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Blender 3D: The Magic of Materials

Unlock creativity with Skillshare! Learn acrylic painting, AI writing, graphic design, and photography.

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About Blender 3D: The Magic of Materials

Introduction

Setting Up Our File

Viewport Render Modes and Region Render

Shader vs Texture vs Material

Shader Node Basics and Gold Metal

Wood Floor and Node Wrangler (Part 1)

Wood Floor and Node Wrangler (Part 2)

Feather Quill and Torch Flame

Volume Scatter

Stylized Glass

Wizard Hat Fabric

Beanstalk

Cabinet Wood

Stone Walls and Unwrapping

Compositing Effects and Your Materials

How Lighting Affects Your Materials

Class Project Ideas

Conclusion

What You Will Learn?

  • Hi, my name is Harry! I’m a professional 3d artist with over a decade of experience. I’ve worked most recently as the Studio Director of an award winning architectural visualization studio..
  • In this class, we’ll be using a magical wizard’s study to learn the basics of materials in Blender!.
  • You’ll have access to this complete scene as both an untextured starter file and a fully textured end file by downloading them from the project resources!.
  • Please note, Blender version 4.0 or later is required to follow along with this class and use these provided files. You can download the latest version of Blender completely free at www.blender.org!I’ve also included a handy cheat sheet filled with important keyboard shortcuts, that you can reference during the class and in the future!.
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  • We’ll be going through the entire process of learning material creation from a beginner’s perspective to avoid as much confusion as possible. That means I won’t be skipping any steps or going too fast for you to keep up with me..
  • While we won’t be texturing every single object in this scene, we’ll focus on key objects that cover many different nodes and techniques such as metal, emission, Fresnel, image based textures, simple unwrapping and more!.
  • In addition to texturing, we’ll also learn:.
  • When we’re done you’ll have all the skills you need to start creating awesome materials for your own projects! .
  • For our class project, you’ll either use the provided material studio file to create your own material from scratch based on a reference image, or you can make a custom version of this Wizard’s Study that’s unique to you!.
  • I’ll personally review every project uploaded to the gallery and give you feedback on your render!.
  • I hope you’ll join me on this beginner’s journey through texturing in Blender!.
  • I’ll see ya in the first lesson!.