Learning Blender Part 1: The Basics

My 3D buddies convinced me to take a new challenge... Blender ! They were already working with it for some months.

They showed some demonstration and showed me the new render engine cycles. The smoke particle system.

All these techniques looks so amazing. So I gave Blender a chance :)

This was a month ago and I must say it rocked my socks off. Blender is kinda a pain in the ass in the beginning. The learning curve is steep, but in some way logical. Well logical in a different way of other applications.

You feel that some features are still raw. But once you get the hang on it.

If you are interested in Blender. I would definitely start with the tutorial of Blender Cookie.

There videos shows the needed steps to get a good idea on how the Blender app works.

After that you can freestyle on your own with ease and do whatever you want. :)

Basic tutorials : 

http://cgcookie.com/blender/cgc-courses/blender-basics-introduction-for-beginners/