Learning New Things: Blender

When my son was a teeny little tot, I started making stories up for him. Stories about helpful little animals that solved mysteries, righted wrongs and generally just made the world a harmonious place.

At some point, my Mom convinced me I should be writing them down and voila! My children's book series idea was born. I even started a blog for it.

Sadly, I was plagued by issues with illustration and my little production ground to a halt. Then the terminally ill Uncle I helped care for reached the last few, very critical, months of his life. The project was abandoned and forgotten. Until today.

This evening my son asked me why I didn't try using his software to animate the books (or at least render static images). A few months ago, he got on a video game/animated movie kick and we downloaded Blender.

Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

Considering we really didn't give Blender a good trial run, it looks like I'm going to be lurking on some power-user sites for inspiration and tutorials!

Ahh .. the challenge of learning a new skill. Smells almost as good as my morning cup of Joe. =)

Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,