Get $500+ of the best After Effects files, video templates and music for only $20!

47 Amazing Blender Tutorials

Topher Welsh on Aug 17th 2009 with 37 comments

Okay all you freeloaders… here are the Blender tutorials I promised! I got you 47 amazing tuts from around the far reaches of the interwebs. So go get some coffee or a can of coke, cause you’re gonna be here for a while.

    Model and Texture a Wooden Barrel

    Model and texture a wooden barrel using multiple modifiers and projection painting with Jonathan Williamson .

    Creating Magic Wand Particles

    Learn how to create magic wand effects in this huge 3 part tutorial.

    Projection Painting

    This tutorial goes through the process of setting up your UVs, and then using projection painting to create the textures.

    3 Point Lighting

    Shows how to make a good three-point lighting setup in Blender.

    Creating a Teddy Bear

    At the risk of sounding redundant….learn how to model a teddy bear:Part 1 Part 2

    Create a Steampunk Telescope

    Learn how to model and texture a steampunk style telescope.

    Modeling a Rope

    Model a rope in Blender by replicating a segment along a path using Array and Curve modifiers.

    Modeling a Human Head

    Learn to model a human head in this huge 6 part tutorial.

    CGSutra’s Blender Basics

    CGSutra has 3 tutorials on Blender Basics: The Interface Working With Viewports Moving Around in 3d Space

    CGSutra’s Blender Vital Functions

    This is a massive 5 part tutorial where you will be shown many vital functions and aspects that you must understand when using Blender:Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

    Lighting in Blender

    Explore Blender lamps in detail.

    Basic Rigging in Blender

    Learn how to rig a basic arm in Blender.

    Rigging a Giant Spider

    Learn to rig a giant spider in Blender, and then composite the animation in After Effects.

    Steps To Success

    Learn how to rig and animate a walk cycle.

    Modeling a Die

    Create a die using only meshes.

    Pawn in a Hurry

    Learn how to make a pawn jump happily around the chessboard, and also deform it a bit when it hits the ground.

    A Ride in the Mines

    Learn how to work with curves and procedural objects.

    “Painting” Instanced Object Into a Scene

    Learn how to use Blender’s particle systems to “paint” instanced objects onto mesh surfaces.

    Using a Lattice to Redesign your Model

    Learn how to use a lattice to redesign a 3d model. This lets you make significant changes to the shape without sacrificing the integrity of the mesh topology.

    Basic Decaling

    Learn some essential Blender decaling techniques.

    The Gen3 Tree Making Tool

    Learn how to use Sergey Prokhorchuk’s Gen3 Tree Making Script for Blender.

    Oven Baked Pretzels

    Check out this very long and intensive tutorial on modeling, texturing, lighting, and rendering some oven baked pretzels.

    Modeling The Blender 3D Logo

    Make a very accurate model of your favorite FREE 3D app’s logo!

    Adding Glint Effects

    Learn how to create glint effects in your Blender scene.

    Modeling a Bottle

    Learn some very basic techniques to modeling a bottle from photo reference.

    Rendering with HDRI

    Make realistic renders using HDRI imagery.

    Making a Chain

    Learn how to make a simple chain.

    Fluid Simulations

    Simulate water flowing down a staircase.

    Looking Eyes

    From the Wikibook, Noob to Pro, learn how to make Pixar-looking eyes.

    Faked Global Illumination

    Create a faked Global Illumination lighting effect.

    Sears-Roebuck Dairy Barn

    Watch how this amazing scene of the Sears-Roebuck Dairy Barn was put together.

    Creating a Celtic Knot

    Learn some handy modeling techniques to make a celtic knot.

    Modeling a Dolphin

    This is a very basic tutorial made to give you some beginner character modeling techniques.

    Candle Tutorial

    Learn how to model a candle in Blender.

    Furry

    Another chapter from Noob to Pro that deals with using particles to create fur.

    Cloud Creation

    Create clouds using Blender particles.

    Creating Surface Tension

    Learn how to create surface tension between images to make your renders look more realistic.

    Dense Smoke

    Create dense smoke utilizing the Blender particle system in a relatively straight-forward way.

    Making Swords and Daggers

    Learn how to model swords and daggers from reference photography.

    Making of Reaching Out

    Check out the making of the recent CGtuts+ featured work “Reaching Out” by Soenke Maeter.

    Making of Antonio The Horse

    An awesome walkthrough of how Antonio the horse was created.

    Making of Magic Bullet

    Watch how “Magic Bullet” by Enrico Cerica was made using Blender, Yafaray, and Photoshop.

    Modeling Spongebob Squarepants

    An amazingly long tutorial on how to model and texture Spongebob Squarepants.

    Basics of UV Mapping

    Learn the basics of UV Mapping in Blender.

    Grass From Particles

    Learn a technique to make some nice looking grass for ground cover.

    Suspended Bridge With Rigid Body Constraints

    Create a suspended bridge in Blender’s game engine using physical constraints.

    Low Poly Pistol

    Learn how to make a low poly model of a pistol.

    If you enjoyed this post, please give it a vote on Digg or a stumble to say thanks!


 
Enjoyed this Post?

Subscribe to our RSS Feed, Follow us on Twitter or simply recommend us to friends and colleagues!

By Topher Welsh

Rollover to read this author's bio or click through to see a full list of posts by this author.

Topher Welsh is a post production artist working mainly in the fields of motion graphics and visual effects. He is a freelancer out of Tacoma, Washington, and also runs www.VisualFXtuts.com, which provides a daily fix of tutorials from any and all applications in the visual effects industry. His personal website is found here: www.Toe-Fur.com.  

Plus Premium
 
 
Add Comment

Discussion 37 Comments

  1. Craigsnedeker says:
    August 17, 2009 at 6:26 am

    Great list! Missed some though. Some tuts on youtube that were jaw dropping effects (forgot guys name though)

    Reply
  2. Adam Kerow says:
    August 17, 2009 at 6:28 am

    I Love this im gonna download Blender and try out these, i remember downloading blender but didnt know the basics so i got rid of it! thanks

    and perhaps someone could make a tutorial on rigging and animating on cinema 4D And modeling would be useful too!.

    thanks again

    Reply
  3. Darren says:
    August 17, 2009 at 7:39 am

    I have seen that “Magic bullet” tutorial before. It is truly one of the greatest renders I have ever seen. Proof that you dont $1000+ 3D software to make something truly remarkable. Long live open source software.

    Reply
  4. Alex says:
    August 17, 2009 at 10:02 am

    Thanks alot, have been looking for something like this for ages :)

    Reply
  5. Max says:
    August 17, 2009 at 11:27 am

    Very cool!
    maybe you can please list so much cinema 4d tuts about rigging, cloths, skin, dynamics, mograph,..

    Reply
  6. Kris says:
    August 17, 2009 at 2:06 pm

    THESE ARE AMAZING. Thank you so much!

    I saw the post and the biggest smile went across my face. Sure I could search the web for all of these on my own.. but wth?

    You did it for us and you rock!

    Reply
  7. Bleuberry says:
    August 18, 2009 at 11:36 am

    You missed blenderguru.com -> 3 awesome tutorials, and niox his blenderchannel and the 500 blender tutorial round up. There way more out there but still these are some that will keep you started.

    Reply
  8. eathan28 says:
    August 19, 2009 at 3:50 am

    love this! GREAT GREAT collections!
    MORE! XD

    Reply
  9. Kahero says:
    August 19, 2009 at 5:40 am

    I wish you could put some level indicators to these tutorials so I can know where to start :)

    Reply
  10. Carlos says:
    August 20, 2009 at 7:23 am

    I can’t get the soft bodies tutorial to go, it keeps bringing me back to this page.

    I was really interested in that one. All the other ones are really good tough.

    Reply
  11. Adrian Peirson says:
    August 29, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    Awesome collection, thanks.

    Reply
  12. Danilo says:
    September 11, 2009 at 10:18 am

    I think the softbody tutorial is this one http://www.blender3dclub.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=48

    Reply
  13. Lord Iglio says:
    December 10, 2009 at 10:26 am

    Wow! Awesome selection. Can’t wait to go through them! ha! Thanks a lot, man!

    Blender rocks!

    Cheers to open source and the developers!

    Reply
  14. Animandré says:
    January 7, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    UAu! Amazing! Very cool!

    Thank you for the excellent tutorials!

    Reply
  15. Matelix says:
    January 26, 2010 at 6:49 am

    Nice Collection

    Reply
  16. wiide says:
    February 4, 2010 at 7:11 am

    oi…. this is great :D

    Reply
  17. devil fahmy says:
    February 4, 2010 at 5:37 pm

    hmmm… coool buh i dont knw which1 to start wid

    Reply
  18. maxlender says:
    February 8, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    hoho thanks a lot dude

    Reply
  19. maxlender says:
    February 8, 2010 at 11:21 pm

    indonesian people can visit this forum http://blenderindonesia.org/forum/
    it may can help. thanks :)

    Reply
  20. Michael says:
    April 3, 2010 at 1:10 pm

    The wooden barrel is a 404 link. Here is the right one: http://www.blendercookie.com/2009/06/22/creating-a-wooden-barrel/

    Reply
  21. barri says:
    April 13, 2010 at 6:26 am

    Many many thanks. This helps really.

    Reply
  22. potato says:
    May 21, 2010 at 1:54 am

    very good

    Reply
  23. Carlile says:
    July 8, 2010 at 7:51 am

    Some responce from your links are like this:
    The requested URL /articles/2009/03/31/modeling-a-rope was not found on this server.

    Updating links would be nice.

    thnx.

    Reply
  24. Maxime says:
    September 2, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    please update the links! I’d love to do those tutorials :)

    Reply
  25. Alexhans says:
    September 29, 2010 at 10:19 am

    Thanks. Very useful

    Reply
  26. karen says:
    November 22, 2010 at 10:36 am

    nice tutorials

    Reply
  27. cool desktops says:
    January 13, 2011 at 2:10 pm

    great collection – thanks

    Reply
  28. smooth says:
    February 12, 2011 at 11:11 am

    thanks, I have never attempted 3d but i am going to try now.

    Reply
  29. stanley Sun says:
    February 26, 2011 at 5:36 pm

    Hi

    Thanks for posting up the tutorials. But none of the links seems to be working.

    Reply
  30. Faux Ray says:
    May 19, 2011 at 3:15 am

    Hello
    Great list, great tutorials
    However, learning level please
    Newbie like me will likely jump free
    Without real clue about every steps
    Thanks with regards

    Reply
  31. Rasika says:
    July 20, 2011 at 6:27 am

    hallow

    Reply
  32. Jack says:
    January 16, 2012 at 11:14 pm

    I shall no longer be a newb.

    Reply
  33. otobong says:
    February 5, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    Wow! This is great. Am gonna check them all

    Reply
  34. irfaan says:
    March 26, 2012 at 2:03 am

    Cool….. I like it ^_^

    Reply
  35. reza says:
    April 12, 2012 at 5:09 am

    thanks these are awsome

    Reply

Add a Comment

To add a code snippet to your comment, please wrap your code like so: <pre name="code" class="html">YOUR CODE</pre>. You can replace the class name with "js," "css," "sql," or "php." If there are any "<" or ">" within your code, please search and replace them with: &lt; and &gt; respectively.