3D Modeling 1: Blender 2.5
by Jason Welsh
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Description
Welcome to my new Blender series. This series is for the student that has always wanted to get into the video game field but could not afford fancy software or necessary hardware to run this software. Blender, an open source alternative, runs well even on older computers. It also has a better variety of modeling/sculpting tools available. This series is divided into 13 units and 1 final project with all the assignment information included. Any teacher could use this in their classroom as a supplement plan for “outside the box” learners. Many geometry terms and standards in the visual communication pathway for Career and Technical Education are covered in the units. The modeling techniques used in this series are universal to any 3D application. If you have never modeled or just want to learn a better way to design 3D models, this series is for you. Enjoy!
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Video0100 Blender Introduction | -- | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Video0101 Blender (Navigation Assignment) | -- | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Video0200 Blender (Unit 2 Intro) | -- | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Video0201 Blender (Resetting blender) | -- | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Video0202 Blender (Selections and Joins) | -- | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Video0203 Blender (Pivots and Snaps) | -- | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Video0204 Blender (Basic Shapes Sphere) | -- | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Video0205 Blender (Basic Shapes cylinder) | -- | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Video0206 Blender (Mesh Tools) | -- | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Video0207 Blender (Basic Shapes Cone and Ring) | -- | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | Video0208 Blender (Braced Shapes) | -- | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Video0209 Blender (How to learn all this) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Video0210 Blender (Unit 2 Assignment) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Video0300 Blender (Unit 3 Intro) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | Video0301 Blender (Complex shape example 1) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | Video0302 Blender (Complex shape example 2) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | Video0303 Blender (Joining Shapes) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | Video0304 Blender (Mirroring Simple Shapes) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | Video0305 Blender (Mirroring Complex Shapes) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | Video0306 Blender (Concept workflow) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | Video0307 Blender (Mirroring example) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | Video0308 Blender (Applying other shapes) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | Video0309 Blender (Transform History) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | Video0310 Blender (Concept Big shrink small) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | Video0311 Blender (Assignment) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | Video0400 Blender (Unit 4 Intro) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | Video0401 Blender (Joining Shapes) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | Video0402 Blender (Merge) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | Video0403 Blender (Mirror) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | Video0404 Blender (Topology Basics) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | Video0405 Blender (Assignment) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | Video0500 Blender (Unit 5 Intro) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | Video0501 Blender (Topology non organic) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | Video0502 Blender (Mirror_Sculpt_Flow) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | Video0503 Blender (Handle) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | Video0504 Blender (Curve Extrude) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | Video0505 Blender (Rope) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | Video0506 Blender (Snapping to surface) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | Video0507 Blender (Curve to mesh) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | Video0508 Blender (Assignment) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | Video0601 Blender (Unit 6 Intro) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | Video0602 Blender (Edge Flow Basic) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | Video0603 Blender (Ripping edge flow) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | Video0604 Blender (Drastic Form Change) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | Video0605 Blender (Making a hole) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | Video0606 Blender (Extrude along normals) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | Video0607 Blender (Inset Extrude) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | Video0608 Blender (Assignment) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 49 | Video0700 Blender (Unit 7 Intro) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | Video0701 Blender (Bend) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 51 | Video0702 Blender (Simple Deform) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 52 | Video0703 Blender (Thinking outside the box) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 53 | Video0704 Blender (Lattice) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 54 | Video0705 Blender (Shrink wrap) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 55 | Video0706 Blender (Shrink Wrap example) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 56 | Video0707 Blender (Curves) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 57 | Video0708 Blender (Assignment) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 58 | Video0800 Blender (Unit 8 Intro) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 59 | Video0801 Blender (Ortho Views) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 60 | Video0802 Blender (Importing Textures) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 61 | Video0803 Blender (Rotating the orthos) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 62 | Video0804 Blender (Align and Lock views) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 63 | Video0805 Blender (Ortho Modeling workflow) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 64 | Video0806 Blender (Beveling) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 65 | Video0807 Blender (Poly Reduction) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 66 | Video0808 Blender (Mirroring) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 67 | Video0809 Blender (Assignment) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 68 | Video0901 Blender (Unit 9 Intro) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 69 | Video0902 Blender (Skull part 1) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 70 | Video0903 Blender (Skull part 2) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 71 | Video0904 Blender (Skull part 3) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 72 | Video0905 Blender (Skull part 4) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 73 | Video0906 Blender (Skull part 5) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 74 | Video0907 Blender (Skull part 6) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 75 | Video0908 Blender (Skull part 7) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 76 | Video0909 Blender (Assignment) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 77 | Video1001 Blender (Unit 10 Intro) | -- | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 78 | Video1002 Blender (Uniform design) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 79 | Video1003 Blender (Mesh Prep) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 80 | Video1004 Blender (Unwrapping UVs) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 81 | Video1005 Blender (resolution) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 82 | Video1006 Blender (Prepping for sculpt) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 83 | Video1007 Blender (Sculpt1) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 84 | Video1008 Blender (Sculpt2) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 85 | Video1009 Blender (Sculpt3) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 86 | Video1010 Blender (Sculpt4) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 87 | Video1011 Blender (Sculpt5) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 88 | Video1012 Blender (Sculpt6) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 89 | Video1013 Blender (Assignment) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 90 | Video1101 Blender (Unit 11 Intro) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 91 | Video1102 Blender (Sculpting with textures) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 92 | Video1103 Blender (Forms vs detail) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 93 | Video1104 Blender (Generate and Preview Normal maps) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 94 | Video1105 Blender (Topology and Sculpting) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 95 | Video1106 Blender (Multi Normal Maps workflow 1) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 96 | Video1107 Blender (Composite Normal Maps) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 97 | Video1108 Blender (Seams) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 98 | Video1109 Blender (Assignment and makeing Normal Better) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 99 | Video1201 Blender (Unit 12 Intro) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 100 | Video1202 Blender (Normal vs Polygons) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 101 | Video1203 Blender (Uv Unwrapping and checking) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 102 | Video1204 Blender (Backfaced poly Fix) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 103 | Video1205 Blender (Detail high res model) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 104 | Video1206 Blender (Transfer detail from high to low) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 105 | Video1207 Blender (Margin and Uv Seams) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 106 | Video1208 Blender (Easy Seam Fix and Mirrored UVs) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 107 | Video1209 Blender (Assignment) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 108 | Video1301 Blender (Unit 13 Intro) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 109 | Video1302 Blender (Bone aka joints) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 110 | Video1303 Blender (Join Seperate and delete bones) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 111 | Video1304 Blender (Assign Bones to meshes) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 112 | Video1305 Blender (Joint constraints) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 113 | Video1306 Blender (Pose) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 114 | Video1307 Blender (Assignment) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 115 | Video1401 Blender (Final Assignment) | -- | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 115 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Finally! A Great Blender Series
If you have ever tried to learn Blender, been frustrated with the program and ended up quitting? Come back to Blender. This series is so well made. Just do it!
Amazing
I'm 14 and was looking to get into Blender, as anyone knows Blender can look pretty scary These tutorials helped me understand how blender works and focuses on the workflow of Blender and not just some annoying tutorials that you must follow step by step. I would recommend finding some books online to help, Mr. Welsh skips some of the main hotkeys and navigation tips. I would highly recommend downloading these, and the best part is just like Blender, they are 100% free.
Very Helpful
I learned so much and I'm not even done. There should be no complaints, it's free helpful, and easier than most. Only problem is newer versions of blender but there's nothing he can do about that where the "what's new" can't tell us about.
