( Full disclosure: I moderate a forum that's currently maintained by CG Cookie.)ĬG Cookie's Blender Basics series of tutorials is the first place I send most people when they want to start familiarizing themselves with Blender. However, every instructor has a different way of presenting. They all cover a lot of the same information.

I'm going to give you five of the best free beginner video tutorials for Blender currently available. These days, video tutorials are the educational tool of choice for most people. Otherwise, you'll end up with a mush of digital geometry that makes no sense at all. Of course, that power needs to be wielded by a controlled hand. There are often several ways to do something in Blender, and it’s useful to be exposed to them all as you go along.Blender is a complex piece of software that is capable of producing extremely high-quality visuals for all manner of visual art purposes, from video games to product visualization.

I actually prefer method of using a Shinkwrap modifier now, but it makes sense to stick with the techniques a tutorial offers. If you start with something more bite size, introduced by an instructor who doesn’t ramble nor jump around randomly (like Joseph’s recommendation Grant Abbitt, who’s my favourite Blender tutor) you’ll very quickly be able to do that donut by yourself without any problems. I started with that too, and almost dropped Blender completely because it was so frustrating to follow. Please don’t lose heart because of the bloody donut. That’s supposed to snap only to the target that the source was initially near, which should be the donut surface. In your place the one thing I see that could help is checking Snap to Same Target. I haven’t responded because I am still on 3.1 and snapping has changed a lot since, so none of my old techniques will work. Welcome to the Fellowship of the Torus of Doom.

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