The Moon’s Resting Place: A Low Poly Blender Scene

Learn to create a dreamy low poly scene in Blender with simple modeling, lighting, animation, and rendering steps.

What you'll learn
- Model a complete low poly floating island scene in Blender from scratch using simple geometry and modifiers.
- Add lighting, materials, and atmosphere to create a dreamy moonlit environment using Blender’s Cycles renderer.
- Animate camera and object movement smoothly to bring life and storytelling to a short 3D scene.
- Render and composite the final animation with bloom, glare, and color correction for a cinematic look.

Requirements
- No prior experience in Blender or 3D modeling is required, this course is beginner-friendly.
- You’ll need a computer or laptop capable of running Blender smoothly.
- Install Blender (version 4.4 or later) — it’s free and open-source.
- A mouse with a scroll wheel is highly recommended for easy navigation in Blender.
- A curiosity in learning

Description
Welcome toThe Moon’s Resting Place, a beautifully designedbeginner-friendly Blender coursewhere you will learn how to create a completelow poly 3D scenefrom scratch. If you’ve ever wanted to build magical 3D worlds but felt overwhelmed by long or complicated tutorials, this course gives you asimple, relaxing, and enjoyableway to get started.

In this project-based journey, you’ll design adreamy floating island, complete with soft lighting, pastel colors, and a glowing moon gently resting above the landscape. You will learn essential skills such aslow poly modeling, scene composition, adding stylized materials, and setting up atmospheric lightingthat gives your scene a cinematic look.

We then move into animation — you’ll create a smoothcamera orbit animationand subtle motion for the moon, bringing your world to life with gentle movement. Finally, you’ll learn how torender your scene in Cyclesand add artistic finishing touches likebloom, fog glow, and color gradingin the compositor.

Each lesson isshort, clear, and beginner-focused, making the learning process easy and enjoyable. By the end of the course, you will have acomplete animated 3D artworkready to share on social media, add to your portfolio, or use as a starting point for more advanced Blender projects.

If you want to learn Blender in afun, fast, and visually inspiringway, this course is the perfect place to begin.

Who this course is for:
- Beginners in Blender who want to create their first complete 3D scene from start to finish.
- Aspiring 3D artists and animators looking to learn environment design and lighting in a simple, creative way.
- Students and hobbyists who love dreamy, fantasy-style 3D visuals and want to bring their imagination to life.
- Content creators or designers who wish to add short low poly animations to their portfolios or social media.
- Anyone who enjoys learning Blender through calm, step-by-step, project-based tutorials.
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