Blender for Complete and Total Beginners

The absolute best starting point for learning 3D Modeling and Rendering in Blender, a completely free 3D application.

4.79 (1591 reviews)
Udemy
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English
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3D & Animation
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5,547
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5.5 hours
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Mar 2023
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$84.99
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What you will learn

The most fundamental concepts of 3D art and Blender.

All the essential tools for 3D modeling, texturing, and rendering.

Quick Start sections to quickly get you comfortable with the software.

Full step-by-step project on creating a fun pirate raft scene from start to finish.

Description

Blender is perfect for anyone interested in learning 3D, because it's incredibly powerful and free. This full creation suite offers a complete range of artistic possibilities, including modeling, animation, rendering, compositing, video editing, and a lot more. So whether you're interested in creating games, producing animations, 3D printing, or anything else related to 3D, Blender has you covered with it's complete production toolkit.

Learning such an advanced piece of software can be intimidating though! There are a crazy amount of tools and it can be tricky to figure out where to start. That's what this course is for. This curriculum was designed to give you a clear understanding of the most fundamental concepts and tools, even if you have zero experience.


Learn Fast with the Quick Start Sections

The course starts off with a few Quick Start sections which walk you through the basics of the software step-by-step. These sections make it super easy to quickly get up to speed with the most essential tools. They also act as a handy reference guide to refer back to if you forget any of the fundamentals.


Create a Full 3D Scene from Start to Finish

Then we'll take things further and apply everything we learned in a step-by-step project where we create a fun Pirate Raft scene. We'll also learn about a lot of new tools in this project, and I'll explain everything clearly along the way so that you're confident in knowing what's happening and what you're doing. You'll learn both how to do things, and why things should be done certain ways.


What Topics are Covered?

This course covers a wide range of topics designed to get you up to speed with fundamentals of each step of the creation pipeline so that in the end you're actually capable of creating full 3D scenes yourself from start to finish. Here's a list of some of the main topics that you'll learn about throughout the course:

  • 3D Modeling and the most common tools such as subdividing, extruding, and creating new geometry.

  • Learn about something called Modifiers, which are special modeling effects that you can use for complex modeling tasks.

  • Fundamentals of creating Materials(also referred to as Shaders), including using different kinds of Textures to create more complexity.

  • How to illuminate your scene using multiple kinds of Lights, as well as how to add ambient environment lighting.

  • Learn how to position your Camera in your scene to frame the perfect final shot of your scene.

  • Get introduced to two different Render Engines, Cycles and Eevee, which are used to process your scene into a final image.


Take Your Blender Experience Further

By the end of this course you'll be confident with the fundamentals and ready to take your skills further. But what happens next? In the What Now section at the end of the course, I'll give you some advice on continuing to learn Blender. I'll also give you a tour of Blender's community so you know where you can chat with people, ask questions, join team projects, and keep up with the latest Blender news.

This course has everything you need to get a strong start with Blender and 3D, so I hope to see you in there!

Content

Welcome to Class

Introduction to the Course

Quick Start - Getting Started

Downloading Blender
A Quick Tour of Blender's Interface
Navigating Through 3D Space
User Preferences
How well do you know Blender so far?

Quick Start - Basic Tools

Selection Tools
Basic Transform Tools
Global Axis Transform
Local Axis Transform
Snapping Transform
The 3D Cursor
Shading Modes
Smooth and Flat Shading
How well do you know the most fundamental tools?

Quick Start - Modeling Basics

Working in Edit Mode
Essential Modeling Tools
Modeling a Snowman
How well do you know the Modeling Basics?

Quick Start - Cycles Render Engine

Intro to Cycles and Rendering
Cycles Setup
World Lighting
Lamp Lighting
Materials - Intro to Materials
Materials - Your First Material
Materials - Material Preview Mode
Materials - Texture Coordinates
Materials - Creating Metal
Materials - Creating Glass
Materials - Creating Wood
Setting Up a Camera
Rendering and Saving Your Render
How well do you know Cycles?

Quick Start - Eevee Render Engine

Intro to Eevee and Setup
Ambient Occlusion
Reflections
Refraction
Shadows and Samples
Eevee Conclusion
How well do you know Eevee?

Pirate Raft - Modeling

Modeling - Raft
Modeling - Mast
Modeling - Sail
Modeling - Ocean
Modeling - Shark Fins
Modeling - Island
Modeling - Palm Trees
Modeling - Rocks
Modeling - Clouds

Pirate Raft - Scene Setup

Camera Setup
Fixing up the Scene
Setting Up Cycles

Pirate Raft - Lighting

Sun Light
World Lighting

Pirate Raft - Materials

Materials - Logs
Materials - Mast
Materials - Sail
Materials - Shark Fin
Materials - Ocean - Part 1
Materials - Ocean - Part 2
Materials - Sand
Materials - Rocks
Materials - Tree Trunk
Materials - Tree Canopy
Materials - Clouds

Pirate Raft - The Final Render

Rendering Your Finished Scene

What Now?

Advice for Beginners
Join the Blender Communities
Creating an Online Portfolio for Free
What's Next?

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Reviews

Mark
November 11, 2023
I just started and bought a model and I wanted to manipulate it and animate it. Navigation and settings was good to know to start.
Martin
November 9, 2023
This is the first course I have completed here on Udemy. I tried learning from YouTube, but I couldn't find a well-structured project. This course is excellent – the pace, information, results, and overall experience. It's the best one I could find, and I can recommend it to anyone trying to start with Blender. Thank you; it was a pleasure to learn from you. I will purchase more of your courses.
Patrick
July 13, 2023
Het gaat af en toe te snel met allerlei knoppen en objecten zodat je zelf het niet meer kan bijbenen.
Kyhal
July 12, 2023
I have tried quite a few Youtube tutorials and have always struggled with the explanations given. This course is very clear and concise
Andy
June 27, 2023
Yes, actually a lot of very strong principles and tools explained simply in this deceptively simple looking tutorial. I've learnt a lot so far!
Αντώνης
June 10, 2023
This was my first time in blender and I had an amazing experience learning blender with this guy. He explains everything that's essential for a beginner and he never gets boring! Everything is well presented when it needs to be. Money very well spent!!!
Paul
June 6, 2023
Finally, finally, finally, after quitting Blender four or five times now out of frustration and being simply overwhelmed, I found this course and I've learned, surprisingly quickly, the core fundamentals and understanding I needed to get legit started with this massive application. Blender for Complete and Total Beginners gave me the spark I needed to get my engine running, so to speak. Thank you, Chris. I'm positive I can actually enjoy the software now and will be starting your 3d acoustic guitar designing course soon. -Paul
Brandon
May 24, 2023
Great for beginners like me. I skipped removing some of the on screen items that can be accessed by hotkey because I like having them on screen in case I ever need them.
Kurt
May 23, 2023
The course is paced well with clear instructions. Audio/instructor is of high quality, and I am really enjoying the course. I recommend this course to all beginners.
Matt
May 15, 2023
Chris did an amazing job with explaining things and repeating them in such a way that I never had a moment of 'oh crud, I forgot how to do blank.' I like how everything is broken down into small easy bits to understand. I personally recommend this course!
Pierre-Henri
May 9, 2023
This course is the best beginner course on Blender that I know of. Indeed, rather than starting with an overly long introduction to the interface (like most courses for beginners), the trainer only gives the essentials, presenting the rest as needed. Not only is it more interesting, but it also promotes memorization, because we remember something better when it is presented to us when we need it. Really, I recommend this course to all beginners on Blender, you really learn things, without realizing it and without having time to get bored. Another important thing for non-English speakers, the trainer speaks quite slowly and distinctly and without voice effects, which makes his diction extremely understandable, so much so that I don't even need the subtitles. A plus for a Frenchman like me with an average level of oral comprehension. In addition, it teaches me to oral comprehension in English, double benefit. Thank you for this really great training.
Piero
April 11, 2023
Speed of delivery becomes problematic when a key is referred to and you can't locate it! I was looking for the left quote key on my Mac to access a hotkey but couldn't find it.
Asjah
April 5, 2023
This is perfect! mixed this course with Blender Encyclopedia and the two together are Chef's kiss for sure!
Aras
March 8, 2023
الدورة لحد الان ممتازة والشرح واضح وهذا ان دل على شيء فانما يدل على تمكن المدرب من المادة المقدمة في الشرح ومدى معرفته الواسعة وخبرته في هذا البرنامج
Aditya
January 9, 2023
Everything I learned in the course was perfectly covered according to the new version of blender and it was easy to understand as well.Thank you for this amazing tutorial

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