time you dedicate to the software. The more time you spend the more friendly it becomes for you.
The software UI (User interface) is not much complex and is easy to understand once you give It a time.
Blender hidden cost?
No blender is totally free to use and create 3d models and sale.
Learning blender is worth it?
Yes off course because whatever you create in blender is can be easily exported to other 3d software’s or 3d engines like Unreal Engine 5.
Where to download free Blender 3D Models
You will find many free sources for the blender, you can download free 3d models and use them as a reference to create same 3d model that you can sale to online websites.
Here are 2 free Blender 3D models sources free3d.com and free3dworks they both offer many blender models for free to download.
Yes you will find many free tutorials to learn blender to understand the UI and Getting Started watch the video below,
There are many blender Gurus on Youtube that you can follow and watch their videos so you can easily understand the software.
Also join this free course on the Udemy Learn 3D Modeling: Blender Basics in Under 2 Hours this is a free course you just need to create an Udemy Free account to join.