I was very excited to start learning Blender! After studying in college and learning Maya, I found my basic knowledge of this 3D software helpful whilst on this new journey! My main thing that I still struggle with is panning my camera view as it is a force of habit using the Maya controls although I am quick to correct myself. Learning Blender has both been a fun experience and a frustrating one. It certainly is a lot more fit for purpose and functional than Maya and I find the process of modelling a lot easier and smoother. In my first week in the Snowman tutorial, I found it easy enough to grasp the modelling side of it, however I struggled with the animation but soon found it relates very similar to After Effects. As I have progressed through the tutorials each week I definitely felt thrown into the deep end…. head first! But through persistence….and the odd additional YouTube tutorial.. I think I am slowly grasping the basic controls of Blender. I still have a lot to learn and a lot of confidence to build up, especially in UV mapping (…struggled with that in Maya too!) and although we had dabbled a bit in Substance Painter at college, when using this for texturing I realised how little of this software I could confidently use and had to go back to basics to not overwhelm myself. I am very excited to see where my learning journey takes me with Blender, 3D modelling is a field I very much enjoy and hope to evolve my skills throughout my time on this course.