Getting Started

Basic Blender Interface

Viewport Configuration and Layout

Display Settings and Menu Rollouts

Select, Undo/Redo, and Space Search

Rendering an Image

Viewport Controls and Settings

Transforms and User Preferences

Select and Deselect

Primitives

Append

Primitive Properties

3D Cursor and Object Position

Edit and Object Mode

Grease Pencil

Pivots and Object Origin

3D Cursor

Transform Orientation and Duplicate

Polygon, Vertex, and Edge

Object Mode Keys

Edit Mode Keys

Limit Selection to Visible

Viewport Shading and Smoothing

Insert, Delete, Dissolve Edge

Edge Split and Create Edge

Merge

User Preferences and Key Commands

Outliner

Modifiers

Piling Modifiers

Snaps (Edit and Object Mode)

Snap to Grid

Splines

Rendering Splines

Splines in Edit Mode

Curve Modifier

Path Deform Process

Bevel with Contour Controls

Lathe

Mirror and Symmetrize

Insert

Intersect Tool

Fill, Bridge, and Grid Fill

Bend

Pivot Positioning

Fill

Grease Pencil Revisited

Duplicate and Linked Duplicate

Appending and Saving Selected

Layers

Boolean

Smooth Shading

Arrays

Solidify

Subdivide

Proportional Editing

Mesh Deform

Basic Light Settings

Basic Edge Placement for Sub D Surfaces

Final Practical

Getting Started

Balance

Unity

Gradation

Harmony

Dominance

Repetition

Contrast

Gestalt

Space

Symmetry and Asymmetry

Gathering and Filtering

Style Guides

Form and Structure

Silhouette and Visual Reference

Tonal Studies

Light

Ball Study

Visual Depth

Tactile Texture / Visual Texture / Pattern

Volume

Visual Narrative I

Visual Narrative II

Final Practical

Getting Started

Photoshop Texture Maps

Custom Brushes

Style Sheets and Ortho Concepts

Creature Design

DDO, NDO, and 3DO in Photoshop

Quixel

Map Types

What is Physically Based Rendering?

Ambient Occlusion (AO) Maps

ID Maps

Using the Quixel Suite

Using NDO I

Using 3DO I

NDO Practical

Accessing Material ID Links

Using DDO I

Saving DDO Smart Materials

Using DDO II

Using DDO III

Create Base (Albedo / Specular / Reflection / AO / Normal)

Lowering Preview Resolution and Viewing IDs in Real-Time

Combining Normal Information

Layers and Blending Modes in DDO

The Mask Editor and Mask Paint

Brush Combining in Photoshop and Blender

Grouping Layers

Final Practical

Getting Started

Basic Photoshop

Tile Texture

Wacom Tablet Properties

Layers

Lights

Sizing and Saving Texture Maps

Texel Density

Basic UV Unwrap

The UV Editor

Adding Maps to Objects

Auto and Smart Unwrap

To Sphere

Unwrap Follow Active Quads

Setting Seams for UVW Unwrap

Smoothing and UV Elements

Element Selection

Positioning of Unwrap Elements

Weld, Stitch, and Breaking UV Elements

Relaxing UV Vertices and Elements

Packing UV Elements

Mesh Smooth and Edge Crease

Cycles in Blender

Texture Paint

Basic Sculpt

Baking ID Maps

Baked Textures

Creating Normal Maps

Sub-D Modeling Intro

Final Practical

Getting Started

Stylized 3d Character

Man Made Prop

3d Tree

Underwater Vehicle

Getting Started

Anatomy (Hands)

Anatomy (Feet)

Anatomy (Head)

Anatomy (Arm, Leg)

Anatomy (Chest, Back)

Anatomy (Creature - Cat)

Anatomy (Creature - Horse)

Anatomy (Bird)

Anatomy (Creature - Dinosaur)

Anatomy (Structural Design - Wings)

Edge Flow, Relaxed Edge Flow

Anatomy and Edge Flow

Supporting Edges (Structural)

Supporting Edges (Curved Mesh)

Mirror and Edge Flow

Weighted Vertices

Armature in 3d (Skin Modifier)

Edge Flow for Animated Meshes

Fixing Texture Seams

Digital Sculpting

Solidify to Set Up Clothing

Script UV Squares Master

Script Mesh Align to G Pencil

Final Practical

Getting Started

Orthographic Planes

Alpha Settings and Transparency

X-Ray

Blocking Out the Leg

Adding the Mirror Modifier

Defining the Back of the Neck

Creating the Feet

Creating the Head I

Creating the Head II

Creating the Hands I

Creating the Hands II

Creating the Arms

Creating the Toes

Eyes and Teeth

Final Base Mesh (Ready for Sculpt)

The Multiresolution Modifier

Setting Up the Sculpt Menu

Laying Down Clay Strips

Refining the Sculpt

Sculpting Details

Duplicate Mesh, Create Low and High Variation

Spaced (Relax) Vertices and Tight Mesh Areas

Texture Projections

Projection Snaps and Retopo

Final Practical

Getting Started

Add/Delete Edge Loops to Define Volumes

Unwrapping Separate Objects (Sub-Objects)

Baking Normal Maps (Blender)

Baking Normal Maps (XNormal)

Apply Normal Maps to Mesh

Texture Paint Mode and Brushes

Mirror in Paint Mode

Stencils

UV Unwrap Guidelines

Normal Map Errors and Extreme Stretching

Normal Map Elements (XYZ, Color, Designation)

Additional Projects

Final Practical

Getting Started

New Project and UI Overview

Viewport Navigation

View Modes and Show Flags

Placing Objects in a Level

Content Browser

Material Creation I

Material Creation II

Basic Lighting

Basic Blueprints

Lights and Settings

Shadows

Light Behavior I

Light Behavior II

Three Point Lighting

Time of Day Lighting

Translucency and Projections

Game Engine Lighting I

Game Engine Lighting II

Final Practical

Getting Started

Modeling the Base Mesh

Sculpting the Character

Retopology

UV Mapping and Texture Baking

Texture Painting

Rigging the Character

Creating Animation Cycles

Setting Up in Unity

Final Practical

Final Practical and Essay

Portfolio Development

Career/Next Steps Consultation