How much time can you afford to waste?
Recently, a professional artist named Michael told us his all too familiar story about trying to teach himself Blender:
"I kept hearing good things about Blender and seeing artists, animators, and all sorts of different professional designers doing amazing things with it. So, I finally decided to give it a try.
My goal was to be able to express my ideas in Blender, but I really didn't know how to start learning it. Everybody tells you that Blender is extremely hard to learn. I was pretty nervous that I would fail, but I downloaded it anyway and started watching YouTube tutorials.
After a lot of hours on YouTube, I finally started trying to create some simple things in Blender, but I quickly got stuck.
I learned the hard way that there is a HUGE gap between being able to follow along with YouTube tutorials and being able to express your own ideas."
— Michael, Blender User
Michael's experience is extremely common.
Michael is not alone in struggling to learn Blender. We've heard stories like his countless times.
And, he's right that trying to make the jump from following along with YouTube tutorials to being able to express your own ideas in Blender can be very hard.
But it's completely avoidable.
To avoid what happened to Michael, you need to take the right approach:
➡️ Get the right information
➡️ Learn it in the correct order
➡️ Practice with activities at the right level of difficulty
➡️ Get regular feedback for where to improve
➡️ Have access to an expert for guidance and support
That's why we created the Blender Academy Video Course Library
I’m Alex, the founder and lead instructor at Blender Academy. We've been teaching 3D modeling and rendering software in person and online for over a decade and I've personally taught thousands of professionals in the classroom.
We created our Blender Academy Video Course Library membership for people that are serious about learning Blender and want to take the right approach to learning it.
With a membership, you can be sure you take the right approach:
- âś… When you start your membership, an instructor provides you guidance, so you're sure to learn the right things, in the right order.
- âś… Along the way, you'll watch well-taught lessons and be given challenges at the right level of difficulty, ensuring you convert knowledge to skill.
- âś… And, if you need it, our instructors are here to help.
It's time to decide if our Video Course Library is right for you
Before I get into more details about what you get once you sign up, let me tell you who this is NOT for:
If you’re just casually experimenting with Blender, our membership is overkill. We dive deeper into topics than you need to go and we're focused on helping you build the skills you need to use Blender effectively.Â
If, on the other hand, you need to use Blender professionally THEN our Video Course Library is PERFECT for you.
(And you should keep scrolling to check out our video courses.)
The Complete Intro to Blender
Video Course
UNIT 1
3D Modeling Fundamentals
Get started by learning the right way to navigate, transform and create 3D models in Blender.
32 lessons (5+ hours)
UNIT 2
Duplicates & Arrays
Learn to work with multiple objects to create more detailed 3D models.
7 lessons (3+ hours)
UNIT 3
Subdivision & Smooth Shading
Discover how to subdivide surfaces to create more complex shapes.
9 lessons (3+ hours)
UNIT 4
Intro to Modifiers
Tap into powerful operations that automate generating or modifying geometry in your 3D model.
12 lessons (4+ hours)
"YOU GUYS EXPLAIN STUFF SO WELL.
I can’t begin to tell you how much I love your courses. I've told quite a few designers and the initial response is always, 'I can just watch videos on youtube.' I always tell them that I spent 50+ hours watching youtube videos before taking your courses and after 4 hours with you guys I learned 10 times as much."
— Scott W.
Complete Intro to Rendering in Blender
Video Course
UNIT 1
Quick Start: Create your First Rendering
Get started learning how to render in Blender by walking through an easy-to-follow 6-step process for creating successful renderings.
9 lessons (2+ hours)
UNIT 2
Add Realistic Lighting
Learn the basics of how to set up and control sunlight, environment light and artificial lights, as well as simple techniques for creating realistic lighting scenarios for your renderings.
13 lessons (2+ hours)
UNIT 3
Add Realistic Materials
Learn how to create and add realistic materials and textures to the objects in your 3D model.
23 lessons (5+ hours)
UNIT 4
Master Final Render Settings & Post Production
Discover how to think like a photographer and use the same settings and techniques to capture realistic images.
5 lessons (1+ hours)
Complete Intro to 3D Animation with Blender
Video Course
UNIT 1
Keyframe Fundamentals
To bring your Blender models to life you simply need to change the appearance of certain characteristics over time. And the key to animating those changes is the Keyframe. Learn the fundamentals of creating and manipulating keyframes to animate the position, shape, color and more for your objects in Blender.
UNIT 2
Rig & Animate Characters
To create more life-like animations, you often need to create dependencies between movements - such as knees that bend when a foot strides forward to walk, or wheels that turn when a vehicle moves across the scene. Learn about concepts like Armatures, Rigging, Poses and Actions to add realistic movement to your Blender creations.
UNIT 3
Animate Along Motion Paths
Now that you’ve learned to set things in motion, the next step is to gain more control over the path those objects follow. Discover how to use Motion Paths to animate the position of everything in your model from the main subjects, to the camera, and more.
UNIT 4
Add Physics & Particle Systems
Learn how to leverage Blender’s built-in Physics system to simulate how real-world forces like gravity or friction influence the animation of objects that fall, bounce and crash into one another, as well as the movement of things like water, rain, smoke and more.
UNIT 5
Shoot like a Cinematographer
To create engaging animations, it’s important to think like a Cinematographer - mastering not only the camera’s settings, but also the look and feel of each shot that together will build a more compelling and entertaining final animation.
UNIT 6
Editing & Post-Production
Once you’ve built your shots, it’s time to use Blender’s built-in Compositor and Video Editor to stitch together and stylize the final product.
Complete Intro to Sculpting with Blender
Video Course
UNIT 1
Sculpting Fundamentals
Whether you want to create life-like characters, organic shapes or just free-form objects, your first step is to learn the fundamentals of what it takes to begin sculpting in Blender. Discover how sculpting works and how to set up your model, tools and user interface to make learning sculpting easy and fun!
UNIT 2
Sculpting Tools & Brushes
Before you dive into sculpting your first masterpiece, you’ll want to master the tools of the trade. Learn how to use each tool as well as the brush settings that ultimately give you control to manipulate anything from basic shapes all the way up to detailed creatures, and everything inbetween!
UNIT 3
Sculpting Techniques & Workflow
Now that you understand how to use the tools, your next step is to uncover the techniques and workflow that you can adopt to help streamline your creative process. Learn how the pros approach concepts like Blocking, Symmetry, Topology, Masking and more to efficiently develop their ideas.
UNIT 4
Add Color & Texture to your Sculpts
As your sculpted characters and objects come along, you’ll want to add colors and textures that bring them to life. Find out how to take advantage of features like Texture Painting, Texture Baking, UV Unwrapping and more to make your sculpted creations brighter and more realistic!
Bottom Line: You'll have the skills to do what you need to do.
Sign up for a membership
We'll make this super easy:
You give us a try for a week for free.
After a week, if you think we can help, stick around for $99 per month
(that's just $3.30 per day)
Have a question? Chat with us.
