#20 Fast Effective Learning, with William Landgren

Conversation with a 15-yr old Blender user who has already made two short films, and has a volume of work to rival some artists already working in the industry. We talk about how he learns from tutorials, his advice for other beginners, and much, much more.

Follow William Landgren:

• Instagram: https://instagram.com/landgrenwilliam/?hl=en
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_v-Rg-FYBUfkF4GLcMDEcg
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/williamlandgren

Links discussed in this episode:

• The Drink (Short Film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJ7K3fd6Mg
• Ducky 3D: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuNhGhbemBkdflZ1FGJ0lUQ
• Ian Hubert: https://www.youtube.com/c/mrdodobird
• Every Node Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ0qtcSymDI
• Aftereffects Wolverine Claw Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQyPkj4Nz-Y
• Once upon a time in Hollywood: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7131622/
• Scope Chapter One - Anamorphic Lenses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIhaItLnSR0
• Frischluft: https://www.toolfarm.com/buy/frischluft_lenscare_ae/
• Pwnisher Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKBs9l8jS6Q
• Jama Jurabaev: http://jamajurabaev.com/
• Jon Favreau: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269463/
• Two Minute Papers: https://www.youtube.com/c/K%C3%A1rolyZsolnai
• Erindale: https://www.youtube.com/c/Erindale
• Derrick Elliot: https://www.youtube.com/c/DerekElliott
• Southern Shotty: https://www.youtube.com/c/SouthernShotty

Chapters:

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:53 Getting into Blender
• 6:22 How much time put into learning / free time priorities
• 14:36 Learning from tutorials / What William did differently
• 23:20 Inspiration
• 29:23 School in Sweden / Career plans
• 35:38 Impact of seeing other's work on Artstation
• 42:18 The Drink (Short Film) / Post-Production Pipeline
• 01:08:00 Looking forward to A.I.
• 01:13:05 Geometry Nodes
• 01:21:59 Learning vs Producing
• 01:28:40 Losing motivation
• 1:34:27 Starting CG with bad hardware
• 1:39:40 Advice for new Blender users

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