This is BLENDAAAA!!

Bart · August 2, 2013

Finally, Ton has his own meme! I’ll continue posting once I’m able to stop laughing – could be a while ;-)

I have a LONG history with Blender - I wrote some of the earliest Blender tutorials, worked for Not a Number and helped run the crowdfunding campaign that open sourced Blender (the first one on the internet!). I founded BlenderNation in 2006 and have been editing it every single day since then ;-) I also run the Blender Artists forum and I'm Community Lead at n8n.

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futurehack

2 August 2013 at 08:12

That’s hilarious. And look at all those software bugs he has slain!

rickyx

2 August 2013 at 10:57

Very nice Glib, I know you’re excellent!

kike_sahagun

2 August 2013 at 12:54

Gonna steal this meme… right now!! =-D

CGNerd

2 August 2013 at 13:23

Ha Ha! That’s ridiculously hilarious! Absolutely love it lol :-D

thespastickangaroo

2 August 2013 at 17:22

HAHAHAHA! You should make it a header image :P

tungerz

2 August 2013 at 18:03

LOL
Great stuff!!!
Should be the splash for 2.69

Brian Lockett
2 August 2013 at 23:30
Agreed. I’d like it if it were included as a secondary option for a splash screen, just as a little inside joke. Just a little humor placed in the software.
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Bobbiethejean

2 August 2013 at 23:03

Oh my god, his face. XD *dies*

norvman

2 August 2013 at 23:14

His sheild should be in the shape of a Blender Logo…

jimbozowie

2 August 2013 at 23:17

This is how I felt back 12 years ago trying to learn 3D graphics. Dodgy software crashing, $5000 dollar price-tags that I couldn’t afford Working at the chicken factory and racing to get on a Mac at Kinkos to learn Photoshop and blowing all my money. Then I remember reading an old magazine ‘3D Artist’ with a favorable review of Blender! Button panic! lol Anyone remember the first time you rotated the cube with the middle mouse? “Duh, Now I see!”lol

mfoxdogg
2 August 2013 at 23:26
No because i ran away the first time i opened blender over 10 years ago :) , except my into knowledge of blender was a bit smaller , a simple line in a web page started it all “Blender is now open source” (was looking for an opensource GE to learn game programming)
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Brian Lockett
2 August 2013 at 23:34
The first time I ever moved the camera view in Blender with the middle mouse button, I immediately thought, “This makes far more sense for navigation!”
I’ve always thought that camera navigation should largely be a one-handed operation, since it’s so frequented, while leaving the other hand free to be placed on other keys that might not be so comfortable if I had to pinky-reach for Ctrl or Alt all the time. It’s one of the things I think makes Blender one of the fastest modellers around, in terms of workflow.
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1. CGNerd
  3 August 2013 at 00:45
  I Totally agree with Brian Lockett, the navigation in blender was probably the only thing I could understand and feel comfortable with after a few minutes using blender for the first time. I’d never used 3D software before, so when I pressed the middle mouse button on an impulse and the view began to rotate I was intrigued. I also know how mfoxdogg feels. I wanted to learn CG and animation, and wanted the cheapest option possible. I had the audacity to ask google “Free 3D Software” and found blender. It was free! Installed it, thought to myself “Let’s animate something!” But ended up starring at the screen for about 5 minutes. Should have known it was to good to be true. For the first few months I stumbled fearfully around blender in a frugal attempt to learn something. Didn’t know what the hell I was doing!
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ByronK
3 August 2013 at 16:26
Yes I remember, there weren’t hardly any tutorials back then and I think it took me a couple of months to figure out the middle mouse button had to be pressed. What a wonderful 11 years it has been, seeing all the growth of Blender and the community. There are so many great tutorials now. Back then BC (Before CtrlZ) if I messed up I had to start over from scratch!
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