Hi, my name is Harry and I’m a professional 3d Artist!
I’ve worked for over a decade as a professional artist in multiple different industries. Most recently working as the Studio Director for an award winning Architectural Visualization studio.
In this class I’ll guide you through a fun beginner exercise where we’ll model, texture and render a cute gnome with a real hair beard. We’ll go through each part of the process step-by-step, so you should find it fun and easy to follow along with me.
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We’re 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.
Download Blender 100% free <a href="https://www.blender.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">here</a>!
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, you’ll learn:
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<li>Modeling - which is how we’ll create the body of our little gnome</li>
<li>Modifiers - that add additional modeling effects such as smoothing</li>
<li>Texturing - this will add color and detail to the clothing of our gnome and their beard.</li>
<li>Lighting - we’ll add lights to illuminate our scene</li>
<li>Rendering - which involves positioning a 3d camera and generating a picture of our gnome</li>
<li>Compositing - that will add a background and fun pattern behind our gnome render</li>
</ul>
At the end, we’ll have a cute gnome to render to our heart’s content. It’s also a character that can be easily altered to give them a different look pretty easily.
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Our class project will have you take all of the techniques you learned making the gnome, and then apply them to make a unique gnome of your design. This would include adjustments like changing their hat shape and style, clothing colors and fabric or their beard style and color. 
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I hope you’ll join me on this fun little beginner’s journey through Blender by making your very own bearded gnome!

Introduction

Setting Up Our File

Modeling the Body

Modeling the Feet

Modeling the Hat and Nose

Painting the Vertex Groups

Creating the Mustache

Creating the Beard

Texturing the Gnome

Lighting the Gnome

Rendering the Gnome

Our Class Project!

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Fabric_Normal.jpg

Fabric_Roughness.jpg

Leather_Color.jpg

Leather_Normal.jpg

Leather_Roughness.jpg

Mushroom Background.jpg

Polkadot Background.jpg

Leaf Background.jpg

Gnome_Reference.jpg

Blender Shortcuts Cheat Sheet.jpg

Blender Shortcuts Cheat Sheet.pdf

My Class Project: Warrior Gnome!

Blender 3D for Beginners: Learn to Model a Cute Gnome With Real Hair

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Blender 3D for Beginners: Learn to Model a Cute Gnome With Real Hair

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