# My tutorial journey **URL:** \ **Category:** Sketchbooks\ **Created:** [August 2, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920 "2020-08-02T17:29:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/1 "2020-08-02T17:29:07Z")
It’s been a LONG time since I sat down and actually followed an entire Blender tutorial. I’m trying to get ‘back on the wagon’ and will share my progress here for laughs of all the accomplished Blender artists 🙂 Today I started with the '[Low Poly Well’ series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlnkGCdtGEw&feature=emb_title) by @grantius and I’m having a great time. I just started with part 3, here’s the result so far. ![image](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/9/a/f/9af12740ec6d8e834c131efda6422fea1d6031aa.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![grantius](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/grantius/32/928173_2.png) [@grantius](https://blenderartists.org/u/grantius)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/2 "2020-08-02T17:49:38Z")
Nice work 😀👍 ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/3 "2020-08-03T07:21:25Z")
Here’s my final result: https://sketchfab.com/models/91e52f7c6d8148df9839786dfba99ef3/embed? ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/4 "2020-08-03T19:45:16Z")
Ok, I can no longer avoid this… ![image](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/7/8/7/787ced82877b3e45e7f9da713baf9255ac95c2c9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Magnavis](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/magnavis/32/596068_2.png) [@Magnavis](https://blenderartists.org/u/Magnavis)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/5 "2020-08-03T20:25:40Z")
One of us. One of us 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/6 "2020-08-08T07:27:46Z")
There. I finished ‘level 1’ of Andrew’s Donut series. Struggled a bit with getting the colors just right, but I’ve seen enough of this donut for the last couple of days. I’ll park this series for now and go for an entirely different direction: I’ve been fascinated by procedural shading so I’ll take a stab at [Procedural Shading: Fundamentals and Beyond](https://cloud.blender.org/p/procedural-shading) by @Pixelshatter next. ![donut-render](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/e/b/1/eb1aaed1b5902bb28b279e1f3c9879349d09b4c6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/7 "2020-08-08T12:17:04Z")
Sketchfab version: https://sketchfab.com/models/ce8af2be4fed46009a2116f0e8bd08dd/embed? ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/8 "2020-08-12T12:38:35Z")
After finishing chapter one of ‘Procedural Shading’ I felt I had enough math lessons for this week and went on to do something a bit more hands on. @RyanKingArt’s [Avocado tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is8y2go7nuQ) looked pretty cool so I spent my last 2 lunches on that. I found the tutorial easy enough to follow. Sometimes it was a bit too fast and I had to rewind pretty often, but I learned a lot and it was well worth it! ![Avocado](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/f/f/1/ff110f4401064eaec889801364be099412adec31.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![skuax](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/skuax/32/640868_2.png) [@skuax](https://blenderartists.org/u/skuax)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/9 "2020-08-12T12:59:34Z")
Really cool that you ride the bike again! ---
**Author:** ![Teun\_Claassen](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@Teun\_Claassen](https://blenderartists.org/u/Teun_Claassen)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/10 "2020-08-12T13:00:40Z")
Can you feature yourself? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![RyanKingArt](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/ryankingart/32/1372733_2.png) [@RyanKingArt](https://blenderartists.org/u/RyanKingArt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/11 "2020-08-12T13:17:33Z")
Awesome! And thanks for the feedback about the speed of the tutorial! ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/12 "2020-08-12T13:33:13Z")
> [@Teun\_Claassen](#): > > Can you feature yourself? 🤔 I don’t think I’ll be feature-worthy for the next few years yet 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Teun\_Claassen](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@Teun\_Claassen](https://blenderartists.org/u/Teun_Claassen)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/13 "2020-08-12T13:40:28Z")
Nice work nonetheless! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![arch111](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/arch111/32/910780_2.png) [@arch111](https://blenderartists.org/u/arch111)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/14 "2020-08-15T07:12:45Z")
Allways nice to see progress! I too follow and like Abbots tutorials as I find he has a pretty good balance of teacher and casual helper. ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/15 "2020-08-21T06:09:31Z")
I’m back to some more low-poly modeling with this tutorial by Polygon Runway. Having a lot of fun so far: [![](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/f/6/4/f6457efdd40ff5dd99ff79633fdb29852a6f8247.jpeg "Summer Beach Tutorial in Blender 2.83") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDFf_0RbSAE) ---
**Author:** ![LilTreason](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/liltreason/32/715619_2.png) [@LilTreason](https://blenderartists.org/u/LilTreason)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/16 "2020-08-21T22:56:47Z")
Hey Bart, Wanted to say thank you for turning me onto this modeling tutorial. I had fun modeling it. When I go to model it again I will work more with the texture on the water. I took the second render using the provided add-on. The first render is just using the normal camera. Can’t wait to see yours!! ![beach 3](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/6/c/9/6c990b4a86bb7581e14a9a846a6da17bd7e06059.jpeg) [beach1|690x388](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/short-url/ezwh5PEVNIMDw3VvsoVQitFI1HM.jpeg) ![beach2](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/3/a/c3af0b6671d76bccc77b167e53f71e38273c1ca5.jpeg) ![beachMat](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/e/e/cee996ec9121db7454eba42a185244a58144a887.png) ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/17 "2021-10-30T08:39:59Z")
Today I followed the [Spooky Spider Tutorial in Blender 2.93](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXmKDcmEons) by Polygon Runway. Very easy to follow, and also a nice intro to the mirror, shrinkwrap and solidify modifiers. Here’s my result - you can download the .blend file too: https://sketchfab.com/models/91692430be4a422ca5f56f1247f4b291/embed? ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/18 "2021-10-31T20:53:38Z")
I’d like to follow a few Nodevember prompts this month, so I decided to follow Andrew Price’s [Introduction to the new Geometry Nodes in Blender](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52UYqe3zdxQ) today, in which you learn how to create a gumdrop covered in crystalized sugar. Here’s my result: ![gumdrop](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/1/0/8/1085c1923a0e9c7dea297397efaa6831e265e42b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/19 "2021-11-01T19:46:10Z")
I followed [‘Fireflies!’ by Default Cube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tedaXMgMYts) today. It has a nice pace and I enjoyed the ‘mood’ of the speaker who makes plenty of jokes. The effect isn’t perfect as the fireflies will intersect with the emitter object sometimes, but it’s a useful enough effect. Also, I think something changed in geometry nodes recently that stopped the fireflies from following the model around when I moved it, but I [sorted that out](https://blenderartists.org/t/geometry-nodes-cant-get-emitted-objects-to-stay-with-the-emitter/1336742/). ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 6:04am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920/20 "2021-11-03T06:04:32Z")
Learned how to convert a Grease Pencil object to a mesh with [this tutorial](https://youtu.be/Zl2xuUyDLTc) by @Janneman ![image](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/5/2/0/52061df3ea8e09a17881e30cb3cb6abb22f9ba96.jpeg) [Next page](https://blenderartists.org/t/my-tutorial-journey/1244920.md?page=2)