Low Poly Landscapes – Blender Bite Sized Course
Learn the foundations of low poly 3D asset creation quickly, without needing to take a huge course.
Using Blender 3.0, you’ll create a low poly landscape with a house, trees and pond from start to finish.
Grant will take you through modeling, texturing, lighting and rendering your creation. You’ll learn the Blender interface, along with the main modelling and texturing toolset. All the time, receiving helpful tips and tricks to speed up your workflow so you can create low poly artwork quickly.
What you’ll learn in this course:
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Create a low poly landscape with a house, trees and pond from start to finish using Blender 3.0.
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Learn the Blender interface, and main modelling and texturing toolset.
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Learn fundamental 3D modelling techniques including loop cuts, mirror modifier, destructive modelling, knife tool and more.
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Learn to colour your models by adding multiple materials and lights.
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Use both Cyles and Eevee rendering pipelines.
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Develop your own low poly art style to apply to your future creations.
This course is perfect for beginners who are new to Blender, anyone wanting to improve their Blender skills and folks who value their time and want quick wins!
The only course prerequisite is that you’re able to install Blender 3.0.
All students have access to the Q&A where our Instructors, Teaching Assistants and Community are ready to help answer your questions and cheer on your success.
Introduction
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welcome to the course
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We'll make sure you have a version of Blender that you are comfortable with so you can start creating.
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A basic understanding of the Blender interface
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Learning how to add new objects into the scene and transform them
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Adding new materials to different objects
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Lucy gives a quick overview of where to get support and ask questions.
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A list of the main links and resources - places to get help and connect with the community
Basic Modelling
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Section Intro
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Making a very simple house in blender.
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Blocking out our project and placing everything into position.
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Editing the house shape and using loop cuts
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creating the roof and separating objects
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using the mirror modifier to speed up modelling
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further use of the mirror modifier for quick modelling
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Using the solidify modifier to give our roof some thickness
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when to apply modifiers
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creating the beams of the house and practicing modelling skills
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Creating more of hte beams and learning how to speed up your workflow
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Using the knife tool to cut up objects
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Building the wooden frames using duplication and modifiers
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Modelling practice
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extruding and insetting for pipe joints
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creating the lamp using the inset tool
The Landscape
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Creating the triangular tree with simple shapes that we make using the sculpting workspace and the decimate modifier
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Using collections in blender to tidy up and organise our outliner
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Creating the round tree and using proportional editing
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Creating the base using modifiers
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Creating the pond using the boolean modifier
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Creating the paving and rocks with the help of snapping
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creating grass by using linked duplicates
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creating the last plants and lilies for the island
Colour
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Adding and linking materials and colouring our objects
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adding multiple materials to the same object and creating the emission shader for the lights
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getting to grips with cycles and eevee render engines
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Adding lights in both Eevee & Cycles
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Creating mood and atmosphere with the lighting and hdri's
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Adding details and finalizing our scene for rendering
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Rendering our image and using the compositor to add a background and some effects
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Final thoughts and message
Continuing Your GameDev Journey
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