Announcement #5: This class has officially come to a close. Please check out the closing post and thank you for joining!
Announcement #4: Week 2 is officially complete! Thank you for submitting your homework on time. Let the grading commence.
Announcement #3: Week 1 is officially complete! I'll be grading 55 homework submissions by my count. Thank you for submitting on time. I'll be busy today :)
Announcement #2: First week's live stream recording is available and I've started filling out the homework roster. Feel free to keep an eye on the Report Card throughout the month if you'd like.
Announcement #1: Class is in session! We're all going to learn a lot and have fun the next 3 weeks. I wrote a kickoff post on page 3. See you tomorrow for the first stream!
Welcome to the CGCookie Class: Get Started Building Stuff with Blender 2.8! If you're interested in computer graphics, 3D modeling, and you're new to Blender or just new to 2.8, this class is where you need to be. Ushering in the modern era of Blender, we will familiarize ourselves with what's new as well as get up to speed with how to build STUFF in 3D.
This "Class" format invites all Citizen members to focus together on a particular topic/skill for a month. Participation looks like this:
WHEN? The class will take place from JULY 29th - AUGUST 20th.
This time the class curriculum is project-based. You will have the opportunity to choose between 3 assets to create throughout the month: A wooden sign, a barrel, a sword or a treasure chest. I chose these assets because they're fun to create but also conducive for teaching fundamental skills.
The goal week 1 is to get familiar with Blender 2.8 and model your chosen asset. If you're brand new to Blender it's very important that you spend time each day of this week getting comfortable with Blender's interface. Once you're comfortable, you will have a more enjoyable experience learning and practicing modeling.
Courses to watch:
Homework:
Plain gray models can be boring. So we paint them with colors! This is where "textures" work their magic. But before we can paint on our 3D models, we have to layout UVs. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, don't worry. After you watch the texturing course and the live event for this week, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.
Course to watch: Treasure Chest Course (Chapter 2)
Homework: Layout UVs and paint textures for your sign, barrel, sword, or treasure chest.
Texturing introduces color to your models but materials make your model appear to be plastic, or wood, or metal, etc. If you're asking yourself "What's the difference", fear not! I will make sure you know the difference by the end of this week.
We will also be exploring the Eevee engine and how it works together with texturing and shading for a realtime workflow.
Pre-recorded courses to watch: Treasure Chest Course (Chapter 3)
Homework: Create materials and establish appealing lighting for your sign, barrel, sword, or treasure chest.
This thread is reserved for CG Cookie Citizens that are participating in the "Get Started Building Stuff with Blender 2.8" class. Its purpose is to serve as central communication for all participating Citizens (excluding Hobby plan Citizens) to ask me and fellow participants questions pertaining to the class. As the instructor of the class, I will be monitoring this thread on a daily basis (especially Mon-Thurs) throughout the month of August.
Free members are welcome to observe the thread but please respect that communication and participation is reserved for Citizens.
NICE! I'm super excited for this class to start. July can't come soon enough! :D
ssmurfmier1985 Yeah, if things stick to schedule, this will totally be before grad school starts! I miss classes, too!
That's great news! I was wondering if there would be another Class again. This will be my first (although I watched all passed recordings) time attending. Just as excited as the rest of you!
Finally! I have so been looking forward to this. Although....July and August are the two busiest months of the year for me... usually what time are the class streams held?
thebergh same time as all other streams Kent does, so middle of the night for you..
You can always watch the recording later :)
ssmurfmier1985 Hello Miranda, can you tell me what Timezone the event will take place in? I live in Switzerland and I'm not sure at what time the Livestream will start in my timezone. :-)
I NEED to write this in my calender, so I don´t miss another class! >___<
Thank you very much! I´m really looking forward to it <3
philip79 I'm in the Netherlands so that's the same time as here, 8 PM. But once the livestreams are scheduled you can see the time at the event page, it's displayed in your own timezone so that's very handy 😊
ssmurfmier1985 Thank you for the Info. I am still trying to understand blender 2.79 but I guess its a good chance to begin learning 2.8 also. :-)
philip79 no problem, glad to be of help :) and I can vouch for these classes, afterwards you will feel quite comfortable with 2.8 so you should definitely come check it out
great to see this . count me in for :D this will be fun again like previous times