Week 12 2025 Solar System

 November 3 - 7, 2025 

Objective: Applying textures to objects.
Assignment: Solar System

Details: Download 10 textures to use for your solar system. Apply textures to UV spheres cresting planets, moons, stars and other items in space. Use a background texture.

Links: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/

Save As: 01_Solar System_XX.blend

Video Tutorials:

Blender 2.90: 025 Solar System Part 1 Texturing

Blender 2.90: 026 Solar System Part 2 Lighting Environment Image

Blender 2.90: 027 Solar System Part 3 Path Animation

Week 11 2025 Pumpkin Carving

Oct. 28 - 31, 2025 

Objective: Learn how to solidify and cutout holes using Boolean.
Assignment:  Pumpkin Carving (50 pts)
Details: Using Modifiers to solidify and cutout holes to carve a pumpkin.

 

Video Tutorial: Carving a pumpkin.

Week 10 2025 Creature Landscape

October 20 - 23, 2025 

Objective: Modeling objects by sculpting.

Assignment: Creature Landscape

Details: Create a landscape for your creature. Use the sculpt tool to manipulate a plane.

Save As: 01_Creature_Landscape_XX.blend

Video Tutorials:

Blender 2.83: 017 Creating a Creature

Blender 2.83: 018 Sculpting Landscape

Blender 2.83: 020 Trees Add On

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