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title: Blender for Beginners
osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/conferences/seagl2023/program/proposals/1000
beginning: '2023-11-03T16:40:00.000-07:00'
end: '2023-11-03T17:30:00.000-07:00'
resources:
  internet_archive_identifier: SeaGL2023-Blender_for_Beginners
presenters:
- name: Oscar Baechler
  affiliation: Lake Washington Institute of Technology
  osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/users/315
  gravatar_id: ac9d0b117b85f7dab3ee18743ef99c75
  biography: Oscar Baechler is a CG generalist, painter, photographer, open source
    advocate, and community organizer who teaches at Lake Washington Institute of
    Technology. He’s published a number of mobile games with a Blender pipeline, and
    created animation for clients big and small. Oscar runs the Seattle Blender User
    Group and Ballard Life Drawing Co-op, and has presented on CGI at SIGGRAPH, LinuxFest
    Northwest, the Blender Conference, OSCON, Usenix LISA, SeaGL, SIX, WACC and others.
---

The 3D animation suite Blender is the greatest software in the history of the world, so how come you haven't started learning it? Quit being a goober and check out this intro to Blender that will rip off the band-aid of beginner mistakes and start the journey of your 3D animation dreams. We'll start with an introductory guide to your first 30 minutes in Blender, then crank up the voltage with extreme projects to fill your mind with unbelievable possibilities.
