(2020-04-07 4:39pm)
Alrighty, back to the Grind! Had a good sleep, played a game of which i was trying to guess what objects were used in each scene. Trains, swords, bow & arrow, Shotgun, “Magic”, couches, beds, supports, stairs, railings, clothes, storage boxes, tables, books and much more.
Lesson 7: Duplicates
Challenge time
Step 1: Flatten
a) Click Cube
b) “S” to scale
c) “Z” to only scale along the Z axis
d) “.1” to scale to 1/10th of it’s original length
e) “Enter” to confirm selection
Step 2: Apply transformation
a) “Ctrl + A”
b) Select Rotation and Scale
Step 3: Make the cube a Rectangle
a) Select Cube
b) “S” to scale
c) “X” to scale along the X axis
d) “.5” to scale it to half it’s current length
e) “Enter” to confirm transform order
f) “Ctrl + A” to open the apply transform menu
g) Select “Rotation and Scale”
Step 4: Rename
a) Realize i should’ve done this earlier
b) Select “Cube”
c) In properties menu i can rename it to stair
d) “Enter” to confirm
Step 5: Lift Stair
a) Click Cube
b) “G” to move it
c) “Z” so it’s locked to the Z axis
d) Eyeball it? OR better yet, instead set the Z axis in the property manager to “0.1”
e) Apply transformation
[I’m going to stop with the “Select Cube” and “Enter” substeps from now on]
Also, here’s my stair
Step 5: Duplicate (Regular, not linked)
a) “Numpad 1 (NP1)” to adjust to Orthographic Front View (OFV)
b) “Shift + D” to duplicate my stair
c) I just place it randomly and set all the transforms to (0,0,0)
d) Time to lift it above the first stair and rotate it into position
da) G,Z and eyeball it (or use the property manager on the side, as it turns out the thickness of the stair is 0.2m cuz i eyeballed it first as a sort of rough measurement
db) “R” to start a rotation transform
dc) “Z” to lock it on the Z axis
dd) “-30” to get it to rotate clockwise
de) “Num7” to get a TOV
df) “G” to move and eyeball
dg) Apply Transforms
Step 6: Duplicate both stairs
a) Shift click both stairs to select them
b) Lift them up by 2 stairs or 0.4m
c) Rotate them by “-60”
d) Apply Rotation
Step 7: Duplicate all 4 Stairs with the same principle as step 6
a)duplicate and set Z axis to correct height
b)Rotate the whole stack by -120deg
Step 8: time to add the Cylinder
a) “Shift + A”, Mesh, Cylinder
b) Use the transform skill you have to fit it into the center of the stairs, raise it to ground level, scale it up/down to make it aesthetically pleasing and for bonus points fit a UV sphere on top
Alright, that was a “Basic Structure” now i’m going to try and make a whole living room i guess
Alrighty trying for the table now
Step 1: surface
a) S,Z,0.1
b) S,X,3
c) S,Y,5
d) G,Z,1
Legs:
a) “Shift + A”, Mesh, Cube
b) S, Shift + Z, 0.1
c) S,Z,0.5
d) G,Z,0.5
e) R,Z,45deg
f) Bottom Othrographic View
g) G, Shift + Z, eyeball it to a corner
h) Tidy up the X,Y coordinates to the nearest hundreth (0.00 = 2 decimal spots)
i) Duplicate the leg and using the coordinates from the first you should be able to set the new location transforms to the proper positive and negatives, IE: my first leg was set to X,Y,Z (-1.35m,2.35m,0.5m)
the others were moved with just adding and removing a negative in either the X or Y coordinates
[leg A(-1.35m,2.35m,0.5m), Leg B(-1.35m,-2.35m,0.5m) Leg C(1.35m,-2.35m,0.5m) Leg D(1.35m,2.35m,0.5m)]
j) Dont forget to make a new collection and rename all the parts like TableTop and Leg.001
k) Apply all your transformations with Ctrl+A
the mug can wait so i’ll start with the next lesson now
(2020-04-07 8:00PM)
Lesson 8: Materials
and the challenge is!
(2020-04-07 9:28pm)
Lesson 11: basic light set up
i just played around with the lights
2 lights above the booths at 100w for basic lighting
1 light above the table at 1kw to draw attention to the bright spot in the center of the table
1 light off to the side at 25kw as a sort of sun? which just overtakes everything
(2020-04-08 1:06pm)
Lesson 15:
Time to use all i’ve learned so far and make a few more models/scene
Alrighty, so my first snag was once i made a material for my orange my sphere didn’t change colour. Added a Cube and tried the same thing with no luck. Looking through my previous notes i had found i forgot to turn on colour for my viewpoint editor. Clicked that and viola, my sphere is orange which makes it an orange!
After looking Through my previous posts i notice i do alot of step by step images and talk about my progress, so i’ll try and get back into it! Sorry for getting lazy with that 
Made some planes, Shrunk them down, coloured them Wood-Ish colours, now i’m laying them to try and make a wooden floor look
Anybody up for a bottle of Text?
Alrighty, winding down for tonight so here’s a quick mashup of everything i’ve made so far. As a note i’ve got over 1.5k floor tiles. 
Great examples!
You are sometimes impressed, intimidated by the work of others. But don’t forget, some of these example, are done by students, with advance knowledge or redoing a challenge.
Just follow these lessons and do all challenges!
Don’t make it too big and complex with the knowledge you have.
Because in up comming lessons, you will learn things, which makes your current project goals a breeze.
You’ve shown us really nice examples. And yes, they could be improved massively. But it’s done with your current level of Blender knowledge. Which makes it a great achievement!
It’s better to follow the next lessons. And come back to these ideas and challenges. With more Blender skills.
It’s not bad to do things on your own, but this course as a red thread on Blender aspects.
Nice composition, a lot of work!
Count the squares on a chessboard. 
Do not get bogged down in big projects before completing the course, things you take ages at now can be done, or faked. easier with later shown methods.
Like the snooker, well small so pool table, with plugs in every hole! No one is getting anything in those pockets. 
Which is lucky as the corner ones the balls would disappear into hollow? legs. The middle ones just clatter onto the floor. Nice trick balancing of the top cue though.
PFFFF my chessboard is 10x10 instead of 8x8 
yeah i know it’ll get easier as i go through the course. IDK i just wanted to have this scene i have in my head already into blender but i still feel like i’m so far away from completing it. Part of my wants to sit here and spend days working on it with the skills i currently have just to see if i can do it. The other part of me knows if i move on, i’ll learn more skill, tricks and tips to become more efficient at blender.
After typing that out i’ve convinced myself to move on with the lessons, i’ll just revisit this scene later!
Thanks for the support and encouragement!
