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Blender Environments Course

Learn how to design in Blender and create amazing 3D environments and worlds with this project-based course!

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36 hours of video learning material

1 downloadable resources

Certificate of completion

What you'll learn:

The principles of environment art

How to use Blender and its elements

The principles of mesh modelling and scene blockout

How to create game assets

Make a 3D art ready portfolio

How to plan and prepare your pre-production stages

The interface and different tools of Blender

Advanced modeling, texturing and rendering techniques

How to put these skills together to create your own 3D world

Who is this for:

Anyone who wants to learn computer graphics and 3D artwork - no experience needed!

Artists and game developers who want to learn Blender

Anyone who has started working with Blender, but want to advance their 3D environments modelling skills

What our customers say about this course

Ignats

cool

Shehzad K.

So far so good. Very good for learning all aspects of making 3D Environments in Blender

Larry G.

Excellent presentation, and she speaks English. I know it sounds silly, but it means I can comprehend without trying to translate.

Curriculum for Blender Environment course

36 hours of valuable material

9 sections • 104 lectures • 36h 11m total length

Introduction

2 lectures • 12min

Welcome to the Course • 00:50

Environment Art 101 • 11:06

Planning and Pre-production

3 lectures • 50min

Planning a Scene • 12:33

Reference Gathering Pt. 1 • 24:25

Reference Gathering Pt. 2 • 13:23

Blender Basics

8 lectures • 2hr 15min

Downloading & Installing Blender • 07:02

Blender Interface & Overview • 12:57

Transform Tools • 16:27

Adding and Removing Detail • 23:33

Pivot Points and Selection Order • 17:05

Mesh Modeling Operations Pt. 1 • 17:50

Mesh Modeling Operations Pt. 2 • 14:21

Modifiers • 26:13

Scene Blockout

11 lectures • 4hr 24min

Grids and Snapping • 09:52

Scene Blockout: Mausoleum • 22:38

Scene Blockout: Fence • 22:13

Scene Blockout: Landscape • 17:49

Scene Blockout: Tombstones • 14:22

Scene Blockout: Trees • 30:46

Scene Blockout: 2nd Pass Pt. 1 • 27:18

Scene Blockout: 2nd Pass Pt. 2 • 32:34

Scene Blockout: 2nd Pass Pt. 3 • 31:54

Scene Blockout: Story Props Pt. 1 • 30:40

Scene Blockout: Story Props Pt. 2 • 23:27

Object Modeling

25 lectures • 9hr 1min

Asset Browser Setup • 14:28

Modeling: Mausoleum Pt. 1 • 27:15

Modeling: Mausoleum Pt. 2 • 27:02

Modeling: Mausoleum Pt. 3 • 20:05

Modeling: Mausoleum Pt. 4 • 14:11

Modeling: Mausoleum Pt. 5 • 19:49

Modeling: Mausoleum Pt. 6 • 46:29

Modeling: Mausoleum Pt. 7 • 21:42

Modeling: Mausoleum Pt. 8 • 23:02

Modeling: Fence Pt. 1 • 21:33

Modeling: Fence Pt. 2 • 11:51

Modeling: Trees Pt. 1 • 31:14

Modeling: Trees Pt. 2 • 28:15

Modeling: Trees Pt. 3 • 25:31

Modeling: Headstones Pt. 1 • 32:54

Modeling: Headstones Pt. 2 • 20:15

Modeling: Headstones Pt. 3 • 15:35

Modeling: Headstones Pt. 4 • 17:56

Modeling: Small Props Pt. 1 • 18:45

Modeling: Small Props Pt. 2 • 22:02

Modeling: Small Props Pt. 3 • 14:59

Modeling: Small Props Pt. 4 • 14:26

Modeling: Small Props Pt. 5 • 25:09

Modeling: Small Props Pt. 6 • 10:55

Modeling: Low-Poly and Optimization • 15:11

UV Unwrapping

10 lectures • 3hr 5min

UV Unwrapping Pt. 1 • 24:24

UV Unwrapping Pt. 2 • 13:01

UV Unwrapping: Bricks • 17:56

UV Unwrapping: Mausoleum Pt. 1 • 25:56

UV Unwrapping: Mausoleum Pt. 2 • 20:30

Texel Density • 13:46

UV Unwrapping: Headstones Pt. 1 • 07:17

UV Unwrapping: Headstones Pt. 2 • 08:39

UV Unwrapping: Fence • 29:08

UV Unwrapping: Small Props • 23:53

Textures

25 lectures • 6hr 17min

Normal Maps: Tree • 14:02

Normal Maps: Bricks • 11:43

Normals Maps: Headstones • 04:46

Normal Maps: Mausoleum Pt. 1 • 18:51

Normal Maps: Mausoleum Pt. 2 • 04:51

Normals Maps: Small Props • 10:15

Ambient Occlusion: Tree • 10:22

Ambient Occlusion: Headstones • 07:27

Ambient Occlusion: Mausoleum • 06:42

Tiling Texture: Roof • 26:14

Texture Painting: Intro • 12:43

Texture Painting: Bricks Pt. 1 • 23:37

Texture Painting: Bricks Pt. 2 • 18:05

Texture Painting: Bricks Pt. 3 • 18:04

Texture Painting: Tree Pt. 1 • 19:44

Texture Painting: Tree Pt. 2 • 29:27

Texture Painting: Tree Pt. 3 • 24:46

Texture Painting: Tree Pt. 4 • 26:42

Texture Painting: Tree Pt. 5 • 09:02

Texture Painting: Fence • 12:46

Glass and Other Shaders • 10:29

Layering Materials • 15:54

Handpainting Tiling Textures • 19:01

Tiling Normal Maps • 09:26

Blockmesh Replace • 11:51

Foliage & Finishing Touches

13 lectures • 3hr 14min

Foliage: Grass • 29:57

Foliage: Particle System Grass • 18:32

Foliage: Geometry Nodes Grass • 27:34

Vertex Painting • 12:05

Material Tweaks • 08:04

Simple Fog • 07:48

Hanging Moss • 27:39

Lighting • 16:01

Directional Lights • 07:37

Sky Light • 06:18

Rendering Still Images • 16:06

Rendering Video • 15:55

Course Conclusion • 00:40

Bonus: Fast Learning

7 lectures • 6hr 54min

Create a Spaceship in Blender • 42:05

Scene Blockout • 01:04:34

Object Modeling • 02:18:57

UV Unwrapping • 42:15

Textures • 01:23:49

Foliage and Finishing Touches • 42:03

Last Words • 00:35

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