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🎓 Learn CG Art

Curated collection of lists of useful resources to master CG Art together.

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Basics of Blender - 0

( introductory ) ( level_0 ) ( blender )

• ⭐ Blender Beginner Donut Tutorial by Andrew Price 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) : legendary beginner tutorial
• Blender 3.0 Basics Course by CG Cookie 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) : more academic introductory course on Blender

Modeling Overview - 1

( blender ) ( level_1 ) ( modeling )

• Modeling Overview by community 🎥 ( modeling ) ( blender )
• Modifiers by The CG Essentials 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling ) ( non_destructive ) ( blender )

Materials Basics - 0

( material ) ( level_0 )

• Materials Basics by community 🎥 ( blender ) ( material ) ( level_0 )

Procedural Materials - 1

( material )

• Mastering Procedural Materials by community 🎥 ( blender ) ( level_1 )
• Stylized Animation by community 🎥 ( blender ) ( level_2 )

Materials and Shaders - 3

( material ) ( level_3 )

• Blender Procedural Material Tutorials by Ryan King 🎥 ( blender ) : collection of not related tutorials on materials and shaders

Procedural Modeling - 2

( modeling_procedural ) ( level_2 )

• Geometry Nodes by Artisans of Vaul 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling_procedural ) ( level_2 )
• Mastering Procedural Modeling by community 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling_procedural ) ( level_2 )

Texturing - 1

( texturing )

• Learn Texture Painting by Grant Abbitt 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) ( texturing )
• Blender Texture Painting by Ryan King Art 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) ( texturing )
• Mastering Texturing by community 🎥 ( blender ) ( texturing )

Retopology / Retexturing / Baking - 2

( retopology )

• Texture Baking Blender Tutorials by Ryan King Art 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) ( retopology ) ( baking )
• Learn Retopology by Grant Abbitt 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) ( retopology )
• Mastering Retopology by community 🎥 ( blender ) ( retopology )

Low-Poly Modeling - 0

( modeling ) ( modeling_lowpoly ) ( level_0 )

• Mastering Low-Poly Modeling by community 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling ) ( modeling_lowpoly )
• Low-Poly Modeling by Grant Abbitt 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling ) ( modeling_lowpoly )

Low-Poly Modeling - 3

( modeling ) ( modeling_lowpoly ) ( level_0 )

• Low Poly Environments by Polygon Runway 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling ) ( modeling_lowpoly )

Modeling - 1

( modeling ) ( level_1 )

• Get Good in Blender by Grant Abbitt 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling )
• Learning and Understanding Topology by CG Cookie 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling ) : course on modeling and topology
• Intermediate Blender Tutorial Series by Andrew Price 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling ) : course on modeling and texturing
• Subdivision Modelling by Ian McGlasham 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling )
• Topology Guide by Alan Linssen 📄 ( blender )

Modeling - 2

( modeling ) ( level_2 )

• Architectural Modeling Tutorials and Tools by The CG Essentials 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling ) ( interior ) : course on architectural modeling and texturing
• Detailed Game Assets by Grant Abbitt 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling ) : modelling game assets
• Hard Surface Modeling by Josh Gambrell 🎥 ( blender ) :

Modeling Mistakes - 2

( modeling ) ( level_1 )

• Topology Mistakes by community 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling )

Sculpting - 2

( modeling ) ( modeling_sculpting ) ( level_2 ) ( blender )

• Mastering Sculpting by community 🎥 ( modeling ) ( modeling_sculpting ) ( level_2 ) ( blender )

Modeling - 3

( modeling ) ( level_3 )

• Hard Surface Modeling by Ponte Ryuurui 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling ) ( modeling_hardsurface )

Hard Surface Modeling - 2

( modeling ) ( modeling_hardsurface ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

• Hard Surface Modeling by community 🎥 ( modeling ) ( modeling_hardsurface ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

Kit-Bashing - 2

( modeling ) ( modeling_kitbashing ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

• Kitbashing by community 🎥 ( modeling ) ( modeling_kitbashing ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

Interior Design - 2

( modeling ) ( interior )

• Interior Visualization by Chocofur 🎓 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling ) ( interior ) : course on modeling and texturing

Grease Pencil - 2

( modeling ) ( modeling_grease_pencil ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

• Mastering Grease Pencil by community 🎥 ( modeling ) ( modeling_grease_pencil ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

Curves - 2

( modeling ) ( modeling_curves ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

• Mastering Curves by community 🎥 ( modeling ) ( modeling_curves ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

Fast Art - 2

( modeling ) ( fast ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

• Mastering Fast Art by community 🎥 ( modeling ) ( fast ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

Reproducing by Reference - 2

( modeling ) ( reference ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

• Reproducing by Reference by community 🎥 ( modeling ) ( reference ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

Environment - 2

( environment ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

• Mastering Environment by community 🎥 ( environment ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )
• Stylized Animation by community 🎥 ( blender ) ( level_2 )

AI-Driven Design - 2

( ai ) ( level_2 )

• AI Art For Concept Artists by Neil Blevins 🎓 🎥 ( ai )
• Mastering AI-Driven Design by community 🎓 🎥 ( ai ) ( blender )

Basics of Animation - 0

( animation ) ( blender ) ( level_0 )

• Basics of Animation by community 🎥 ( animation ) ( blender ) ( level_0 )

Video Editing - 2

( video_editing ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

• Video Editing by Ryan King Art 🎥 ( video_editing ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )
• Mastering Video Editing by community 🎥 ( video_editing ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

Rigging - 1

( animation ) ( rigging ) ( blender ) ( level_1 )

• Character Creation and Rigging by SouthernShotty 🎓 🎥 ( modeling_character ) ( animation ) ( rigging ) ( blender ) ( level_1 )
• Rigging by Ryan King Art 🎓 🎥 ( animation ) ( rigging ) ( blender ) ( level_1 )
• Mastering Rigging by community 🎥 ( animation ) ( rigging ) ( blender ) ( level_1 )

Physics - 1

( animation ) ( physics ) ( blender ) ( level_1 )

• Blender Physics Simulation by Ryan King Art 🎓 🎥 ( animation ) ( physics ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

Aesthetics: Cinematography - 2

( animation ) ( aesthetics ) ( cinematography ) ( blender )

• Mastering Cinematography by community 🎥 ( aesthetics ) ( cinematography ) ( blender )

Product Animation - 2

( animation ) ( animation_product ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

• Mastering Product Animation by community 🎥 ( animation ) ( animation_product ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

VFX - 2

( animation ) ( animation_vfx ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

• Mastering VFX by community 🎥 ( animation ) ( animation_vfx ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

Light - 0

( light ) ( level_0 )

• Lighting Course by Andrew Price 🎓 🎥 ( light ) ( blender ) ( level_0 )
• Mastering Light by community 🎥 ( light ) ( blender ) ( level_0 )
• Light by Gleb Alexandrov 🎓 🎥 ( light ) ( blender ) ( level_0 )
• Tutorial Gobos Light Textures by B Production 🎥 🔽 💰 ( blender ) ( light ) ( addon )

Post-effects and Compositing - 0

( posteffect ) ( level_0 )

• Mastering Compositing by community 🎥 ( blender ) ( level_0 )

Settings - 0

( settings ) ( level_0 )

• Blender Settings by community

Hotkeys - 0

( hotkeys ) ( level_0 )

• Hotkeys Cheat Sheet by CG Boost

Assets Management - 1

( assets_management ) ( productivity ) ( blender ) ( level_1 )

• Assets Management by community 🎥 ( assets_management ) ( productivity ) ( blender ) ( level_1 )

Render-time Optimization - 1

( productivity ) ( render_time ) ( blender )

• Render-Time Optimization by community 🎥 ( blender ) ( productivity ) ( render_time )

Productivity Hacks - 2

( productivity ) ( blender ) ( level_2 )

• Productivity Hacks by community 🎥 ( blender ) ( productivity )

Addons - 3

( addon ) ( blender ) ( level_3 )

• Hot Blender Addons by community 🎓 🎥 ( blender )
• Tutorial Gobos Light Textures by B Production 🎥 🔽 💰 ( blender ) ( light ) ( addon )

Aesthetics in General: Composition - 1

( aesthetics ) ( level_1 )

• Understanding Composition by Andrew Price 📄 ( composition )
• Primary, Secondary And Tertiary Shapes by Neil Blevins 📄 ( composition )
• Composition Types by Phil Straub 📄 ( composition )
• Composition for Artists by Sycra 🎓 🎥 ( composition )
• Composition Series by Neil Blevins 🎓 🎥 ( composition )
• Mastering Composition by community 🎥 ( composition )

Aesthetics in General: Color Theory - 0

( aesthetics ) ( color ) ( level_0 )

• Mastering Color Theory by community 🎥 ( aesthetics ) ( color ) ( level_0 )

Aesthetics in General - 3

( aesthetics ) ( color ) ( level_3 )

• Graphic Design Workshop by VirtualAddiction 🎓 🎥 ( aesthetics ) ( color ) ( level_3 )

Aesthetics in Blender - 0

( aesthetics ) ( level_0 ) ( blender )

• Aesthetics in Blender by community 🎥 ( aesthetics ) ( level_0 ) ( blender )

Aesthetics Tools

• Adobe Color by Adobe
• Art & Culture by Google

Photogrammetry - 3

( photogrammetry ) ( level_3 )

• Mastering Photogrammetry by community 🎥

Ideas for Inspiration - 3

🏗️

• Creating a Stylized Isometric City with Blender from scratch by CG Cookie 🏗️ 🎥 ( blender ) 🏗️
• Realistic Earth by Andrew Price 🏗️ 🎥 ( blender )
• Interior by Andrew Price 🏗️ 🎥 ( blender )
• Realistic 3D Environments by Maarten Nauta 🏗️ 🎥 ( blender ) ( environment )

Course on Drawing

( drawing )

• How to Draw and Paint by Sycra 🎥 ( drawing ) : tutorials on drawing
• Course on Drawing by Grant Abbitt 🎓 🎥 💰 ( drawing )
• Draw the Effect of Detail by Stephen Travers 🎓 🎥 ( drawing )

Collections of collections on Blender

📂

• ⭐ Andrew Price 📂 🎥 ( blender )
• ⭐ CG Cookie 📂 🎥 ( blender )
• ⭐ Ryan King Art 📂 🎥 ( blender )
• CG Geek 📂 🎥 ( blender )
• The CG Essentials 📂 🎥 ( blender )
• Imphenzia 📂 🎥 ( blender )
• Grant Abbitt 📂 🎥 ( blender ) : lots of ideas for inspirations and tutorials
• Kaizen Tutorials 📂 🎥 ( blender ) : tutorials on hot topics
• Chocofur 📂 🎥 ( blender ) : advanced advices and interior design
• Ponte Ryuurui 📂 🎥 ( blender ) ( modeling ) ( modeling_hardsurface ) : tutorials on subsurface modeling
• Jacob 📂 🎥 ( blender ) ( animation_vfx ) : tutorials on visual effects
• LightArchitect 📂 🎥 ( blender ) ( animation_vfx ) ( environment ) : mostly visual effects and environment
• Max Hay 📂 🎥 ( blender ) ( compositions ) : advanced tutorials on composition
• David Kohlmann 📂 🎥 ( blender )

Collections of collections on Esthetics

• ⭐ Neil Blevins 📂 🎥 ( aesthetics )
• Tyler Edlin 📂 🎥 ( drawing ) ( aesthetics )
• Sycra 📂 🎥 ( drawing ) ( aesthetics )
• Drawing & Painting 📂 🎥 ( drawing ) ( aesthetics ) : tutorials on drawing and composition
• Marco Bucci 📂 🎥 ( drawing ) ( aesthetics ) : tutorials on drawing and composition

Collections of collections on Drawing

📂

• Sycra 📂 🎥 ( drawing ) ( aesthetics )
• Drawing & Painting 📂 🎥 ( drawing ) ( aesthetics ) : tutorials on drawing and composition
• Marco Bucci 📂 🎥 ( drawing ) ( aesthetics ) : tutorials on drawing and composition

Tags legend

Kind of resource

• 🎥 - video material to watch
• 📄 - reading
• 📖 - a book
• 🎓 - online course with or without feedback
• 📈 - cheat sheets
• 🗃️ - reference or manual or a standard
• 📂 - collections of collections
• 🏴‍☠️ - non-english
• 📄 - either single article or single video-tutorial
• 🏗️ - ideas for inspiration of mini-projects to add to your portfolio
• 💰 - paid
• 🔽 - download
• ( official ) - official material
• ( interactive ) - it is possible to interact and get feedback from the system
• ( blog ) - blogs
• ( example ) - code sample that can be executed

Level of Expertise

• ( level_0 ) - very basic and trivial, every professional should know no matter which specialization
• ( level_1 ) - basic but not trivial, every professional should know no matter which specialization
• ( level_2 ) - medium proficiency, most professional should know no matter which specialization
• ( level_3 ) - advanced, not recommended unless it fits specialization

Specific Domain

• ( introductory ) - introductory learning material
• ( 2d ) - 2d graphics
• ( 3d ) - 3d graphics
• ( aesthetics ) - either colors theory or composition theory
• ( material ) - materials and shaders
• ( modeling ) - modeling
• ( modeling_sculpting ) - modeling with help of sculpting
• ( modeling_hardsurface ) - modeling hardsurface
• ( modeling_lowpoly ) - modeling low polygon models
• ( modeling_character ) - modeling a character
• ( modeling_grease_pencil ) - using grease pencil
• ( modeling_curves ) - modeling with curves and splines
• ( modeling_kitbashing ) - kit-bashing from prefabricated parts
• ( fast ) - fast art process
• ( retopology ) - retopology / retexturing / baking
• ( reference ) - modeling and reproducing by reference
• ( light ) - light
• ( environment ) - environment
• ( texturing ) texturing
• ( interior ) interior design
• ( composition ) - composition theory
• ( color ) - color theory
• ( drawing ) - teach to draw and paint
• ( productivity ) - productivity optimization
• ( assets_management ) - assets management
• ( addon ) - addons
• ( render_time ) - render time optimization
• ( ai ) - AI-driven design
• ( video_editing ) - video editing
• ( cinematography ) - camera / cinematography
• ( baking ) - baking
• ( animation ) - all kind of animation
• ( animation_product ) - product animation
• ( animation_vfx ) - visual effects
• ( rigging ) - rigging for animation
• ( physics ) - physics for animation
• ( photogrammetry ) - create maps or 3D models from photo

Specific Technology

• ( unity ) - Unity
• ( godot ) - Godot
• ( blender ) - CG Art