Week 9 2025 Creature Sculpting

October 13 - 17, 2025 

Objective: Modeling objects by sculpting.
Assignment: Create a creature using meatball & sculpting modeling.
Save As: 01_Creature_XX.blend

Video Tutorial: Metaball & Sculpt Modeling

Texture Painting in Blender for Beginners (Tutorial)

Texture Painting - Quick Start Guide - Blender

Week 7 2025 Breakfast Layout

September 30 - October 3, 2025 

Objective: Creating an Image Texture
Assignment: Cereal Cover Design
Details: Using Photoshop create a new cereal company.

Save As: 01_Cover_XX.psd

Render As: 01_Cover_XX.jpg

Photoshop Design:

Creating a Cereal Cover in Photoshop

Objective: Adding Image Texture
Assignment: Create a Breakfast Table Layout. (50 pts. Cereal Design)
Details: Add your Cereal cover to a box. Model a bowl, spoon, Glass or cup, Fruit. Include a second texture on one of your objects.

Save As: 01_Cover_XX.psd

Render As: 01_Cover_XX.jpg

3D Layout:

Video Tutorial: Blender: Applying a texture to a face.

Video Tutorial: Blender: Creating other models.

Week 6 2025 Animate Simple Objects

 September 22 - 25, 2025 

Objective: Spin Objects.
Assignment: Animate Simple Objects (50pts)
Description: Open your simple objects or landscape project. Import from other blender files and create a scene to animate your objects.

Save As: 02_Animate Simple Objects_XX.blend

Links: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0b3HfFSFaFg

Week 5 2025 Chess Animation

Sept. 15 - 19, 2025 

Objective: Use keyframes to animate.

Assignment: Chess Animation

Details: After Creating your Chess Pieces and laying them on the board animate five or more moves.

Once your animation is done, render it out and submit your video file.

Save As: 00_ChessAnimation_XX.blend

Render As: 00_ChessAnimation_XX.avi

Example:

Video Tutorials:

Blender 2.83: 012 chessboard animation

Blender 2.83: 013 Camera Set up & Rendering

Week 4 2025 Chess Pieces

September 8 - 12, 2025 

Objective: Spin Objects.
Assignment: Chess Pieces (50pts)
Description: Use the spin tool to create six different chess pieces.

Save As: 01_Chessboard_XX.blend

Render As: 01_Chessboard_XX.png

From Blender

Blender: Spin Object

 
Assignment: Chess Board
Details: Layout your chess pieces on a chessboard

 

Week 3 2025 Landscape

September 2-5, 2025 

Objective: Selecting Faces.
Assignment: Create Mountains and a building structure. (Landscape.blend)
Details: Subdivide a plain and create a landscape. Then Create a building on the landscape. Use color
Save As: 01_Landscape_XX.blend
Render As: 01_Landscape_XX.png

Tools
Subdivide
Selection: Circle Selection: (C), Block Selection: (B).

 Video Tutorial: Blender: Subdivide, creating mountain landscape.

Week 2 2025 Simple Objects 1-2

August 25 - 29, 2025

Objective: Basic Modeling.
Assignment: Simple Objects 1-2 (50pts)
Description: Details: Each week you will create a new model. Add color and take two pictures of each model you create. Upload to your portfolio.

Save As: 01_SO_XX.blend
Render As: 01_SO1_Table1_XX.png, 01_SO1_Table2_XX.png
Render As: 01_SO2_ObjectName1_XX.png, 01_SO2_ObjectName2_XX.png