Polyfjord Courses

Modeling a Chess Set That Works in 2D and 3D

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Model a chess set that combines 2D and 3D designs through boolean intersections and forced perspective.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Mechanical Sound Design for 3D Artists

Create mechanical soundscapes for 3D animation by layering sourced effects and ambience in DaVinci Resolve.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Rendering Glass in Blender Using Cycles X

Render animated glass in Blender with Cycles X, using displacement, dynamic paint, and upscaling.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Transforming a Phone into a Robot in Blender

Model a phone, transform it into a little robot, and bring the character to life with rigging, animation, materials, and simulation.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Making a Mechanical Walking Creature in Blender

Model, rig, animate, light, and render a mechanical walking creature in Blender.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Simulating Handwriting in Blender

Turn handwritten text into a glowing physics simulation in Blender, place it over real footage, and animate it with modifiers and Eevee.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Art Prompt Challenge - Creating a Luxurious Robot

A Blender project built around creative constraints, modeling, texturing, lighting, and animating a tiny luxurious diamond-shaped robot.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Animating Robotic Arms in Blender - Part 2

Use procedural noise to animate duplicated robotic arms, replace motion capture, and render cinematic shots in Blender’s Eevee engine.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Create Robotic Arms in Blender

Model and rig Doc Ock-inspired robotic arms in Blender, set up inverse kinematics, attach them to motion-capture animation, and assemble the final character rig.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Creating a Fireball in Blender

Simulate and render a fireball in Blender with custom fire shading and compositor glow.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Animating Individual Letters in Blender - Live Questions

Animate text letter by letter in Blender by separating letters, assigning individual pivot points, and adding rotation, color, lighting, and rendering.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Animating Arrays and Shapes in Eevee

Animate array-based scenes in Blender with Eevee lighting, camera animation, volumetric effects, and rigid-body simulations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Making an Animated Robot in Blender

Build an animated light-bulb robot in Blender by kitbashing mechanical parts onto an armature and attaching components with constraints.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinematic Lighting in Blender

Create cinematic results in Blender with a single light source by shaping illumination, shadows, and mystery around a mocap character.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Real-Time EXR Workflow - DaVinci Resolve + Blender

Export Blender renders as OpenEXR sequences and play them back in DaVinci Resolve with a Filmic view transform.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video