10 Blender 3D tutorials worth a look
Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.
I have always wanted to learn a 3d program to extend my capabilities and a little 3D in our designs can take your designs to another level. There is no harm in learning something new so I will list a few good tutorials that I will use to learn my way through blender. If you have any resources that you would like to share, please leave a comment.
Extensive Guides
Blender 3D Design Course
The Blender 3D Design course is intended to offer students an introduction to the world of computer generated 3-D modeling and animation. As an introductory course, it provides a basic understanding of the skills and techniques employed by 3-D designers in a wide range of applications.
Noob to Pro
This book can be seen as a series of tutorials arranged to help new users achieve expertise in Blender. The tutorials will increase in difficulty but enable intermediate users to quickly advance into whatever tutorial most suits their knowledge and continue along the sequence. We’ve made concerted efforts to accommodate everyone.
Tutorials
I would recommend going through one of the guides above to understand the basics before you move on.
Modeling 3D Logo form a 2D Image
this tutorial will help you transform your 2d logo into a 3d work of art.
Making of Grapes
An excellent tutorial describing how to create grapes. I am definitely doing this one.
Making of Jaguar MK2
This is a short overview of the process of making a detailed model of a car.
Water texture tutorial
Walks through creating a water texture in Blender based on observation.
Landscapes Tutorial
Quickly model complex outdoor landscapes within Blender.
Head Modeling in 3D – Must Read
To follow this detailed tutorial you should have at least a basic knowledge of working in 3D environment.
Toon Shading
This tutorial presents the techniques that I use to achieve a toon style render directly in Blender without any post production in another program. In this tutorial we will modify a basic Blender scene of a simple flower pot to look toon shaded by changing the lighting and materials.
Making A Chess Board In Blender
This tutorial teaches you how to Make A Chess Board in blender.
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November 19, 2008
Thanks for this, I never heard of Blender until now. I had 3DS Max but didn't want to pay for the full version…so this is great!
Nick
November 19, 2008
dude, the link of the grapes its of the jaguar. sorry for my english
Phb
November 24, 2008
I’ve been looking for some nice examples to get started with Blender. With these I think I’ll finally get started. Thanks a lot!
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December 31, 2008
Thanks guys, glad you liked it.
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January 11, 2009
I’m gonna try out this program just because of you buddy, I’m amazed, really astonished, speachless. *downloads the programs and starts learning*
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April 5, 2009
Thanks for the comment,
Check the following open source movie out, created in blender. This really inspired me.
http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/
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I use to achieve a toon style render directly in Blender without any post production in another program. In this tutorial we will modify a basic Blender scene of a simple flower pot to look toon shaded by changing the lighting and materials.
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