Blender has been on my bucket list for years now. I love how powerful and accessible the tool is; your imagination is your limit. But I'm sure I can speak for every beginner taking this course that it's hard to learn. It's very very hard to learn, and almost discouraging to learn. I decided to make sure I took the first step and more in 2023 and did a ton of research on the ideal way to start learning Blender. And that's when I noticed how often people vouched for the donut tutorial. It's good, but the pacing didn't suit me. That's when I ran into someone talking about CG Boost having the best course for realistic 3D environments. I fell in love with it. I saw Cubic Worlds, and was blown away by how accessible it felt. Unfortunately, both courses are at an intermediate level and the recommendation was to at least do the Apples Course. TLDR? 5 stars. Details aside, I hope this story encourages you to give it a shot. I'm happy that this is my start to hopefully a long Blender journey.