Conversation with a 15-yr old Blender user who has already made two short films, and has a volume of work to rival some artists already working in the industry. We talk about how he learns from tutorials, his advice for other beginners, and much, much more. Follow William Landgren: Instagram: https://instagram.com/landgrenwilliam/?hl=en Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_v-Rg-FYBUfkF4GLcMDEcg Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/williamlandgren Links discussed in this episode: The Drink (Short Film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJ7K3fd6Mg Ducky 3D: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuNhGhbemBkdflZ1FGJ0lUQ Ian Hubert: https://www.youtube.com/c/mrdodobird Every Node Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ0qtcSymDI Aftereffects Wolverine Claw Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQyPkj4Nz-Y Once upon a time in Hollywood: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7131622/ Scope Chapter One - Anamorphic Lenses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIhaItLnSR0 Frischluft: https://www.toolfarm.com/buy/frischluft_lenscare_ae/ Pwnisher Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKBs9l8jS6Q Jama Jurabaev: http://jamajurabaev.com/ Jon Favreau: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269463/ Two Minute Papers: https://www.youtube.com/c/K%C3%A1rolyZsolnai Erindale: https://www.youtube.com/c/Erindale Derrick Elliot: https://www.youtube.com/c/DerekElliott Southern Shotty: https://www.youtube.com/c/SouthernShotty Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:53 Getting into Blender 6:22 How much time put into learning / free time priorities 14:36 Learning from tutorials / What William did differently 23:20 Inspiration 29:23 School in Sweden / Career plans 35:38 Impact of seeing other's work on Artstation 42:18 The Drink (Short Film) / Post-Production Pipeline 01:08:00 Looking forward to A.I. 01:13:05 Geometry Nodes 01:21:59 Learning vs Producing 01:28:40 Losing motivation 1:34:27 Starting CG with bad hardware 1:39:40 Advice for new Blender users ----------------------------------------------- Follow me: Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewpprice Instagram: http://instagram.com/andrewpprice Facebook: http://facebook.com/blenderguru ArtStation: http://artstation.com/artist/andrewprice Blender Guru: http://www.blenderguru.com Poliigon: http://www.poliigon.com