First recommendations for Blender and Avastar Newbies

If you are new to Blender and Avastar, then please check out the CG cookies course and the Avastar newbies Video before you dive into Avastar.

Also explore the documents mentioned below while you slowly step deeper into the topic.

Getting started with 3D

New to Blender?

First steps in Blender

This informative video is about some of the most common pitfalls and how to get out of them once you apparently stepped out of your workspace.

CG cookies tutorials

cgcookies has free tutorials but also provides a paid subscription. Good for the enthusiasts who really want to learn Blender from the ground up.

Tip: They have many free courses, but you might decide it’s worth subscribing as their paid content is also very well done

Go to the Blender Courses

Agenzasbrothers Tutorials auf Deutsch

Comprehensive set of tutorials for blender in german language:

New to Modelling?

Create a Mesh Clone

This tool is included in Avastar. You can create a fully functional SL Avatar clone with 2 mouse clicks.

Note, the character is CC-BY3 (owner is Linden Lab) which means it can be reused for free, but you can not put any sort of private license on it. You are allowed to modify, upload to SL and resell this character in SL.

Create a mesh Clone

Use the MakeHuman Tool

A tool for creating human characters. Open Source, characters can be reused in any other virtual world for any purpose (including commercial reselling)

MakeHuman