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Andreas Wolf
I am excited about this course. Step by step the functions and tools of Blender are explained to me. It is also great that there is a Blender file for each chapter. So you don't have to see only the grid all the time. There is enough opportunity to try out what has been learned. Later you can use the course as a reference book. I am thrilled.
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Matt Wilson
Long story short, if you are interested in learning Blender, do yourself a favor and give the Blender Launch Pad a try. You won't regret it.
Coming into the course I had very little prior experience with Blender or other 3D tools, and I wasn't sure what to expect, given that I don't consider myself to be particularly artistic or creative. Non-the-less I decided that learning Blender would be a fun challenge and having completed the course, I am over the moon that took the plunge and bought this course rather than sticking to free resources.
I really enjoyed the course and have learned a huge amount along the way. The journey from complete beginner to rendering out an incredible detailed 3D animation is hugely rewarding.
The course is both great value and really well-structured. It covers a wide range of topics without being overwhelming for a beginner like myself. Each new topic (e.g. modelling, shading, particle systems, lighting, animation, UV mapping, texturing etc) is first introduced in a "fundamentals" chapter, explaining what that topic is all about and showing practical examples of how to use the tools in Blender to achieve that task. Those skills are then put to use in a practical chapter, building up a fantastic professional looking 3D animation piece by piece.
I particularly appreciated the variety and quality of example Blender files that were used during the "fundamentals" chapters. These are downloadable at the start of each chapter and allow you to get hands-on and try out each concept/tool/technique as you go along with interesting and nice looking scenes & objects. As a beginner it was great to be able to experiment with each tool/concept using scenes/objects that I wouldn't yet have the skills to make myself. This made it much more engaging and valuable than just trying to understand the tools with simple primitive objects in an empty scene and really sparks inspiration.
Zach explains everything really clearly and goes into just the right amount of detail. The examples used often told a story (for example, creating lights for workers in the example construction scene) and included little jokes along the way which really made me laugh.
Overall, the course was worth every penny and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn Blender.
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Johan Schmidt
Great course, especially the texturing part!
Hedda Begkas
It was a really great course with everything I needed for a structured overview of Blender. I've learned a lot, and it's really good for beginners. The style of the tutorials is fun and motivating. This made it easy for me to follow the themes as well as understand and apply what was shown. I'm already looking forward to my next course.
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Jeff Strickland
This course came highly recommended by a peer of mine who was experienced with Blender, and wanted to dive deeper. I picked it up as a complete noob. The first 4 chapters are all foundational info which I REALLY needed to get started in design. The sample blender files made it, so I could try out the things that were being discussed as I was watching the video. I went over to gimp and watched a short video on that, and did not realize how much the foundational info had helped me. I've now created a car, rocks, trees, and grass from scratch and am moving on to shading. Super fun!
Pavlo Mezentsev
I've always been intimidated by 3D but not anymore. The course covers a lot of very important topics, and now I feel more confident and can't wait to create my own projects.
The course is very easy to follow and although some parts might seem a bit complicated Zach has the ability to explain them in a very coherent manner. I'm more than satisfied with the course.
To Zach and the CG BOOST team: Thank you so much for your dedication, time and effort!
