Struggling with learning the sculpting fundamentals in Blender?

With our free Blender sculpting beginners course, we created a hassle-free learning experience, where we pair teaching the most important sculpting basics with a fun practical example.

You learn how to create a sculpture inspired by the "Moai" statues of the "Easter Island", which isn’t too complex, but still provides plenty of room for creativity.

In the process you learn how to use a graphics tablet for navigation and sculpting, how to use important sculpting brushes and tools, while going through all steps of creating your first full sculpture from scratch.

But, this course is not purely about sculpting, since it is just a workflow in the bigger picture of creating 3D artworks. This is why in the second half of the course, you learn how to color the sculpture, create a simple environment, animate and light the scene, and render out a final video clip, which you can proudly share with the world.

In the end, you will have the important knowledge at hand, to easily continue your sculpting journey.

What you'll get

Here is what you'll get:

23 lesson beginners course (3.5+ hrs running time)
All important project files
Blender Shortcut PDF (including regular updates)
Help from the CG Boost team
Get a certificate on course completion

Syllabus

Part 1 – Sculpting

12 Lessons
~2 hrs running time

Lesson 01 to 12 – Overview Part 1

The first part of the course focuses on sculpting a Moai statue. It covers sculpt mode basics, adding reference images, building a base mesh, refining proportions and shapes, adding details, and creating headphones.

12 videos | ~1:58 hrs running time

Part 2 – Presentation

11 Lessons
~1:47 hrs running time

Lesson 13 to 23 – Overview Part 2

The second part of the course focuses on nicely presenting the Moai sculpture. It covers coloring the statue with vertex colors, creating a visually interesting environment with rocks, grass, and flowers, animating a looping camera and sculpture motion, adjusting lighting for a pleasant atmosphere, employing compositing techniques for visual enhancement, and concluding with rendering the final animation for sharing.

11 videos | ~1:47 hrs running time