I learned all of it from Youtube videos on the Sketchup site itself, and some from Youtube vids on Youtube itself. I had a little experience prior to this with other 3D programs, and that helped a bit, because all 3D programs have some stuff in common.

I’m not criticizing, by the way. I feel like I have feet firmly in both worlds, analog and digital, and they compliment each other. I never learned the art of doing beautiful hand lettering in comics, for example, so I’m thrilled with the computer as a lettering device.

When you get down to it, I’m just glad that these programs exist and are free and that people can express themselves with them. I make no secret of my love affair with Google SketchUp, for example, and I use it liberally.

However, some people, like myself, have very little in 2D skills. Unlike the traditional artist, I can only look at things presented to me – such as in a 3D fashion. That doesn’t mean I forgo any traditional training – heavens no. It only means that while some people, like you, can take a piece of paper and make a master piece, I can’t. I can take a piece of paper and make a paper airplane.