Learning New Software

Because of the shelter in place order I have additional time. For some this leads to boredom. For me additional time means that I can learn new things, new software, new techniques. I can be creative and level up my own skills which often get neglected.

My goal this week was to learn how to animate in Blender. Most people use the software for 3D modeling and animation but it also has the capability to do 2D animation. I've been thinking about this for a while. Can Blender (which is totally free open source software) replace Adobe Animate? One week in I'm pretty impressed with what Blender can do.

Here is a screen shot of the Blender 2D interface:

And here is a an animated GIF of my project. This was really fun! I encourage you to download Blender and see what you can do. If folks want a tutorial I'd be happy to make one!