I'm now in the privileged position of turn down job prospects so that I can continue making tutorials for Blender Guru. ![]() I could run Blender Guru fulltime by selling training products.Ī year later I released The Wow Factor (an eBook on using the Compositor), and made enough money in it's opening month of sales to quit my daytime job and do Blender Guru fulltime. 40: Working on Photogrammetry at Poliigon w/ Mason Menzies 39: Learning Concept Art in the Digital Art Landscape 38: Using Blender Professionally, with. People actually liked my work and my tutorials? And they wanted to pay me to write something about Blender?! Most striking of all, some where asking if I'd write a book! So I created - a site that would make tutorials, with the goal of using it to attract freelance work. But after a year of making tutorials, I still had none. I was lost and very seriously considered giving it up.īut when I attended the 2009 Blender conference, I was shocked to discover that people actually knew of me and loved my tutorials. ![]() I knew that I wanted to do 3D fulltime, but nobody was going to hire me with my sucky portfolio. Using 100 Blender and some textures from the good ole boys and g. This was usually because I was day dreaming about making something cool in Blender :P Blender tutorial showing you the surprisingly easy method to create a photorealistic earth. I started using Blender in 2004 as a hobby, but now I use it everyday to create tutorials on explosions, space ships and other cool stuff. I'm 28 years old and live in Brisbane, Australia. More activity by Andrew We're putting together. In worked as a labourer on construction sites, but I was fired twice for not being "switched on". I'm Andrew Price and I created Blender Guru with the goal of helping artists create better artwork with Blender. Blender Guru Apr 2008 - Present15 years Brisbane, Australia Started from my bedroom in Brisbane Australia, it's the 1 Youtube channel in 3D. He tells Chris how he went from debt collector to a key player in the CG industry, how he found his voice as a YouTuber, how he’s taught Blender to prisoners and why it’s better to model a park bench than a spaceship. When I finished high school I had no serious job prospects. Joining Chris for this week’s podcast is Andrew Price AKA the guru of Blender Guru.
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