A quick reference guide for commonly used hotkeys in Blender can help you work more efficiently.
Weβll start you off with a brief overview of Blender and introduce you to the world of 3D by demonstrating how to navigate and work with objects.
Things will start to really take off as you learn numerous ways to edit objects, many of them easier than you might expect! Weβll tackle instancing, advanced transforms, basic modeling tools, and much MUCH more!
Lastly, you'll learn the basics of each of the main areas of Blender, from animation to sculpting, as well as how to set yourself up for success going forward.Β
This course is a great introduction into the amazing world of Blender. Jonathan Lampel does an incredible job at providing an in-depth, exciting, and accessible overview of the entire Blender interface. These videos help students get hands-on learning experience with the software while navigating through the different facets of the workflow. You will even leave these lessons with mini projects to share with family or friends, including creating in grease pencil, sculpt mode, and more. I am revisiting the basics of Blender after downloading 4.0 and it's amazing to see just how valuable and foundational these lessons are even after a few years of learning this program. Thanks to Jonathan and the CG Cookie team for creating such great content. And if you're a new Blender user and thinking of taking it to the next step with other CG Cookie lessons, this is a great example of the type of courses you can expect. 5/5 stars, thanks!
It was an amazing series of tutorials! But in my opinion, the summary at the end of the video was missing. It could only contain important information. It should be as I said, at the end of the video and also at the end of the chapter.
I've been using Blender for a while now, but this course was really excellent and I learned a lot of new things. Really great pacing, clear instruction, and the right amount of detail for an overview course. Thanks for putting this out!
I feel way more comfortable with the basics and finding my way around the blender 4.2 interface now, and learnt some things that I never knew that Blender was capable of. Looking forward to making some artwork now, thanks!
As so many, I followed the hype to the doughnut tutorial and found I was racking up more questions than confidence. A week later and only three videos in, I decided to look elsewhere. There was a stop in another beginner tutorial based on product visualization which was doing a much better job of building my confidence, but I got turned around a few times when I hit the wrong keys on my keyboard.
Enter CGCookie. I find the touch-every-button approach of this tutorial series incredibly satisfying and it allowed me to avoid getting lost in the universe of Blender's capabilities. The tutorial re-wired my brain about Blender, about digital art, about what it takes to be a modern-day artist. I'm truly grateful and highly recommend this course. Yep, a total fanboy.Β
I've done the donut, and a couple other beginner courses prior to the cgcookie course. CGCookie's course is by far the best. It's not monkey see, monkey do. The functions of the tools are explained, and then demonstrated. They even cover a lot of the common pitfalls that can stall out progress on these courses.Β
Overall, an excellent beginner course from Blender.Β