6 Years of Blender in 13 Minutes

This is my Blender journey, which I could go over in hours, but instead I packed it down to 13 minutes. Showing you what I did wrong, what I did right and how I got where I am today. I hope this inspires some of you to follow your dreams too!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:27 Year 1
02:03 Year 2
05:23 Year 3
07:41 Year 4
10:13 Year 5
11:46 Year 6
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[ochiazic]

This video is a masterpiece—it perfectly captures what so many of us go through! I started using Blender back in 2018, and between then and now, I've quit Blender at least 1–2 times per year. It wasn’t until mid-2023 that I finally committed to taking it seriously again.

I used to compare myself to younger people. +14years old boys making amazing stuff. While I felt old and unskilled at 22. Every time I came back to Blender after months or even a year, I’d think, “Why did I quit? If I had just stuck with it, I’d be so much better by now.” It was a frustrating cycle, worsened by burnout and creative blocks, not knowing what to work on next.

Now, I’m still working on projects, and I’m happy. I’ve finally decided that this is truly what I love doing

Sorry for the long post lol

[cjfox]

You could do “blend with me” videos just showing what you do while you have fun in blender

[unvikd]

I've also been 6 years into Blender and I created things I didn't expect I was able to do back then, and the best thing I get from this journey is that you never stop learning and discovering new things or ways to do 3D stuffs with Blender. I discovered your youtube channel a year ago when I started my first job at a big company and your tutorials helped me a lot to achieve nice renders that meet the expectations the company had.

[xSupaire]

In the blender community WE love eachother, it's really important To share a patient with others

[iggyhaze]

watching your story reminds me on my blender journey. I started 4 years ago while trying to get into gaming industry. Fell in love with 3d at first sight but since then had some longer breaks from blender. Now, I'm working full time in blender, started small business and I'm loving every minute of it! Your tutorials also helped me to get where I am today so thank you very much and keep up doing what you're doing!

[lynettesbircea]

I've had blender since I was 10, I didn't touch it for for about two years, in late 2023, I actually started trying to learn how to use it, I'm 13 now, and still learning, I'm glad that I'm not scared of it anymore, It also...doesn't give me as bad of a headache as it used to.

[Purpial]

I started learning blender last summer, and I need to say thank you to all of the blender youtubers for making it possible to learn so quickly. I was originally an illustrator feeling really stuck with my work, and I pretty much immediately fell in love with blender and 3d. Hopefully, I will be able to work at a games studio eventually!

[princea.m.ramteke]

Your story is so relatable. I started learning blender in 2019. I did few lectures from a udemy course then quit. Then I picked it up in 2023 & quit in few months. This year though I got myself a live tutor. So each weekend I had to complete my assignment in order to avoid the awkward confrontation with the tutor. This small change gave me extra motivation to even learn the stuff that's not in the course from yt to showcase it in the live class & shine out amongst pears. You need a platform where you have to put you work into after completion or else there is no end motive to complete your work. Let it be competitions, social media or a live class, you need some platform where your work ends up & there's people who gonaa see it. The fear of embarrassment pushes you to come out of your comfort zone.

[Ashmurtagh]

I've only just started learned blender this summer to make assets and models for my brother and cousins game and it's crazy looking back at my old models from only a couple months ago and seeing how far I've come

[DerekElliott]

Great recap and so fun to be able to watch others like yourself progress over time. I also quit a ton when I was starting out and WoW was also my strong addiction :)

[TalentedTugboat]

Kaizen, I dont think this video will get enough attention that it needs and for the work you put into it. I wasn't thinking that a lot of your journey was both major ups and downs. Almost shocked me. I say almost because I've heard it time and again about people trying to get over mountains for what they want to accomplish and it taking a toll on them. So thank you for making this video to put in my perspective that anything I will go through in my learning and growth in the digital art world will not be new to anybody or exclusive to just my struggle.

[denismjethro]

Thank you! You've convinced me not to jump from one skill to another. I'm not a 3D enthusiast, but your story reminded me to stay committed and not give up on my own path.

[pauljarvis]

Going from 2.79 to 2.8 was a massive game changer for me

[motionhokage]

I feel you, keep working and be happy! I started 2D animation as a hobby, and then I started working with regular clients, and now it’s difficult to create my own 2D projects. So now I’m studying 3D as a hobby, and so far I like it!

[stuednt]

I started blender last year, but quit after finishing a donut. This month, I again started learning; hope this time I won't quit. Your journey inspired me tbh.

[Beans-dlsp]

Did anyone notice that Kaizen has responded to every single comment!! Thats wild, and incredible.

[Roman.sbrrrrrrr]

I’ve been using blender for almost 4 years now, I can’t even do a tenth of what this guy can do 😂

[jfi]

I really liked your video. I found it relatable compared to most other ones, with how you showed the lack of motivation and reasons behind it. Another thing is how you said you liked the mix of making videos with blender made me realize why I didn't enjoy specializing in one tool as well and lost motivation when I did so.

[gsen]

Amazing video honestly, I never even thought of taking the "art way" as a job even though many people have told me that I am very talented at it. Simply because I was afraid that it wouldn't work out and that I'd get burnt out (obviously nobody wants to waste years of their life doing something to just fail at it and possibly struggle with money). You've made me realize that I can do another job which is another hobby of mine and is a little bit more guaranteed whilst still not giving up on the art, whether its 3d or 2d, that im allowed to fail or take breaks and that's okay. Thank you, I look foward to seeing your process and mine over the years that's next to come.

[henrmota]

I am a software engineer, and it started out in a web 3d course. The course had a chapter to do a simple model and render in web. I felt in love with blender, now 5 years of slow progress, but this is the year where I am learning all the basics like I should have done in the first place. At least I know the shortcuts it is a big advantage.