Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Modelling a donut and a cup of coffee

Here is a tutorial series on how to model a donut and a cup of coffee. Blender Guru is a really great Blender instructor. His tutorials are very clear and concise.
You can skip or watch part 1, but it is an intro to Blender except the flaming Monkey at the end.
https://youtu.be/TPrnSACiTJ4
Modelling a donut Part 2.
https://youtu.be/RaT-uG5wgUw
Part 3
https://youtu.be/R2qjqqfkH6E
Part 4
https://youtu.be/jmSgsaNSQ6s
Part 5
https://youtu.be/6OTX3ZdYvEA
Part 6
https://youtu.be/ZTxBrjN1ugA


Level 2
https://youtu.be/jNmnPXY9UQA

Monday, January 6, 2020

Rigging and Animating

Here is a basic rigging tutorial to set up a basic armature for your object. Rigging human figures can be very involved, so we are going to start to create and animate a worm and then let's transfer it to your hammer from yesterday...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAiTYaiZmY0 
By the way, "Blender Guru" has lots of very helpful tutorials

Sunday, January 5, 2020

Modeling a Hammer and Adding Materials

Basic Modeling
Here is a tutorial to help us create a 3-D hammer using Blender. There are lots of modelling tips in the tutorial too, so let's do this together and learn a few new tricks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elUJCEC06r8

Adding Materials
Once we have created the hammer, let's add materials to bring it to life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZSD7pVIUkY

Links
Wood texture image fro handle:
http://www.littlewebhut.com/images/wood_texture.jpg
Concrete floor image for hammer head:
http://www.littlewebhut.com/images/concrete_floor.jpg
Environment image:
http://www.littlewebhut.com/images/outdoors.jpg