Blender 3D Creation Suite – an Introduction

This cutting-edge course will provide you with a comprehensive introduction to Blender, where you'll explore a wide variety of topics. This includes understanding the user interface, navigation, topology, 3D mesh modelling, rigging and animation, drivers, constraints, modifiers, shaders and texturing, through to rendering in real time, AI tools, selling your 3D art and more.

Ideally you'll relish understanding the technical knowledge involved to comprehend the mechanics behind what you do. This is important as you gain a deeper understanding of the program, which shall assist you gaining the crucial problem-solving skills.

This course is structured in a way to give you the freedom to choose what you want to learn based on the concepts you’ve been taught. Sessions will include a range of demonstrations, practical tasks, examples, and background theory to help build your knowledge and allow you to continue creating beyond this course. Additionally, your tutor will help you set up an individual plan, to improve your skills and to assist you further after you’ve completed this 15-week course.

• How to use Blender as a beginner without being overwhelmed
• Knowledge of different industries (Architecture, 3D Printing, Games, Metaverse, Beauty, etc.)
• How to research and use references
• Mindset building and getting into the habit of creating
• Production pipelines and workflows
• Additional resources to texture and shade your models
• Modelling techniques (box modelling, polygon modelling, numbs and curves modelling, sculpting, boolean and modular modelling and more)
• How to utilise your new skills and advice on securing employment using Blender

• Possess improved artistic and digital creation skills
• Understand fundamental principles of creating digital models
• Possess comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Blender's capabilities and how to use its tools effectively and efficiently to execute your ideas
• Have increased confidence in your own skills and feel inspired
• Have boosted creativity and imagination
• Be encouraged to experiment and explore your ideas, remembering that there's no right or wrong way to be creative
• Possess the foundations to continue creating beyond this course
• Leave with a range of beautiful pieces designed and created by you

All students with 100% course attendance will be issued with an official AUB Short Course certificate of attendance.

After this course, you could:

• Continue to harness your creativity and develop your modelling skills further; explore our full range of 3D Design and Modelmaking short courses
• Broaden your creative horizons and try your hand at a range of disciplines; explore our full range of evening and weekend courses
• Continue to develop your skills at home as a hobby
  

• You'll study at a leading specialist university – we know what we're doing when it comes to providing unparalleled courses
• Our tutors are industry professionals, so you'll learn from the best
• We cater for all abilities and have no formal entry requirements for this course, so there's nothing holding you back
• You'll learn in a safe and encouraging environment where there's no right or wrong way to be creative
• You'll learn 'by doing' and always feel fully included and supported
• Benefit from our incredible campus and its industry-standard studios, and use state-of-the-art equipment and software to unleash your creativity