🎨 8 Episodes · Ages 10+ · Blender

Blender World Workshop
Make Your First 3D Scene

Start with a single cube, then model, rig, animate and light a whole 3D scene. Build your first shape right now in 3D with BuildLab (no install), export it straight into Blender, then follow the episodes to finish it. By the last episode you will have a short scene you made yourself.

👶 Ages 10+ ⏱️ 8 Episodes 🎨 Blender ✓ Free workshops
🧊 Move in 3D 🔧 Model shapes 🦴 Rig & pose 🎬 Animate 🎨 Materials 💡 Light & render
🧱 Build it in 3D (no install) 🎬 Start Episode 1
Build it in our Blender Studio too: lay out a 3D scene, add Blender steps and export a real bpy script in the browser. Open the Blender Mod Studio →
Blender orange This cube is drawn live in your browser, one line at a time, just like the wireframe you will meet in Blender. Click to change its colour.
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An honest note: Blender is a real 3D app you install once, so the episodes are a home-computer job best done with a grown-up. But you can start right now with the blockout sketch below, which needs no install at all.
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Ember says: 3D looks scary because of all the buttons. It is not. The whole skill is three moves: look, make a shape, change the shape. Repeat those a hundred times and you can build anything.
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Keep the cheat sheet open: navigation, selection, transform, mesh editing, modifiers and rendering, all on one page. Open the Blender cheat sheet →
🧱 Start in 3D now: open BuildLab Model your first shape with blocks right in the browser, no install. When it looks right, export it as a Blender file (glTF .glb or OBJ) and open it in Blender to keep going. It runs on the same 3D engine as the site's other builders, so what you learn here carries over. Open BuildLab →
🔗 How the two work together

You use our browser 3D engine and Blender as one workflow, so you can start making a model with nothing installed and finish it like a pro:

  1. Block out in our engine. Open BuildLab and place, paint and resize blocks to get the shape right. No install, works on a school computer.
  2. Export a Blender file. In BuildLab choose Blender (.glb / .obj) and download your model.
  3. Import it in Blender. Open Blender and use File > Import > glTF 2.0 (or Wavefront .obj). Your blocks arrive as a real 3D model.
  4. Follow the episodes. Use each episode to add detail, rig it, animate it, add materials, light it and render.
Your progress
0 / 8 episodes complete
Sketch a blockout for a no-install head start.
🎨 3D Artist Pro
Finish all 8 episodes to earn the badge.

The 8 Episodes

Follow them in order. Each episode adds one new skill and ends with something you can see or render.

Episode 1 · Beginner
Hello 3D! 🧊
Install Blender, learn to fly the camera, and light your very first cube scene.
Episode 2 · Beginner
Character Basics 🧑
Build a simple character shape out of 3D objects and find your way around the mesh.
Episode 3 · Improver
Rigging & Bones 🦴
Give your model a skeleton so it can be posed and moved.
Episode 4 · Improver
Character Animation 🎬
Make it move: keyframes, timing and a short looping action.
Episode 5 · Improver
Materials & Textures 🎨
Colour and texture your model so it looks like a real thing.
Episode 6 · Advanced
Lighting & Effects 💡
Set the mood with lights, shadows and a bit of atmosphere.
Episode 7 · Advanced
Complete Scene 🌍
Bring it all together and render a finished picture or clip.
Episode 8 · Capstone
Blender Beginners Course 🐵
The full guided course that ties every skill together, start to finish.

🧰 What you need

A computer, the free Blender app (from blender.org), and a mouse with a scroll wheel if you can. Blender runs on modest computers, and the blockout sketch above works in any browser.

🎨 The badge

Finish all 8 episodes to earn the 3D Artist Pro badge on your progress page.

📋 Keep it open

The cheat sheet has the shortcuts you will use in every episode, so you never have to guess.

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Then build it for real: download Blender for free and start Episode 1. If you get stuck, the cheat sheet and each episode's own tips will pull you through.