Learning by Doing – The First Encounter with Blender

Course details

Ever wanted to go in for 3D modeling but found the software too expensive or too difficult to learn? Well, along comes Blender which is free and becomes your second nature in no time at all. In our course we will get started. Step by step, with lots of practice.

Discover The Wonderful World of 3D Modeling and Create Beautiful Models.

Explore The Blender Environment

Create and Delete Objects

Master the Basic Transformations: Grabbing, Rotating and Scaling

Master the Basic Modeling Tools: Extruding, Loops, Rings

Optimize Your Work with Duplicates, Links, Parenting and Groups

Keep Your Projects Organized

Dont Wait Any Longer. Start Modeling Its All Well Within Your Reach.

You can do quite a lot of things with Blender. Blender can be used to make static models, animations, movies and games, among others. Most of it is way beyond the scope of this course but if you have no experience with Blender, this is the right place to start your adventure with the program. A good start is crucial. And youll be amazed how fast youll move along.

Contents and Overview

This course is targeted at beginners who have little or no experience with Blender. The pace is initially quite slow, with lots of practice opportunities so that you can get used to the Blender environment. The language is simple and you should have no problems understanding what Im talking (or writing) about. As we proceed youll get familiar with new, more advanced concepts.

This course is divided into 9 sections, each of them covering a broader topic subdivided into lectures. Altogether, there are 71 lectures. The pace is up to you, you can go through the easier parts faster and then take more time to study the more sophisticated ones.

To help you memorize and practice all the new stuff, there are lots of exercises for you to do as you proceed.

After you finish each section, theres a quiz for you that covers the material discussed in that section.

After you finish this course you will be able to move around the Blender interface, create simple objects and transform them. You will be able to use quite a lot of tools and techniques. Youll know how to keep things organized. This will make a good starting point for more advanced study.