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    SNOW GLOBE: Create a Cozy Winter Scene with Blender

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    Cute & Cozy Style with Blender

    Adorable 3D renders are like candy to the eyes and heart. The genre is also one of the most accessible creative styles that anyone can achieve.

    In this course, Ethan Williams walks you through his process for building acute, cozy, and beginner-friendly winter scene captured in a snow globe.

    What You Will Learn

    • Modeling simplistic, stylized models from scratch
    • Detailing and framing a scene to maximize appeal
    • Fundamental Modeling techniques like beveling, boolean cutting, subdivision surfaces, arraying duplicates, and much more.
    • Utilizing free textures from polyhaven.com
    • Automatic plug-n-play texture importing with the Node Wrangler Addon
    • Crafting rich, appealing materials
    • Cozy lighting setup

    Get Caught Up

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    These courses should help you get up to speed in no time.

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    PRESS START: Your Simple First Blender Project

    Chapter 1

    Modeling the Dome & Cabin

    Starting from scratch, learn to build each component of the glass dome and cabin structure. Every object originates with simple primitives, making this workflow simple and beginner-friendly.

    Chapter 2

    Modeling Furniture & Extras

    Modeling continues as we build out the detail objects, including furniture, books, presents, trees, and snowman. This will complete the construction of our cozy scene.

    Chapter 3

    Texturing & Materials

    The transition from boring grey to lively color! We will bring our models to life with free textures from polyhaven.com and simple but effective materials. This workflow is plug-n-play to keep progress quick and easy.

    Chapter 4

    Lighting & Rendering

    The final phase of this project is where the 'cozy' happens. With proper lighting, our scene starts cold on the outside with warm fire lighting on the inside. In this chapter our render is made complete.

    ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

    Ethan Williams

    Hello there! I’m a 3D artist specializing in cute and cozy renders. I use Blender to create something new and fresh every day. Follow my Instagram orΒ YouTube channel for more adorable Blender content.

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      Eden bakua(edenb2) ·
      I started blender few months ago in goal to get in blender step by step.
      The course is excellent, the tutor walk you through the whole process of learning.
      some aspects of the course could sharp little bit but overall the experience with in the course was very engaging for me.

      Requirements: CORE | Fundamentals of 3D Mesh Modeling in Blender.
      in my personal experience with the Snow Globe course is that the tutor doesn't explain everything, but if you complete the "CORE fundamentals of 3D" you wont need the explaining since it cover all the basic 3D Mesh modeling used in "Snow globe course".

      Summary: The course uses basic geometric shapes, which are easy to handle and very beginner friendly.
      Highly recommend the course and the Tutor.

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      • author Kent Trammell(theluthier) ·

        Thanks for taking the time to write such a rewarding and helpful review. Cheers, Eden!

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      Spasimir Pashov(AEGpashov) ·

      I'm a beginner, and I learned a lot from this course. However, since the course is labeled as beginner-level, I expected a bit more explanation on some steps. At times, I felt like I was just following steps without fully understanding what I was doing. Other than that, everything else was awesome!

      • author Kent Trammell(theluthier) ·

        Thanks for the thoughtful review, Spasimir! Constructive feedback is much appreciated.