To make an easy start I was thinking about modeling my key finder. The idea was to have a little box or block to put all the electronics in. I've tried out some programs this week. I started with inkscape, thinking that would be the easiest one because I had already worked with it, but I overestimated myself a little. In the 6 months that I've been back in Belgium, I haven't used any of the Fablab programs. Fablab wasn't part of my life there, so I kind of forgot how to work with it. Time for some refreshment in inkscape. Google sketchup had a better start. Even though I also forgot how to do a lot of things but it came back to me rather quickly. And then for all the new programs.
I learned working with Sculptris. It's a program like Blender, but contrary to Blender I understand how Sculptris works. I tried Blender too, even with tutorials, but still... it isn't coming to me. I didn't try Photoshop, but because I'm sometimes busy with photography, I have lightroom on my computer. Working with that program is very easy, and if you have to reinstall everything it remembers your changes. It's also very easy if you have a lot of pictures. Everything in the program is rather self-explanatory and it's easy to work with.
Mypaint is very easy in use. For homework in my school in Belgium they recommend to work with it. There is just one problem. I'm left handed and drawing with a right handed mouse, with my right hand, doesn't really give good drawings. The solution for this, and I'm happy Fablab Vestmannaeyjar has this, is a drawing pad (easypen i405). The last programs I tested were Audacity and VLC. VLC is often used to play movies that have trouble playing on other media players. For Audacity you need some time to get into it, but the moment you have it's fun to finally be able to cut annoying talking parts out of your songs when you listen to a live concert or so.