Blender 4.1 Beginner Tutorial - Part 1 (New)

Blender Tutorial series for 100% absolute beginners, teaching how to use the most common tools. Learn the fundamentals while building a Minecraft and Fantasy Sword project.

Tested and compatible with Blender 4.0 and Blender 4.1. Check out the pinned comments with any video related updates.

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:31 - Trailer
01:13 - Three Most Important Objects
02:19 - Making the UI Bigger
02:51 - Three Most Important Tools
04:05 - Navigation
07:14 - Track Pad Navigation
07:38 - Snap and Duplication
11:56 - Finish Duplicating
17:01 - Shading Tab
20:41 - Copy Materials To Selection
22:14 - Image Textures
24:30 - Duplicate materials
26:47 - Array
29:11 - Dirt Layer
31:32 - Render Properties
33:03 - Tear It Down
39:12 - One Final Tip

@robbybranham

MUSIC SOURCES:
Really Slow Motion - Sun and Stars (Elevation)
Really Slow Motion - Sunder (Battle Angel)

[umutcankaya]

From making donuts to sabotaging ancient ruins. Blender!!! Here I come.

[Thorcita]

"Eyes on the video" is so elementary school. And me and my ADHD needs it so bad, so thank you for the format of the video. I tend to love learning blender but fall asleep and with this one it is awesome!

[ToobaJackline]

LITERALLY ONE OF THE BEST TUTORIAL EVER!!!! most of the blender tutorials are so boring that i gave up in mid way . this push me to go through .

[vasastudios]

All other tutorials do not explain this well. I am impressed.

[titan_._beast]

I like the way he draws the smiley face it makes me feel like i am progresss

[AURAxSTAR]

Anyone looking to get into blender, this is THE tutorial to do first! Literally could not be more beginner friendly, and when I went to remake it by myself after following along with the tutorial I did the whole thing without forgetting a step in 15 minutes - tyvm for the fantastic resource! 🙏🏽

[nvdrori]

i just picked up blender, and found this literal masterpiece of a tutorial.

i've never had so much fun learning

[Lakmarh]

I've taken so many tutorials over the last couple of years--free, paid, small and very very long--for so many different pieces of software, and this is at the top of the best list. I've been struggling with blender for months and, man, you just made it all very clear. And your "eyes on the screen" to bring the focus back to the video was very helpful. Thanks a lot for this!

[beanfrfrfr]

Feel like I’m taking a highschool class. 10/10 best tutorial I’ve found so excited to keep learning😊

[buwcheeks]

I've been trying to learn Blender on and off for a couple of years with little to no progress. I struggle to learn and retain information. This is the most progress I've even done and it actually brought tears to my eyes.

This is hands down the best tutorial I've ever seen. Not saying all the others are rubbish but this one was so straight forward, I was smiling all through it.

Thank you so much.

[Laecy]

You're an excellent teacher. I've watched quite a few tutorials on various specific skills, and while they almost always walk you through the process, they rarely give an explanation of WHY you do particular things. If something goes wrong and a glitch gets introduced into my project, I don't know how to fix it because I don't know why I was doing what I was doing. Your emphasis on clear explanation and developing specific muscle memory skills helped SO MUCH. I hope this tutorial series blows up because the work and skill and patience you put into it is unmatched. Thank you for this.

[DominoUB]

Just came here after finishing the Donut tutorial. Donut was great, I got to make something pretty, but I don't feel like I retained a lot of the concepts. I went away and tried to apply what I learned there to make a cupcake, and did OK, but not as good as when I followed the video step by step.
I feel like you really helped in reinforcing and retaining the basic concepts and core skills. I like how you tell us to not just follow you, but to listen, then repeat. I'd recommend people come here first before going to Donut. Looking forward to the next part.

[ckbatter]

THIS IS THE BEST TUTORIAL EVER, SO HANDS ON AND DETAILED.

[MrDaril]

Finished the old one a couple of weeks ago and the new one is already available ! You guys rule ! Thank you so much :)

[frankenpaper]

I really appreciate that you have your resolution scale set so that your video is easy for me to see and read. The way you use the red lines to highlight the important details as well as the onscreen keyboard (when appropriate). These key details make your videos the easiest to watch and follow. Thank you very much!

[aeroboy]

I love how when you go through the menus you pause at the final destination for a minute while you talk about it so the rest of us can catch up and find it in the menu before you click it and move on. It's subtle and I've never seen tutorial makers do that really. So I applaud you sir. That was a fine tutorial. I'm going to keep going with this. Thank you.

[Minyamoo]

I already have a decent amount of experience with blender, but I've never really found an in depth tutorial as good as this one! Thank you so much for making this clear and helping me review the basics!

[CykrosFlavorQuest]

As titan 2.0 once said... Your smiley face makes me feel like i am progresss and it made me smile too, thank you

[FrostyTheBeerMan]

I have no clue who you are, but you are an amazing teacher ! .... let me say that again.... ultra amazing teacher ! wow.

[VideoCesar]

I've just started this and I love the pacing. Enough to help you hit the ground running but not so much that you feel overwhelmed and wondering what you would even do with everything you've learned. Some tutorials throw too much at you and are very long and/or in depth. There is so much to 3D modeling that I think tutorials like this are better to let you learn just enough to decide which path you want to get started with.