Skillshare - Elevate Your 3D Designs: Lighting and Materials in Blender

https://www.skillshare.com/en/classes/elevate-your-3d-designs-lighting-and-materials-in-blender/308103184

When 3D designer and animator, Derek Elliott began exploring Blender he didn’t realize it would transform his entire career. Originally a product designer, Derek soon discovered that learning to model and animate within Blender opened up a world of new opportunities—including creating product animations and investment-seeking presentations for companies around the world. Now with a community of over 220K across YouTube and Instagram, Derek loves sharing the power of Blender to create dynamic 3D renders. 

Derek has spent his entire career refining his Blender skills. Now, he’s revealing how adding lighting and materials to your scene can bring them to life and give you professional-level results. From HDRI lighting to building transmissive materials like glass, learning to utilize high-quality lighting and materials within your 3D work is key to getting noticed online—and getting freelance opportunities.  

With Derek as your teacher, you’ll:

 

Explore the theory of lighting and how it can affect the mood of your scene

Create realistic textures using settings  like roughness and metal

Use image textures and UV maps for more life-like 3D objects

Adjust camera framing and focus to finalize your scene