Blender Environment Artist: Create 3D Game Worlds

Learn Blender 3.1. Create 3D Assets For Video Games And Make Unique Environments

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Blender Environment Artist

Learn Blender 3.1. Create 3D Assets For Video Games & Make Unique Environments


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Want to make beautiful environments, suitable for animations, games or as a stunning portfolio piece?

Maybe you’re a beginner who wants to create unique environments for your games, animations or renders? Or you’re familiar with Blender but struggling with lighting, composition and making realistic environment objects? Perhaps you’re already an environment artist and you’re looking for more experience? This is the course for you!

Created using Blender 3.1 (and compatible with newer versions), the course starts out with the basics of the interface and goes on to build on your skills methodically. No previous experience with 3D modelling is required.

The course will show you how to create highly detailed, great looking environments for your portfolio. And how to turn your environment into an asset ready to be implemented into a video game engine like Unity or Unreal.

You’ll learn how to model a range of environment assets, building up to the comprehensive front cover image. We cover modelling, sculpting, texturing, lighting, rendering and many more core aspects needed for an environment artist.

The entire course is project-based, so you’ll apply your new skills immediately to real 3D models. All the project files are included, as well as additional references and resources - you'll never get stuck. We provide challenges and solutions at each step to make sure that you are learning-by-doing and not just watching someone else make art.

The assets you’ll make are game ready and modular, so you can build lots of different scenes by reusing the different pieces.

No matter what your background, your skills, or your interest, this course will give you a new set of skills that will make you a much more capable 3D Environment Artist.

You’ll get full lifetime access for a single one-off fee. The creators are qualified and experienced with modelling and coding, so are able to explain complex concepts clearly, as well as entertain along the way.

You’ll also gain access to a course forum where you can discuss topics on a course-wide basis, or down to the individual video. Get plugged into our communities of amazing developers on Facebook (nearly 20k), in our own TA-curated Community (17k views/day), and our student chat group (10k live at any one time).

You’ll be amazed what you can achieve in just a few hours! So join us and start creating some amazing environments now!


What you'll learn in this course…

  • How to model objects in Blender and for environments in general
  • How to use textures to make objects look realistic
  • Different types of texturing for speed and detail
  • Different types of environment modelling for games or animations
  • How to use PBR materials
  • How to create your own PBR materials
  • How to use modular environment assets effectively

Your Instructor


Grant Abbitt
Grant Abbitt

Grant first started learning Blender back in the late 90’s. He ran a small film company and found the software ideal for some motion graphics work he needed.
He went into teaching as a backup option for when the film work was not so regular. The teaching gradually took over, and he's now been teaching for around 15 years. He moved into teaching game design 6 years ago, which rekindled his excitement for 3D animation. He then began to pick up freelance work and created his YouTube channel Gabbitt Media.
Since then his channel has grown to over 370,000 subscribers, and he's worked on many interesting projects from engineering to 3D printing and creating game models for Atlas Empires.
Now he's here with the GameDev.tv team making courses, and sharing his passion with the community.


Course Curriculum (12+ hours)


  Introduction & Setup (0 hours 47 minutes)
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    Section Intro - The Blender Interface (1:16)
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    Downloading Blender (2:20)
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    Community & Support (1:40)
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    The Interface (4:34)
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    Adding Objects (13:01)
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    Rendering (7:34)
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    Materials (10:05)
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    Background HDRI’s (7:24)
  Modular Castle (0 hours 48 minutes)
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    Section Intro - Modular Castle (0:42)
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    Castle Wall (7:06)
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    Castle Tower (7:20)
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    Smooth Shading (3:53)
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    Duplicating Objects (7:02)
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    Castle Landscape (6:40)
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    Castle Materials (8:02)
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    Flags & Turrets (6:56)
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    Section completion (0:32)
  Spooky Corridor - UV Mapping (1 hours 9 minutes)
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    Section Intro - Spooky Corridor (0:37)
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    Basics of UV Mapping (10:07)
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    Spooky Corridor UV Unwrapping (11:40)
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    Mirror Modifier (9:35)
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    Marking Seams (8:51)
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    Subdivision Surface Modifier (7:28)
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    Generated Texture Coordinates (9:24)
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    Toxic Barrel (11:17)
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    Section Completion (0:27)
  Rocks & Trees (1 hours 27 minutes)
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    Section Intro - Rocks & Trees (0:53)
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    Sculpting Rocks (7:12)
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    PBR Materials (9:35)
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    Displacement (9:07)
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    Sculpting Trees (10:45)
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    Alpha Textures (8:33)
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    Texturing The Bark (9:35)
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    Building The Trees (10:45)
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    Changing the Leaf Colour (3:14)
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    The Decimate Modifier (6:50)
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    Collections & Links (10:02)
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    Section Completion (0:41)
  Modular Building (1 hours 3 minutes)
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    Blocking Out (0:34)
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    Building the Beams (7:37)
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    Plaster Modules (13:34)
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    Stone Walls (12:22)
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    Building the Roof - Part 1 (10:00)
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    Building the Roof - Part 2 (11:56)
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    Fence Posts (7:19)
  Adding Detail (1 hours 36 minutes)
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    Adding Details (1:05)
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    Box Projection (8:45)
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    Simple Unwrap (10:14)
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    Texture Painting (8:12)
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    Texture Painting the Stone (8:57)
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    PBR From a Single Texture (13:16)
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    Texture Atlases (13:46)
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    Doors & Windows (10:15)
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    Seamless Textures (7:08)
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    Procedural Textures (14:24)
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    Section Completion (0:50)
  Sculpted Details (1 hours 24 minutes)
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    Sculpting Details (0:41)
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    Sculpted the Beams Part 1 (10:23)
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    Sculpted the Beams Part 2 (8:49)
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    Unwrapping the Beams (9:52)
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    Baking a normal map (8:31)
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    Ray Distance (4:41)
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    Baking a Cavity Texture (10:45)
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    Connecting the Cavity texture (3:35)
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    Painting The Wood Texture (10:00)
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    The Beams Roughness (10:09)
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    Adapting The Beams (7:06)
  Completing The Modules (1 hours 27 minutes)
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    Completing The Modules (0:30)
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    Combining texturing Techniques (11:57)
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    Joining The Modules (10:50)
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    Different Sized Roofs (9:25)
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    Combining the Roof Modules (5:38)
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    The Stone Wall Modules (4:21)
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    The Bay Windows Part 1 (14:15)
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    The Bay Windows Part 2 (11:02)
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    Organise & Build a House (12:53)
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    Build a 2nd House (7:00)
  The Landscape (1 hours 38 minutes)
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    Landscape (0:23)
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    Sculpting The Rock Base (10:15)
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    Decimate the Rock Base (7:57)
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    Baking Normals & Cavity Maps (10:28)
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    Rock Colour (9:07)
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    Building A Scene (9:56)
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    Adding Trees (4:33)
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    Composition & Background (9:28)
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    Mossy Rocks (8:46)
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    Editing Links (3:43)
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    Adding Fences and Rocks (9:54)
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    Creating bushes (13:52)
  Lighting & Rendering (0 hours 42 minutes)
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    Intro to Rendering and Lighting (0:25)
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    Window Lights (9:14)
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    Creating A Lamp (9:37)
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    Lights, Camera & Final Composition (7:49)
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    Rendering & The Compositor (5:17)
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    Rendering & Animation (9:26)
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    Course Completion (1:11)
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