Blender Studio
  • Films
  • Projects
  • Training
  • Characters
  • Tools
  • Blog
  • Join
  • BLENDER.ORG

    • Download

      Get the latest Blender, older versions, or experimental builds.

    • What's New

      Stay up-to-date with the new features in the latest Blender releases.

    LEARNING & RESOURCES

    • Blender Studio

      Access production assets and knowledge from the open movies.

    • Manual

      Documentation on the usage and features in Blender.

    DEVELOPMENT

    • Developers Blog

      Latest development updates, by Blender developers.

    • Documentation

      Guidelines, release notes and development docs.

    • Benchmark

      A platform to collect and share results of the Blender Benchmark.

    • Blender Conference

      The yearly event that brings the community together.

    DONATE

    • Development Fund

      Support core development with a monthly contribution.

    • One-time Donations

      Perform a single donation with more payment options available.

Training Highlights
Stylized Rendering with Brushstrokes
Geometry Nodes from Scratch
Procedural Shading Fundamentals
Stylized Character Workflow

Training types
Course Documentation Production Lesson Workshop

Training categories
Animation Geometry Nodes Lighting Rendering Rigging Shading
Film Highlights
Wing It!
2023
Charge
2022
Sprite Fright
2021
Spring
2019
Project Highlights
Project DogWalk
Interactive
Gold
Showcase
BCON24 Identity
Showcase
Fighting with Grease Pencil
Article
Workshop
Waking the Forest
Assets
  1. Waking the Forest - Final image
  2. Waking the Forest - Blender file
Workshop Videos
  1. 01

    Step 01 - Sculpting

    Free
  2. 02

    Step 02 - Rock Placement

  3. 03

    Step 03 - Curve Roots

  4. 04

    Step 04 - Lighting 1: Inspiration

  5. 05

    Step 05 - Ivy generation

  6. 06

    Step 06 - Leaf shaders

  7. 07

    Step 07 - Base materials

  8. 08

    Step 08 - Particle vegetation

  9. 09

    Step 09 - Lighting 2: Trial and Error

  10. 10

    Step 10 - Lighting 3: Refinement

  11. 11

    Step 11 - Children characters

  12. 12

    Step 12 - Post pro: Big Fail!

  13. 13

    Step 13 - Post pro 2: Level Up!

Andy Goralczyk
Andy Goralczyk Author
  • Free
Download English Subtitles
Download .mp4   248.1 MB
License CC-BY
Report Problem
Workshop Videos

Step 01 - Sculpting

I kick off the project with a quick sculpt session. The mesh then gets a simple rig to pose the character.

Join to leave a comment.

8 comments
CornerStudio
CornerStudio
Nov. 25th, 2017

You genius can create amazing work even if only a brush is given. However, I understand what pains lie beneath those beautiful talent. It will be helpful if you share overview of how you learned Blender. I’ve been diving into learning blender for 7 months now and can’t get even a bit closer to that stage. 7 months is nothing, I know. May be a few years, huh? Great work. I’ll take some time with these artwork to explore. Thanks for this.

Dale Beach
Dale Beach
March 22nd, 2017

By the way, comments do not work for me in either Firefox Windows or Firefox Linux.

Pablo Vazquez
Pablo Vazquez
March 22nd, 2017

@klikmaker: Could you please share which version of Firefox doesn't work?

P.S: Writing this on Firefox 51.0.1 (64-bit), Ubuntu

P.S2: Now editing this in 52.0.1!

Show more replies
Pablo Vazquez
Pablo Vazquez
March 27th, 2017

@klikmaker: Ha! :) What a relief. Still interesting why it'd fail though, maybe a conflict with the javascript we use for markdown previews or posting. Thanks for the feedback!

Dale Beach
Dale Beach
March 25th, 2017

@PabloVazquez: Pablo, about my issue posting here from within Firefox: it appears the add on "Grammarly" was causing a conflict. I have removed that add on, and am posting from Firefox right now. :)

Dale Beach
Dale Beach
March 22nd, 2017

@PabloVazquez: HI Pablo, At work on WIN-10, it's 52.0.1. I'll have to wait until I'm home to tell you about the Linux version. It's Manjaro, so it should be pretty current. But I'll tell you for sure later.


OK, editing now, I'm at home now. It's 52.0 64 bit Firefox. Linux Manjaro XFCE.

Dale Beach
Dale Beach
March 22nd, 2017

Andy, It's interesting to watch the techniques you select and hear why you made your choices. Even more than the techniques, though, I find it valuable to observe your thought process and how it evolves. I think I can learn from your flexibility. In short, fucking awesome, dude!

Andy Goralczyk
Andy Goralczyk
March 22nd, 2017

@klikmaker: thanks a lot! :D

Films Projects Training Blog Blender Studio for Teams
Pipeline and Tools
  • CloudRig
  • Blender Kitsu
  • Brushstroke Tools Add-on
  • Blender Studio Extensions
Characters
  • Mikassa
  • Whale
  • Ballan Wrasse
  • Snow
Studio
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Remixing Music
Blender Studio

The creators who share.

Artistic freedom starts with Blender The Free and Open Source 3D Creation Suite