3D Typography with Blender: Design Original Letters

3D Typography with Blender: Design Original Letters

“We have now come to the end of this Domestika course. I want to thank you again for your time and participation and I hope that you were able to deepen your knowledge in the field of 3D modeling. Now you can dedicate yourself to your project and design your own 3D letters - I have summarized the most important steps for you here. But before that, a few final tips: Experiment a lot, try different things, and have fun during the process! You shouldn't follow my example project in detail, but rather let your own inspiration run free and do something of your own. inspiration and ideas Look for references, materials, shapes, textures and colors and come up with a theme for your letter. Don't forget that you can also analyze objects and find inspiration in the immediate vicinity. With the references you have collected, you then create a mood bard, which serves as the basis for your design.

elements and modules Once you've set up Blender, you can start modeling. Start with the basic shapes and refer to your mood board as you go. You can then shape the created models into a letter using the curve tool. Materials and Textures With procedural textures you then create different materials or shaders for the letters and also for the stage. camera and light Find a suitable camera position and set it for your letter. Then create an appropriate lighting scene and place the highlight lights. I recommend taking some time to experiment with light colors and intensity. Effects and Editing Add some effects to make your picture look a little more realistic. After that, your image will be ready to render! Finally, you can edit the final details in Photoshop. Upload your project to the forum by simply clicking on "Create your project". Don't forget to take photos of your workflow and share them along with your final image. You can also add a short description to this. Do you have doubts, questions or ideas you would like to share? For this, the Forum is here. There you can not only present your work, but also exchange ideas with other course participants and find inspiration. I'll stop by as often as I can and give you feedback and advice. See you in the forum!”

Partial transcription of the video

“final project Thank you for taking this course. I hope you had a lot of fun with it. I would like to briefly summarize what we have done. First we collected ideas for our project. I showed you what I look for when choosing a color and what tools can help me. Then we adjusted Blender optimally. We modeled the first elements and modules for our letter and later refined with the Curves. After that we created some materials or shaders and textures. We have the background and chose the right lighting for our production. I have shown you, How to realistically display your image with effects. We r...”

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Course summary for: 3D Typography with Blender: Design Original Letters

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (61)
• 3040 students
• 6 units
• 18 lessons (3h 12m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Areas

  3D, 3D Design, 3D Lettering, 3D Modeling, Digital Lettering