Biljana Safarzik
If you are a beginner don't look any further - this is a fun and very useful course. It will save you tons of time figuring out what to do first, what's important for beginner and what's not. Lessons are easy to follow and even if you get stuck from time to time (which will happen :)) there's Zach with his team and other students ready to help! The content is regularly updated with new stuff which is also great. I'm so satisfied with this experience that I purchased two more courses and can't wait to dive into them.
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Kevin Han
This tutorial is great for beginners. The beginning might be a little boring, but it’s totally worth it. I like how Zach is always very active and updates the course. I also like how if you run into a problem you can always ask in the comments.
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Hind Vitry
I am very grateful for this course. I just finish it, and I can’t wait to play with Blender on my own stuff. I wish I had a PC powerful enough to follow the last chapters (texturing and baking). I think some chapters need to be done more than once to be fully understood (like texturing haha).
I can’t wait to try other courses (sculpting and environment).
Big thanks to CG Boost team.
Malte Dwinger
I realy enjoyed this fully elaborated course.
My CG journey started, when I was 16 or 17 and decided to make something with Blender, because I had the need to create things, like the people, who are creating video games at this time. I watched AgenZasBrothers, because my English wasn't that refined. But sadly I lost interest over the time to other things, like skating and parties. ;)
Now about 11 years later I want to revoke my old interest and try to develop some skills in 3D modeling, as well as texturing, to for fill by creative needs and maybe to become that good, that I someday can earn a little extra to invest in better equipment.
I started by watching videos from Blender Guru and Grant Abbitt, following some of their tutorial series. At some point I realized, that an all-in-one-course would perfectly fit my needs to get a basic understanding about Blender. So after browsing some time I read multiple times about this Blender Launch Pad Course. So I decided to purchase it and didn't regret this.
The Course
The Course is very well-structured and explained in a good understandable English.
There are given a lot of basic information, but as well as hints and tricks and some troubleshooting for each topic. Exactly these troubleshooting improved the quality of the course a lot, because you can get a wider understanding of how Blenders mechanics work with each other.
The exercises are very well-chosen, so the students can make their own decisions about their own design. But a red string is given. This course didn't get me out of my comfort zone at any time and I stayed motivated learning so many things, knowing, that this information is just the tip of an "Iceberg". By only having free time of about 2 hours a day in average I managed to complete the course and never had the feeling of getting bored.
Improvements
One thing, that I want like to criticize is, that in the informative parts of the course, are too few exercises to directly solidify the information, which were just presented.
So there could be some little tiny exercises maybe every 2 to 4 videos to ease the information flood.
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Varma
Easier to understand through this course, than trying to learn Blender on your own, as it helps to understanding the basics very clearly and saves a lot of time. The thing I loved the most about this course was how the teacher interacted with the students by solving all the questions/doubts that we had during the course. Best course for the beginners. Highly recommended it.
Darryl Kilzer Sr
I decided to take this course to get comfortable with the animation and rendering parts of Blender. When I started Blender a couple of years ago I found it pretty challenging. I did tutorials and learned some things, but it was sporadic since it is sometimes hard to know what you need to know. I became functional but not at the level I wanted to operate in the tool, mostly using it to create models to 3D print parts for machines and daydreaming about someday doing animation.
With the latest releases of Blender getting better and better I felt it was time to get serious. I liked Zach's style of teaching from the free tutorials, so I decided to go with the Blender Launch Pad. I wasn't sure if it would be too basic in the beginning since I was comfortable making models, but I wanted to make sure I had a firm grip on all the basic functions. I am glad I did as I have learned something from every lesson.
Sometimes it's just a different way to use a command I knew, and sometimes it's a whole feature I didn't realize existed. The lessons are perfectly sized in small chunks. You can watch one or two if your schedule is busy or binge all day. Everything is provided to hands on practice in fun scenes, so you can get comfortable with each lesson, and an online community willing to help.
If you want to learn Blender fundamentals in a structured sensible fun way, you can't go wrong with the Blender Launch Pad.
