Blender 3D Model a Ghibli Art Stylized Scene

In this lesson, we will discuss the course layout. I will also show you how to turn on system information, such as your current polygon count and memory used. This is like a short course within a course, introducing you to the basics of Blender.

This lesson will be an introduction to working with and importing references to Blender. You will also learn how to use edge loops.

Lesson 3 will see us create the lamp part of the lantern. You will be introduced to beveling and filling meshes in Blender.

In this lesson, you will learn why seams and sharps are important in 3D modelling. This is like a short course within a course, introducing you to using and applying seams and sharps effectively.

This lesson is an introduction to materials and how to import them into Blender. You will find out why UVs are important. Best of all, you will learn about the basics of the Blender node system.

Lesson 6 will see us add our first materials to our street lamp light and our general stylized oriental island scene. You will learn about a simple material node build in Blender.

In this lesson, we will look at importing a simple sunlight source and we will discuss how it works. We also create an emission shader complete with a gradient to give us that stylized feel for our oriental flying island scene.

This lesson is our first look at the power of curves and how to create ornamental edges on the top of our light. We also take a look at a few Blender modifiers including the mirror modifier.

Lesson 9 will be a complete introduction to smoothing options within Blender. You will learn how to mark seams and sharps on our small build to create more realism and move away from blocky-looking models.

In this lesson, we look at how to draw curves and meshes with our mouse to create 3D meshes. This is a very useful skill that will quickly elevate your 3D modeling toolkit.

This lesson will show you how to style swirls with a simple but underused option in Blender - proportional editing. We will go through the various options for procedural editing and it will quickly become part of your 3D modeling workflow.

Lesson 12 will involve adding the rest of the materials to our lamp.

In this lesson, I will introduce you to using Blender’s bevel modifier. Not only does it speed up our workflow, but, more importantly, it is a very easy way to add realism to any model.

This lesson will show you how to import designs you created in Adobe Photoshop into Blender. We will discuss how to use scalable vector graphics (SVGs) to reduce complex meshes and their respective build times. Within a few clicks, you will have created your oriental pattern.

Lesson 15 will involve continuing work on our small bridge build. We will look at how to make the bridge look structurally realistic. As part of this lesson, we will create the planks and the side rail.

In this lesson, we take everything we have learned so far and use it to create a faster 3D modeling workflow. We also add a lot of edge loops and learn about planning.

This lesson will see us finish the small bridge in preparation for the next major step in designing our stylized oriental flying island scene. By this point, we will have added all our materials, sharps and bevel edges.

In this lesson, we will work on our circle entrance and learn how to create stonework. We also look at simple techniques to create flowing meshes. Finally, you will learn what a normal is within the context of 3D modeling.

This lesson will show you why booleans are great in 3D modeling. You will also learn about the difficulties using booleans can cause. This lesson will be essential to your independent troubleshooting as an artist because there is no point in learning how to use booleans if you do not know how to fix distorted meshes to achieve clean topography.

Lesson 21 will teach you how to quickly and easily create hollowed-out models. This lesson will also see us start work on the fruit basket that will be featured in our stylized oriental island scene.

In this lesson, we will start working on our first full and complex procedural material. We will be using Blender’s node system. At the end of this lesson, you will have finished working on your fruit basket.

This lesson will see us creating procedural materials. One of these materials is the melon material for the fruits that will be placed within our fruit basked. The melon material seems complex, but with everything we have learned so far, the process will be simple. As part of this lesson, we will also start working on our large arch reference.

Lesson 24 involves utilising the efficient and fast workflow we have learned so far. We will finish our large arch including modelling, beveling and material work. Before finishing, we will also take a quick look at our next build we will begin working on - the rock pool.

In this lesson, you will be introduced to sculpting within Blender. We will go through mesh preparation and look at a few of the brushes available to use. We also look at quick ways to remesh our rockpool grey box.

This lesson will see us create the procedural rock material for our rock pool using the Blender node system.

Lesson 27 will focus on creating the water for our rock pool using a material shader. We will also be creating the water plane using displacement.

In lesson 28, we will be creating the petals that will lie on the water of our stylized oriental island scene rock pool. To do this, we will use the Blender spin function.

In this lesson, we will create the lily pads using the Blender knife tool. Using a combination of curves and proportional editing, you will learn how to make reeds for the main body of water in our stylized oriental island scene.

This lesson will see us creating the procedural material for the reeds using a gradient node system. You will also be making a basic start on our roof template.