This Blender tutorial for beginners works with lighting and rotating, moving objects along axes, a gentle continuation of material nodes, and tidal locking: The gravitational "lock" between a pair of co-orbiting astronomical bodies that explains why we always see the same side of our Moon as it (and we!) rotate in/through spacetime. This video is the second part of a series that works to introduce Blender 3D Modeling, Texturing, Animation, Rendering, and Video Editing, culminating in the production of a short video of the phases of our Moon. These tutorials are 'Beginner-Friendly' and you do not need a GPU (but please consider getting one eventually, as it'll be an invaluable tool on your journey as a 3D Artist). ________________________________ 0:00 - Lighting in the Properties Panel 0:25 - Decrease the Power of the Sun 0:50 - On the Nature of Cycles & EEVEE 1:20 - Rotating in Blender 1:25 - Finding the Near Side of the Moon 1:39 - Why do we always see the same side of the Moon? 1:50 - Tidal Locking 2:30 - Full Moon 2:45 - Starblast 4.5" Reflector Telescope Review 3:20 - Local Moon 3:30 - Rotating the Moon 4:50 - Relative Moon-View Project 5:20 - Using the Moon to show the Earth is round 6:21 - The Cool Thing about Science 6:35 - Full Moon Collage 7:01 - Nodes 7:15 - Dealing with the Nature of Light 7:35 - Duplicate Nodes in Blender 7:58 - What is Specular? 8:20 - Blender Mix Shader 9:05 - Layer Weight Node 9:40 - Darkening the Edges of the Moon 10:30 - Align Camera in Blender 11:00 - Align the Moon 11:20 - Save your Work. ________________________________ References: Near Side of the Moon image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_over_Los_Angeles.jpg Orion Starblast 4.5" Reflector Telescope: https://www.amazon.com/Orion-10015-StarBlast-Reflector-Telescope/dp/B00D12U1IK To learn more about Tidal Locking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking To learn more about the Specular Node: https://blenderartists.org/t/the-poorly-understood-specular-slider-of-the-principled-shader/1150941 NASA Data provided from the NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4720 If you want to build your Moon at a much faster pace, we reference these tutorials early and often and you should, too: "How to Make a Realistic Moon in Blender 2.83" from PinkPocket: https://youtu.be/3dlSLviiX70 "How to Make a Realistic Moon in Blender 2.83" from Mr 3D: https://youtu.be/i22X_dMwkBw
This Blender tutorial for beginners works with lighting and rotating, moving objects along axes, a gentle continuation of material nodes, and tidal locking: The gravitational "lock" between a pair of co-orbiting astronomical bodies that explains why we always see the same side of our Moon as it (and we!) rotate in/through spacetime. This video is the second part of a series that works to introduce Blender 3D Modeling, Texturing, Animation, Rendering, and Video Editing, culminating in the production of a short video of the phases of our Moon. These tutorials are 'Beginner-Friendly' and you do not need a GPU (but please consider getting one eventually, as it'll be an invaluable tool on your journey as a 3D Artist). ________________________________ 0:00 - Lighting in the Properties Panel 0:25 - Decrease the Power of the Sun 0:50 - On the Nature of Cycles & EEVEE 1:20 - Rotating in Blender 1:25 - Finding the Near Side of the Moon 1:39 - Why do we always see the same side of the Moon? 1:50 - Tidal Locking 2:30 - Full Moon 2:45 - Starblast 4.5" Reflector Telescope Review 3:20 - Local Moon 3:30 - Rotating the Moon 4:50 - Relative Moon-View Project 5:20 - Using the Moon to show the Earth is round 6:21 - The Cool Thing about Science 6:35 - Full Moon Collage 7:01 - Nodes 7:15 - Dealing with the Nature of Light 7:35 - Duplicate Nodes in Blender 7:58 - What is Specular? 8:20 - Blender Mix Shader 9:05 - Layer Weight Node 9:40 - Darkening the Edges of the Moon 10:30 - Align Camera in Blender 11:00 - Align the Moon 11:20 - Save your Work. ________________________________ References: Near Side of the Moon image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_over_Los_Angeles.jpg Orion Starblast 4.5" Reflector Telescope: https://www.amazon.com/Orion-10015-StarBlast-Reflector-Telescope/dp/B00D12U1IK To learn more about Tidal Locking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking To learn more about the Specular Node: https://blenderartists.org/t/the-poorly-understood-specular-slider-of-the-principled-shader/1150941 NASA Data provided from the NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4720 If you want to build your Moon at a much faster pace, we reference these tutorials early and often and you should, too: "How to Make a Realistic Moon in Blender 2.83" from PinkPocket: https://youtu.be/3dlSLviiX70 "How to Make a Realistic Moon in Blender 2.83" from Mr 3D: https://youtu.be/i22X_dMwkBw