“Do I want to eat you?” form 2d to 3D in Blender “Can we come out now?” – from illustration to Blender 3D

Given the limitations of my hardware and the progress made by grease pencil this proved to be the perfect path for me. I was always fascinated with making 3D things look 2D or converting my 2D artworks into 3D. He has an amazing collection of tutorials for almost everything a beginner needs to understand. It was Grant Abbitt’s tutorials that really helped me get in the groove with Blender. (I wasn’t aware of Eevee’s capabilities yet). Like everyone, I started with Blender guru’s donut tutorial but could not finish it because I had an old laptop and working with Cycles was not possible for me. Having the 3D animation workflow being taught in the class helped me streamline my learning process. What astonished me was the amount of online resources available to learn Blender. The Blender 2.8 update had recently come out. I was having trouble keeping up with the assignments on Maya so I decided to make the switch to Blender. Last year in January I had a month long module on 3D in my college. I tried my hand at Cinema 4d and 3ds Max but it never caught on for more than a month or two.

I was always intimidated by 3D, and would go to any stretch to achieve a 3D look using 2D softwares. I am currently working on my graduation film. I am an animation student at the National Institute of Design, in India. I have always had an inclination to art and animation from a young age and have worked on both live action and animated short films.

INTERVIEWS: Saiyam Marwah, an animation student at the National Institute of Design, in India:

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