This helped me take a step back and breakdown the intimidation that comes with learning a new program, such as Blender. This was immediately something I could relate to from my work in programs like After Effects. He mentions the 80/20 Rule, which states that you’re going to use 20% of the features 80% of the time. One of the first things Andrew explains in the series is about what aspects of Blender you’ll use the most. Tabs and panels appear much more cohesive, and it’s easier for a beginner to get their bearings. Now the UI has a more natural structure and feel, and looks right on par with other 3D programs-like Cinema 4D and 3DS Max. However, in 2018, Blender totally revamped the UI with version 2.80. In the past, Blender’s UI always looked overwhelming for new users like myself. Your first impression will likely come from Blender’s user interface. I do respect him as a Blender tutorial maker.Trailer for the Blender Guru’s Donut tutorial series.
I think we as a society need to be better about realizing that you can disagree with someone and still respect some aspect of them. I will not defend him or his actions in his personal life, I don’t support them at all but they also don’t connect to his Blender tutorials. I will still be recommending his videos to learning artists, because he’s very helpful and good at explaining how to use Blender. We as artists who learned from him don’t have the responsibility to defend him, because we’re not connected to his personal life.
Lastly, even if he wasn’t fine- even if he’d lost all his subscribers and was out of a job, that’s on him. If his tutorials were promoting unkind or insensitive content, that would be a different story, but his public work and his personal views/life are not the same and ultimately not connected.
But I believe that I can separate him as a person from his tutorials. I wouldn’t be friends with this guy, because the stuff he posts on Twitter is insensitive and it doesn’t align with my ideals or feelings. Second, you can use tutorials from someone without liking the stuff they chose to put on social media. Here’s my take- first, he’ll be fine, he still has a massive audience.
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