Here are the things that you can find on this page:
Blender Related Publications
Neal Hirsig Video Tutorials
Colin Levy Video Tutorials
Mr_Bomb's Video Tutorials
My Current Project
My Creations
BlenderArt Magazine - BlenderArt magazine is a bi-montly publication of Blender news, information, and tutorials. It is FREE to download.
The creators of BlenderArt magazine have graciously allowed me to serve as a mirror for this wonderful magazine on Blender. Below you can find links here on my site for all of the issues to this point as well as what .blend files that are available. As new editions are released, you will be able to find them here as well.
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Blender 3D Community Journal - This is put out by the fine folks at blenderartist.org. I'm not certain that its still an active publication, however the few that are available are good reads for anyone with an interest in Blender.
3D Creative Magazine - Though this magazine has zero Blender content to it, I still subscribe to it on a monthly basis for news and information on the 3D Computer Graphics world. Most of its tutorials and such are geared toward the higher end packages, alot of its information can be used in Blender modeling. I highly recommend it.
Blender Guide Books - The original version of the Blender Guide came out with version 2.0. That version can be freely downloaded now from the Blender 3D site. I bought the 2.0 guide when it first came out to help further the developement of Blender. The current available version is the Blender 2.3 Guide and it too can be freely accessed via the Blender 3D site. Again, I bought it to help support Blender Developement. Both books are excellent reads and I highly recommend to anyone just starting out to purchase it. It lays good ground work and teaches someone new the basics of Blender.
Neal Hirsig Video Tutorials:
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In my search for tutorials in the attempt to learn Blender I came across the link to this excellent site which features an online course for learning Blender. The original course is hosted by Tufts University. They were created and written by Mr. Neal Hirsig pictured below. The original videos are currently streamed from his site, however I have been able to recreate them for download and use on your own computer. You must have either Real Player installed to watch them or you can use Windows Media Player Classic with the Real Alternative Codec installed. Please refer to my Tools Page for links on where to find the viewers.
Neal Hirsig
For those just starting out using Blender and wanting to learn 3D Modeling and Animation, I highly recommend that they watch and follow the provided lesson materials that have been prepared and kindly allowed the permission of posting here. I have organized them following his original lesson syllabus. These files are copyrighted by Mr. Neal Hirsig and are not to be reposted or redistributed without his permission.
Unit 1 - Basic Blender Navigation
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Unit 2 - Blender Transforms
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Unit 3 - Blender File System
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Unit 4 - Blender Object Functions
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Unit 5 - Edit Mode Tools
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Unit 6 - More Editing Tools
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Unit 7 - Blender Curve Tools
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Unit 8 - Blender Materials And Textures
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Unit 9 - Blender Lighting
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Unit 10 - Animation
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Unit 11 - Appending - Deformations - Camera
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Unit 12 - Blender Particle System
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Colin Levy's Video Tutorials:
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While searching for more tutorials in my quest to learn Blender, I came across some video tutorials created by an extremely talented young man by the name of Colin Levy, pictured below. Colin has his own website named Peerless Productions and it contains many excellent examples of the work he is capable of. He has kindly granted me permission to host two of his tutorials here on my site. Here you can find his Camera Mapping Tutorial as well as his Blender Particles Tutorial. I have also included his Overview of a short film that he made entitled Suburban Plight. Though this is not really a tutorial, I have included it as it can teach new artists some of the thought process that go on in making their own productions. These files are copyrighted by Colin Levy and are not to be reposted or redistributed without his permission.
Mr_Bomb's Video Tutorials:
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Mr_Bomb a member of the Blenderartists.org forum created these video tutorials on modeling a female character named Adrianna. He has given me kind permission to host these tutorials here.These files are copyrighted by Mr_Bomb and are not to be reposted or redistributed without his permission.
My Current Project:
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I am currently working on modeling a NEC Papero Robot as featured in blendeart magazine issue number 1. Below you can find the reference materials that I have collected for this project.
Reference Image - Right Click "Save As" to download
Animation Reference - Right Click "Save As" to download
Gingerbread Man Gus - This is the first tutorial in the book Blender 2.3 Guide. The tutorial is also found at Blender Wiki. There are a few things that still need to be refined in this model. For instance his Eyes, Buttons, and Mouth aren't linked to his body, so when the animation runs those things stay stationary while the rest of his body moves. Also I think I may have messed up on his texturing as it doesn't look like the one that comes on the book CD. Anway, he's here for your enjoyment.
You can download my .blend file here.
