Hi, my name is Harry and Im a professional 3d Artist. Ive worked for over a decade as a professional artist in multiple different industries. My jobs have included creating user interface art for a major video game development company, a green screen footage editor and 3d background artist for a video production company, and working as the lead 3d Artist and later Studio Director for an award winning Architectural Visualization studio. In this class Ill guide you through a fun beginner exercise where well model, texture and render a cute gnome with a real hair beard. Well go through each part of the process step-by-step, so you should find it fun and easy to follow along with me. Were using Blender for this tutorial, which is an amazing and totally free 3d software. The only barrier to entry is having a computer to run the software on.A gnome might seem like an odd choice for a beginner project, but it really is a perfect place to start! While modeling your gnome, youll learn: Modeling - which is how well create the body of our little gnomeModifiers - that add additional modeling effects such as smoothingTexturing - this will add color and detail to the clothing of our gnome and their beard. Lighting - well add lights to illuminate our sceneRendering - which involves positioning a 3d camera and generating a picture of our gnomeCompositing - that will add a background and fun pattern behind our gnome renderAt the end, well have a cute gnome to render to our hearts content. Its also a character that can be easily altered to give them a different look pretty easily.I hope youll join me on this fun little beginners journey through Blender by making your very own bearded gnome!
