Understanding Blender's user interface
Blender's User Interface (UI) is highly customizable and offers several presets for different workflows. For this book, we will take a look at Blender's UI as it pertains to the sculpting workflow. Luckily for us, Blender includes a project template specifically for sculpting, so getting started will be easy and we'll be well on our way to exploring the UI.
Getting ready
Launch Blender so that we can take a look at the UI. You'll be greeted by Blender's splash screen. The splash screen is a little floating window that provides quick access to your recent Blender projects and a few helpful links. The first time you launch Blender, the splash screen will provide you with a Quick Setup option, as you can see in the following screenshot:
We recommend leaving all of these settings at their defaults so that your keyboard shortcuts and other settings...