How YOU Should Learn Blender In 2024!
Summary
TLDRThis video script offers an extensive guide for beginners and enthusiasts looking to master Blender in 2024. It compiles a diverse list of YouTube channels and courses tailored for various Blender skills, from modeling and motion graphics to character animation and sculpting. The script emphasizes free learning resources and highlights the value of investing in comprehensive courses for advanced techniques, ensuring viewers can find the right path to enhance their Blender proficiency.
Takeaways
- 😀 The script is a guide for learning Blender in 2024, recommending YouTube channels and paid courses for various categories.
- 🎓 For beginners, CG Cookie's series is highly recommended as a detailed and high-quality start guide, with no need for a paid course.
- 🏗️ In the modeling category, Polygon Runway and Josh Granbell are suggested for their extensive content on scene breakdowns and hard surface modeling.
- 🚗 A paid course on 3D car modeling is recommended for its comprehensive content on interior and exterior car modeling, shading, compositing, and rendering.
- 🎨 For Motion Graphics, Cross Mind Studio and the speaker's own channel are highlighted for their wide range of tutorials and recent updates.
- 🔨 The script emphasizes the importance of learning shading and materials with Ryan King's channel and CG Masters' course for procedural materials.
- 🤖 Character creation and animation are covered with Southern Shotty's channel and the Alive Character Animation course for professional character movements.
- 🌄 Sculpting is recommended to be learned from Yan Sculpts and Grant Abbot's channels, with the HUMAN course being the top pick for its in-depth training on realistic portraits.
- 💡 For lighting, although no specific channel is mentioned, the Cinematic Lighting in Blender course by GLB Alexandr is recommended for high-quality instruction.
- 🏞️ Environment creation is best learned from Max Haye's channel, with his course being praised for its ability to inspire students to create impressive environments.
- 🔧 Product animation can be learned from Derek Elliot's channel, known for its well-edited and humorous approach, with SME's course offering a comprehensive learning experience.
Q & A
What are the two primary ways to learn Blender mentioned in the video?
-The two primary ways to learn Blender mentioned are by watching free YouTube tutorials or by paying for structured courses.
Which YouTube channel does the video recommend for beginners starting from scratch in Blender?
-The video recommends the CG Cookie series as the best YouTube channel for beginners starting from scratch in Blender.
Why does the video suggest not paying for a beginner course in Blender?
-The video suggests not paying for a beginner course because there are already many high-quality, free resources available on YouTube, such as those from CG Cookie, Blender Guru, and CG FasTrack.
Which YouTube channel is recommended for learning hard surface modeling in Blender?
-Josh Gambrell's YouTube channel is recommended for learning hard surface modeling in Blender.
What is the primary focus of the Crossmind Studio YouTube channel, according to the video?
-Crossmind Studio is primarily focused on Motion Graphics, but it also covers a wide range of other Blender-related topics.
Which YouTube channel is suggested for learning procedural materials and shading in Blender?
-Ryan King's YouTube channel is suggested for learning procedural materials and shading in Blender.
Which course is highly recommended for character animation in Blender, and why?
-The 'Alive Character Animation' course is highly recommended for character animation in Blender because it offers 28 hours of in-depth content on creating professional-looking character animations.
What makes the 'Human' sculpting course stand out, as mentioned in the video?
-The 'Human' sculpting course stands out because it offers 25 hours of training on creating realistic portraits entirely within Blender, making it one of the most comprehensive sculpting courses available.
Which YouTube channel is highlighted for learning environment creation in Blender?
-Max Hay's YouTube channel is highlighted for learning environment creation in Blender.
What general advice does the video offer for learning Blender effectively in 2024?
-The video advises doing a lot of binging on YouTube tutorials and engaging deeply with content, as this is an effective way to learn Blender, especially for Motion Graphics.
Outlines
📚 Comprehensive Blender Learning Resources for 2024
This paragraph introduces a collection of YouTube channels and courses for learning Blender in 2024. It discusses two main methods of learning: free YouTube tutorials and paid courses. The speaker emphasizes the abundance of free, high-quality content available, particularly from CG Cookie, Blender Guru, and CG FasTrack. They recommend starting with CG Cookie's detailed beginner's guide and suggest saving money for more advanced courses. The paragraph also touches on the variety of content available for different Blender categories such as modeling, motion graphics, and character creation.
🎨 Diverse Blender Tutorials and Courses for Specialized Learning
The second paragraph delves into specific Blender categories, recommending particular YouTube channels and associated courses for each. For modeling, Polygon Runway and Josh Granbell are highlighted for their extensive and quality content. The 3D Cars Modeling course is praised for its comprehensive approach to hard surface modeling. Motion Graphics is covered by Cross Mind Studio and the speaker's own channel, with a special mention of a major update to their course, including new lessons on geometry nodes. Procedural materials and shading are represented by Ryan King's channel and CG Masters' course, which focuses on vector math and material creation. Character creation and animation are covered by Southern Shotty and Cross Mind Studio, with the Alive Character Animation course noted for its in-depth content on professional character animations.
🏆 Top Blender Channels and Courses for Advanced Learning
The final paragraph continues the theme of recommending Blender learning resources, focusing on advanced topics. It starts with sculpting, featuring Yan Sculpts and Grant Abbot for their extensive sculpting tutorials. The 'Human' course is commended for its 25-hour training on realistic portrait creation in Blender. Lighting is less channel-specific, but the 'Cinematic Lighting in Blender' course by GLB Alexandr is recommended. Environment creation is led by Max Haye's channel, with his course also receiving praise. Product animation is covered by Derek Elliot's channel and SME's course, both recognized for their high-quality content. The paragraph concludes with a broader category of general Blender channels, including Curtis Hol, PolyFjord, and Stash, known for their entertaining and educational content. The speaker also mentions their own channel, SME, for its engaging videos and the potential for a future course on geometry nodes.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Blender
💡Modeling
💡Motion Graphics
💡Procedural Materials
💡Character Creation
💡Sculpting
💡Lighting
💡Environments
💡Product Animation
💡Geometry Nodes
Highlights
Introduction to learning Blender in 2024 with a collection of YouTube channels and courses for various categories.
Recommendation of CG Cookie series for a detailed and high-quality start guide for beginners.
Suggestion to save money on start guide courses due to the abundance of free resources on YouTube.
Polygon Runway channel highlighted for long scene breakdown and various modeling techniques.
Josh Granbell channel recommended for hard surface modeling tutorials and quick tips.
3D Cars Modeling Course as a comprehensive option for those interested in automotive design.
Cross Mind Studio and the narrator's channel emphasized for Motion Graphics tutorials.
Announcement of a major update to the narrator's Motion Graphics course for Blender 4.0.
Ryan King channel as the go-to for procedural materials and shading tutorials.
CG Masters course recommended for in-depth knowledge on procedural materials and vector math.
Southern Shotty channel praised for character creation, rigging, and animation content.
Cross Mind Studio's series on character creation from scratch to final render.
Alive Character Animation Course noted for its comprehensive approach to character animation.
Yan Sculpts and Grant Abbot channels recommended for sculpting tutorials and techniques.
Human course lauded as an impressive 25-hour training on creating realistic portraits in Blender.
Max Haye channel as the top choice for environment creation and design.
Max Haye's course on environment creation praised for its quality and student outcomes.
Derek Elliot channel and SME's product animation course for learning 3D modeling, lighting, and animation.
General topic channels like Curtis Hol, Poly Fjord, and others for a mix of educational and entertaining content.
Default Cube and Aarondale channels for geometry nodes tutorials and techniques.
The narrator's course as a resource for geometry nodes learning in the absence of a dedicated course for Blender 4.0.
Honorable mentions section encouraging viewers to subscribe to a variety of channels for diverse Blender learning.
Conclusion emphasizing the value of binging educational content for learning Blender effectively.
Transcripts
so it's 2024 and you want to learn
blender and in this video I collected a
bunch of YouTube channels in every
single category that you're going to
want to watch if you want to get good at
blender this year now there are two ways
to learn blender you can either do it
for free on YouTube or you can pay for
some courses so for each category I'm
going to be showing you some YouTube
channels that are great to subscribe to
along with a course if you want to
invest in your learning so with that
being said let's get into it all right
so if you are starting from scratch I
think the best one right now is CG
cookie series that they just uploaded
they've been uploading it for a couple
weeks now and it is a very detailed very
highquality start guide um I'm not even
going to recommend a paid course I think
there's really no point in paying for a
start guide course cuz there's so many
from this one from CG cookie to blender
Guru to CG FasTrack so there's so much
here on YouTube definitely save that
money for the next course all right now
modeling uh the first one is polygon
Runway he has so much cont content here
on YouTube if you're really into
watching kind of long scene breakdown
videos which are Super beneficial
especially when you're starting out he's
the channel also he has some really
great uh shorter tutorials for you to
learn a lot of different modeling
techniques now Josh granbell is probably
the definitive hard surface channel here
on YouTube he has a lot of really cool
quick tip like quality of life modeling
tutorials as well as full model
tutorials from scratch to finishing a
really cool hard surface piece
really really cool channel to subscribe
to now for courses the 3D cars modeling
course is probably the best one that I
found when I was doing my research it is
a lot of content you're making an
interior you're making an exterior for a
car you're doing shading you're doing
the compositing all the rendering and
you're making really cool superar
looking modeling lots of hard surface
things but that type of modeling is
transferable to pretty much every
modeling that you're going to be doing
with whatever you want to do really
great course here all right Motion
Graphics uh the first one is cross mind
Studio last year I actually got yelled
at for not mentioning this Channel and I
feel bad because this channel is
incredible and he isn't just Motion
Graphics he's kind of an everything
Channel but he has so much content for
Motion Graphics I had to add him into
this category really great channel here
the next channel is my channel I am a
Motion Graphics Channel I am obsessed
with the topic I love it it's what I've
always done I really love abstract
looping animation so you're learning lot
lots of Loops um most of my tutorials
start from scratch to making a really
beautiful Motion Graphics animation I
really love to teach this topic and lots
of really cool stuff on my channel so
feel free to subscribe to me and for the
Motion Graphics course is my course
today I just launched a major update to
my course I released 2 years ago updated
it for blender 4.0 and added tons of
geometry nodes lessons tons of shading I
went from six lessons to 14 lessons 7
hours of content lots of stuff I spent
several months on this course course and
you are going to be learning so many
tips and tricks to help you make
incredible Motion Graphics again shading
lighting geometry nodes looping all of
this stuff in that course and it's 25%
off for the next two weeks if you're
watching this video on the day I
released it feel free to check that out
now procedural materials shading uh Ryan
King is the definitive channel for this
on YouTube and I don't even have a
second Channel he's just the only
Channel I'm recommending here uh because
he is still upload
really high quality procedural material
tutorials a wide range of different
surfaces and materials and stuff like
that great channel to subscribe to for
courses CG Masters has a course that I
personally watched and it is very
detailed you're making several different
materials that are going to teach you
really everything you need to know about
procedural materials lots of vector math
stuff which really allows you to do
anything you want so much in this course
very detailed very high quality check
that one out all right character
creation character animation uh the
first one is Southern shotty not only is
he a friend of mine but also the channel
is just awesome I have personally
benefited from watching his content I
don't do a lot of character stuff but
when I want to learn it I go to his
channel he has things like character
creation lots of rigging lots of quick
tips and keep an eye on his channel cuz
he's releasing a short film pretty soon
and it's really good you're going to
want to keep your eye out for that now
I'm going to mention cross mind Studio
one more time cuz he just released a
series here on YouTube which you don't
really see too often but he released a
series on creating a character from
scratch to rigging it to shading it and
all that fun stuff it looks pretty good
and anything cross mind makes is very
high quality now for courses is the
alive character animation course this
one sparked a lot of buzz when it came
out and for good reason it's 28 hours of
content on how to create very
professionall looking character
animations everything that comes with
making really really nice looking
movements that's the course all right
sculpting so the first one is going to
be Yan sculpts check out his channel he
has just a mountain of content about
sculpting here on YouTube might even be
the only Channel you need and has so
much training here on YouTube so check
out his channel now the next one is
Grant Abbot another YouTube tutorial OG
uh he doesn't just have sculpting he
also has a lot of modeling tutorials but
he has so much content about sculpting
on his channel I wanted to add him in
really valuable Channel really great guy
all right for courses is human this
course I'll say is probably the one of
the most impressive courses I've seen
come out in my time of being on YouTube
and watching courses and things like
that it is 25 hours of training on how
to create realistic portraits only in
blender we're not going outside of
blender for this course it is I mean 25
hours that's crazy um but so much
content incredibly valuable um people
love this course haven't heard a bad
thing about it and it's just incredible
the guy who made it spent 2 years on
this course I've never really seen
anyone do that here in the blender
community so shout out to this course I
can't say enough good things about it it
is incredible and definitely the best
sculpting course here now for lighting I
couldn't really find a channel that has
lighting as either like a big Focus or
significant focus on the channel but
creative shrimp has a course called
cinematic Lighting in blender and it is
taught by glb alexandr which anything
that he makes is high quality and
definitely worth watching and buying and
getting into this course is going to
teach you of course cinematic lighting
techniques I've personally watched it I
love it so much to get from this course
so check that one out all right so for
environments I think right now the best
channel is Max Haye he had a really
great year this year on YouTube and
that's because his content is very very
high quality now if you want to learn
about how to create environments his
channel has larger walkthroughs quick
tips that really help you kind of get
better incrementally with learning how
to make environments but he is the
environment guy here on YouTube and I
absolutely love his content and then for
courses we're still staying on the max
hey topic he released a course that is
just awesome I've seen a lot of the
students that followed the course and
what they've posted from the course and
it's just incredible what they've come
up with so if you want to check out his
course want to check out his channel Max
Haye is the environment guy pretty
pumped to see what he's going to make
this year so now product animation is
Derek Elliot I just love his channel I
love the way he teaches and if you want
to learn product animation he has a lot
of videos on the topic and what I love
about his videos is not only are they
very valuable in terms of the content
inside of it but they're very well
edited he's got a great sense of humor
in these videos lots of really cool
things and he's honestly probably one of
my top five favorite blender channels to
watch in terms of like all of the
categories I just love his videos
incredibly valuable and some of his
videos are pretty long so there is just
so much to learn honestly some of his
videos are courses um but yeah check out
Derrick Elliot now for a product
animation course uh SME has a really
cool course you're going to learn 3D
modeling product lighting animation
texturing and a lot of other things
within this course it is such a valuable
course I love it I love SME everything
SME makes is high quality including this
course so check that one out now this is
kind of a bigger category and it's just
videos that either kind of General topic
videos where I couldn't really fit it in
a category or channels that I just
simply had a lot of fun watching again
not super specific just had a great time
these channels are really I would say
are for everybody so let's talk about
them the first one is Curtis Hol if
there is a blender update that just came
out or is going to come out he makes
videos about them and I love the way he
not only explains things but he really
comes from a place of well researched he
didn't just look at it really quick and
pop out a video his video is very
intentional he also has a lot of
discussion type videos and breakdowns
that are super beneficial I really love
Curtis Holt's Channel now the next one
if you're in the blender Community you
probably already know him it's poly
Fjord the way I would describe his
channel is just videos about really cool
ideas it seems very evident that he just
makes videos about what is interesting
to him and then he goes all right let's
make a really cool video about this um
his channel is just so great I have had
so much fun just watching every single
upload the blender Community really
loves him and it's for good reason and
his videos are high quality super
interesting and you can definitely apply
those things that you're watching to
your own work now stash is a fun Channel
I found him this year and I'm so glad I
did so many beneficial videos on his
channel I would say that his channel is
one of those channels that's Geared for
everybody videos about photo realism
quick tips add-ons all of this stuff
it's kind of a mix of a lot of things
that really anybody can benefit if
you're using blender or you want to
learn blender I really love the way he
makes his videos really fun really
entertaining and I just love it SME is
one of those channels that if you are a
blender user you're just going to have
fun watching his videos I love his
videos um lots of just like hey here's a
cool idea let's make an entertaining
video about it you're going to learn
something you're going to have fun
watching it I even have a cameo in one
of his videos where he made an ad in 24
hours and I had to guess like which one
was his ad and which one was a different
one very entertaining his videos are
well edited well paced actually
genuinely high quality content there and
I love it Kaizen is one of those
channels that is going to teach you some
really valuable Concepts while being
entertaining at the same time what's
great about them is you don't really
need to be sitting at your computer to
really learn and follow along from his
videos which is so valuable cuz
sometimes I'm sitting in bed or sitting
on the couch or just waiting for
something to upload and I just want to
watch an educational video that's also
interesting and entertaining and Kaizen
is that guy so definitely subscribe to
his channel geometry nodes uh if you
want to learn geometry nodes and have a
channel that's really great to binge
it's definitely default Cube his videos
are super detailed a very wide range of
techniques within blender uh this one
I'm showing right now is just so cool
he's using simulations for this so if
you're interested in simulation nodes
he's got some really great videos for
that and the next one is aarondale
aarondale is just I don't know how he
knows all this but he knows so much
about geometry nodes has a great YouTube
channel um definitely check out his
Twitter he posts a lot of really cool
projects that he's working on within
geometry no very much a Geon noes wiiz
um definitely a cool Channel there in
terms of courses I did a bit of research
I couldn't really find a updated for
blender 4.0 a relatively new course a
lot of the geometry nodes courses are
for the older version if you are just
stepping foot within geometry nodes my
course the Motion Graphics course has
quite a bit of geometry noes stuff in
there so you can definitely check it out
there but still waiting on like a
dedicated big geometry nodes course to
come out so if you are interested in
making something like that definitely
there's a spot open for it and these are
the honorable mentions I I mean half of
these I feel bad for not like
highlighting but there's just so many
channels here in the blender community
so definitely check out all of these
channels what I would do is go in the
description and just like spam subscribe
to every single one of these and that's
it that is how to learn blender in
2024 definitely just do a lot of binging
that's the way I learned Motion Graphics
here in blender and I'm thinking about
making a video sort of like my journey
and how I learned mograph um but yeah
definitely just do a lot of binging a
lot of sitting if you're kind of
starting from scratch today uh but with
that being said feel free to subscribe
to my channel thanks for watching and I
will see you in the next one
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