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Jonathan Williamson talks Blender Cookie

Paul Caggegi 2012/02/18 Blender Leave a comment (8)

Jonathan Williamson joins me for this episode of the Process Diary for an information-packed interview, and exclusively announces a new workshop coming soon to Blender Cookie!

“What is Blender Cookie” I hear you ask? It is the Blender arm of cgcookie.com - a website launched by Wes Bourke in 2008 to cater to the growing number of people who are getting into CG, be it as a hobby or professionally.

Jonathan got started with Blender by getting interested in other free software, then jumped onboard CGCookie when going to college. He is a professional tutor who not only creates much of the material for Blender Cookie, he also tutors one-on-one. He is also 10 years younger than me. Ima gone cry now.

If you’re after a good briefing in Blender, or want something really specific, chances are you are going to find a tutorial on the subject at blender cookie! If that wasn’t enough, Jonathan is announcing a new workshop which will be (hopefully) happening some time in April this year.

CGCookie is also a professional working studio which produces stunning content as well as tutorial material for their myriad of sites.

One of their more recent additions is Concept Cookie - all about (you guessed it) concept art. it not only covers photoshop, but has many GIMP tutorials as well!

NEWSFLASH: Have you seen that new menu item? yes, it’s the Process Diary eStore! Ok, so there’s just three items right now, but one of them is Humm as a downloadable eBook. I’ve tested everything I could think of, but if anyone finds any glitches, please let me know! I strongly suggest you sign up as a customer. You get a customer login page, and it’s easier to track your downloads. Currently, if you skip it and go straight to PayPal, you might miss the tiny link to download the file, and you won’t get another shot. I’m still working this out, so in the meantime, sign up! Not to worry: all I really need is a name and an email, and no information shall be divulged.

Cheers folks! Back again next week!

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  • http://twitter.com/reynantem Reynante Martinez

    Thanks for sharing, Paul. :)

    -Reyn

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  • 5ecular4umanist

    Great podcast. Thanks for this.

    I’m a very recent new user of Blender (hobbyist) and have been following the BlenderCookie tutorials. They are indeed excellent. They do such a good job of showing how and why things are done in Blender.
    I signed up for 12 months’ citizenship, too. Anyone considering doing so, there’s a 10% discount coupon on the BlenderCookie Facebook page (you have to “like” them to see it).

    So he’s only 23 years old… and has been using Blender for ten years! Makes me feel *really* past it :(

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Murphy/100003276451924 Paul Murphy

    Mastering modelling in blender? i was literally just contemplating how to do such a thing, thanks Jonathan! Is this free or paid? i missed that part i think , i would like to pay before hand if possible.

    • http://twitter.com/carter2422 Jonathan Williamson

      Hi Paul,

      It will be a paid workshop but I think you’ll find the pricing to be attractive :)

      Thanks again to Process Diary for taking the time for this!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/KGOUW5EWFNRGN7VXZRAOHCABNA Greg

    Just was thinking, wouldn’t it make sense for you to do a “concept cookie” or “blender cookie” tutorial from the angle of web comics?
    I am sure you would get traffic from this.
    As Jonathan said, you do a good tutorial, sooooooo…….
    P.s. we amatuer/hobbysists really do hold professional cg artists in high esteeem, so I think it would go well.  Just sayin’……

    • http://www.processdiary.com Paul Caggegi

      haha – I’m too polite to ask, and I’m working on a new set for this website, but who knows? Maybe when I’ve practiced asking in front of the mirror enough…

      • http://profile.yahoo.com/KGOUW5EWFNRGN7VXZRAOHCABNA Greg

        lol!
        p.s. I was always reverting to blender 2.49 whenever I got stuck in 2.5. One day I realised I would become a dinosaur unless I learned 2.5 for real.  A quick search brought me to blender cookie and the 2010 blender training series, and for $30 I bought it.(now it is packaged with a modelling of Kara charachter)
        Anyway, I learned 2.5 really quickly and never looked back.I have also got other products from them, always good.
        Looking forward to more process diary goodies!
        cheers , and thanks Paul.
        p.s. but in now way did I realise how blender would explode in 2011! wow!