As a wannabe artist, I chose Blender for monetary reasons, but you're making me quite happy I did. I definitely like its shortcuts as I can't stand to pick thing from menus. It completely destroys any flow I've got going. I love the Diorama, too. Especially seeing the initial drawing and the final result.
I can't say much about blender because I haven't actually used it, just heard people talking about it. Maybe its gotten better since I first got into the industry 7 years ago? But 3ds max has been a industry standard for many years now, and its not easy to switch everyone from one program to another especially when people…
Blender had a major interface overhaul a few years ago and it's way, way better now. They finally listened to everyone that was complaining. I'm not saying it's perfect now, but ... Well, here's how it went for me: On the old version, I spent a few hours learning how to do things in Blender. Then I'd get distracted for a…