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Learn the sculpting fundamentals and how to bring your own sculptures to life.

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Latest Update (March 2023): New "Epic Creature Animation" chapter added
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Overview

Do you want to create 3D sculptures you can be proud of?

Are free Blender sculpting tutorials on YouTube only giving you a basic understanding, but they don't teach you all the steps necessary to create stunning, high-quality sculptures?

That's why we created this extensive Blender course, that teaches you all important sculpting workflows using only free tools.

In two easy to follow projects, you learn step by step how to bring 3D creatures to life, by sculpting from references, adding color and rendering a turntable from each creature.

So, pick up your graphics tablet (a mouse will do too, but it's much less fun) and start your sculpting journey.

What’s inside?

Get an overview of the course journey.

Part 1 – Sculpting Fundamentals

  • 3 Chapters
  • 33 Lessons
  • ~4 hrs running time

Chapter 1 & 2 Getting Started & Fundamentals

In the first two chapters, you will make your very first steps into the sculpt mode of Blender. You will learn about all important tools and workflows, and go through simple exercises.

25 videos | ~3:08 hrs running time

Chapter 3 Base Meshes

Learn different workflows on how to create your base meshes, which are the foundation to start the sculpting process.

8 videos | ~0:50 hrs running time

Part 2 – Cute Creature

  • 4 Chapters
  • 71 Lessons
  • ~11 hrs running time

Chapter 4 Cute Creature Base Sculpting

In this chapter, we use a 2D concept drawing as reference, build a proper base mesh and start sculpting, by adding medium level details.

11 videos | ~1:25 hrs running time

Chapter 5 Cute Creature Retopology

Learn all important workflows about retopologizing your sculptings, by creating a mesh with a good topology, based on the shape of your sculpting. This retopology mesh can then be used to create high-resolution details in the following chapter.

16 videos | ~1:56 hrs running time

Chapter 6 Cute Creature Details

Learn how to sculpt high-resolution details, like the details on the head and the fur. You will also discover the cloth tools in Blender's sculpt mode, which we will use to create a backpack.

20 videos | ~3:28 hrs running time

Chapter 7 Cute Creature Presentation

Learn all you need to know about making your sculpting look pretty. We will create a flexible clay shader that you can put on any sculpting. We will pose the create and color it with the Sculpt Vertex Colors and procedural shading methods. In the end, we will light it and render out still images and a turntable animation of the creature.

24 videos | ~4:11 hrs running time

Part 3 – Epic Creature

  • 6 Chapters
  • 89 Lessons
  • ~14.5+ hrs running time

Chapter 8 Epic Creature Base Sculpting

Learn a creative sculpting workflow where we start with a simple sphere and then step by step build the base sculpting of the creature out of it. We will also learn how to use anatomy references to make the different body parts look more realistic.

16 videos | ~2:10 hrs running time | Added in December 2021

Chapter 9 Epic Creature Details

Learn how to add fine details to the creature using various techniques. We will use the default sculpting tools, masking techniques but also brush textures to add high resolution details like scales and skin. Additionally, you will learn how to create your own custom brush textures from 3D data and 2D photos.

11 videos | ~1:26 hrs running time | Added in March 2022

Chapter 10 Epic Creature Shading

Learn how to texture the creature from scratch. We will UV unwrap the model, bake different texture maps, texture paint the base color and add fine details to the skin in the shader editor. Additionally, we will create semi-realistic eyes for the creature.

21 videos | ~3:28 hrs running time | Added in May 2022

Chapter 11 - Epic Creature Rigging

Learn how to create a fully-featured rig for the creature, to be able to easily pose and animate it. For this, we will use the free Rigify add-on, which simplifies the process a lot, by offering different rig-templates, which we can adjust to our needs. Afterward, we generate all controller bones with a single click. Additionally, we will learn how to bake all materials of the creature into simple texture maps.

12 videos | ~2:16 hrs running time | Added in January 2023

Chapter 12 - Epic Creature Rendering

Learn how to create a beautiful still render of your sculpture. For this we will set up the camera, give the creature a majestic pose, create a simple environment with pre-made 3D assets, create a moody light setup and fine-tune everything in the compositor.

12 videos | ~1:50 hrs running time | Added in February 2023

Chapter 13 - Epic Creature Animation

Learn how to bring your sculpted creature to life by creating a looping animation. For this we animate the camera, the environment and the creature. By adding an element of surprise to the scene, we make it more fun and engaging. Additionally, you will learn how to fine tune your render and compositing settings for faster rendering, and render out a high-quality video of your animation.

17 videos | ~3:20 hrs running time | Added in March 2023

Part 4 - Brushes & Sculpting Settings

Coming in Q2/2023

We are currently finishing up this final part of the course, which will give a detailed explanation of all the sculpting settings, tools and brushes.

Course History & Updates

  • Official Release in November 2017 Version 1.0 was published
  • Work on Version 2.0 started in October 2020 redoing the course from scratch
  • Part 1 and 2 added from November 2020 to August 2021 with 7 new chapters
  • Part 3 added from October 2021 to March 2023 with 6 new chapters published (latest update in March 2023)
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Who is this for?

Is this course right for you?

Some basic Blender knowledge is recommended to have fun with this course, however, no previous sculpting experience is required, since we start at the very beginning.

You can get our Blender Launch Pad course with a discount at the checkout, to learn the fundamentals.

We highly recommend using a graphics tablet for this course, even a basic one will make your sculpting journey much more enjoyable.

This course can also help you to make the switch from a different sculpting software to Blender.

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Instructor(s)

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Zach Reinhardt

Zach Reinhardt

Founder & Lead Instructor

I fell in love with 3D the first time I opened Blender in 2004. From my first freelance jobs, to my first teaching experiences, my passion for telling stories in 3D and teaching my experiences to others grew. All of this led me to founding CG Boost in 2019, where I carefully craft Blender courses to make your learning process an enjoyable journey.

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Master 3D Sculpting in Blender

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  • Learn everything about sculpting in Blender in one place
  • 190+ lessons (29.5+ hrs running time)
  • All project files for download
  • Stream online or download the course for offline use
  • English captions for each lesson
  • Access to a student-only community
  • Get a certificate on course completion
  • Pay once and get all future updates for free
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