Yes, just playing is where it started...Now I have an almost-finished sculpted bird that I want to take into Poser. I modelled it with spread-out wings and now it needs to be rigged so that I can fold the wings and bend the neck...perhaps if I try the simple single-skin rigging in Poser it will work in Blender as well?

I was going through the Blender 2.64 overview on Blendercookie yesterday, and now I am so discouraged because I didn't understand half of what he was talking about. I really need to get a grip on the compositor, Cycles, rigging and lighting. Sculpting and modelling are less of a mystery to me.

In Poser, I can fly solo and don't need to refer to manuals and tutorials all the time any more. But in Blender, I get stuck whenever I venture beyond modelling and sculpting, and I have to go and look things up. I want to be fluent in Blender. And every time it updates it gets bigger.

Poser 11 Pro, Windows 10

Auxiliary Apps: Blender 2.79, Vue Complete 2016, Genetica 4 Pro, Gliftex 11 Pro, CorelDraw Suite X6, Comic Life 2, Project Dogwaffle Howler 8, Stitch Witch