Blender Workshop '26 🎨🧊

Welcome to the Blender Workshop '26 GitHub repository!

This repo is part of an educational workshop designed to take you from Blender basics all the way to advanced modeling, materials, and animation, using a clear, hands-on, step-by-step approach.

Whether you're completely new to Blender or looking to sharpen your 3D skills, this workshop will help you turn ideas into real 3D creations 🚀

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📌 Workshop Overview

The workshop is divided into 4 main sessions, each building on the previous one:

🔹 Session 1: Getting Started with Blender

Topics:

• Introduction to Blender
• Interface Overview
• Basic Modeling
• Materials & Modifiers

The beginning of the journey into the world of Blender — understanding the tools and transforming ideas into real 3D shapes.

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🔹 Session 2: Modeling, Texturing & Scene Setup

Topics:

• 3D Modeling Techniques
• Texturing Basics
• Lighting Fundamentals
• Camera Setup

We develop our models further and bring them to life using lighting, textures, and camera control.

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🔹 Session 3: Advanced Materials & Realism

Topics:

• Advanced Modeling
• Shader Nodes
• PBR Textures
• UV Mapping

Diving deeper into details — creating realistic materials and gaining full control over surface look and feel.

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🔹 Session 4: Animation & Rendering

Topics:

• Animation Basics
• Timeline & Graph Editor
• Camera Movement
• Rendering
• Product Animation

Bringing models to life through animation and producing final, high-quality renders.

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🎥 YouTube Playlist

All workshop sessions are recorded and available on YouTube:

🔗 Watch the full playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9R8HoEtn1Q&list=PLanhLNyaKYBkuDh3BOiHBq3LJTOfGnoDK

Make sure to subscribe and follow along with each session in order for the best learning experience.

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🧰 What You’ll Need

• A laptop or PC capable of running Blender
• Blender (latest stable version recommended)
• Basic computer skills
• Passion to learn 3D 😄

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🎯 Workshop Goals

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Navigate Blender confidently
• Create and modify 3D models
• Apply realistic materials and textures
• Set up lighting and cameras
• Animate objects and cameras
• Render professional-looking scenes

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🤝 Contributions & Usage

This repository is intended for educational use. Feel free to:

• Clone the repo
• Practice and experiment with the files
• Share knowledge with others

If you'd like to contribute improvements or examples, pull requests are welcome!

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✨ Happy Blending & Enjoy the Workshop! ✨