Let's model a column in Blender - a step-by-step tutorial on non destructive workflows (pt.1) 

Hello everyone! at the following link you may find the reference images used in the video: www.pinterest.it/hbitproject/corcolumn_references_youtube/ You can also find the entire .blend file here if you wish to support the channel --> hbitproject.gumroad.com/l/ixtgu Happy modelling!

hello. I am your fan living in Korea. I am learning Blender to work at a company and your lectures are very helpful. Your lecture is perfect, but I have one wish. It makes your keyboard buttons or mouse clicks appear on your screen. This requires a separate program and is very cumbersome, but it is a great help to a beginner like me. Lastly, I would like to express my endless gratitude for your videos and channel.

WTF??? The Shape Keys thing just blew my mind! Such a genius way to use it! It's like the 'Edit Poly' feature in 3ds Max! 🤯🤯🤯

This is my favorite video on Blender that I've ever watched -- ever. And trust me, I've watched a LOT of videos about Blender.

Sir, this is a real gift! You are a mighty Blender wizard, I have never seen such techniques for constructing an acanthus leaf.

As a beginner, this is the most efficient and professional workflow I ever seen

its not only a very very acurate corinthian capital, its also the best i‘ve found on the entire internet :)

Thank you so much for being helpful to us i have one wish please make your keyboard shortcut to appear on your videos because sometimes its being very hard follow up for a beginner like me thank you sm

This tutorial is amazing. I've been using Blender for longer than I'd like to admit, and I cannot BELIEVE that I never knew about the 'connected only' checkbox for proportional editing. If I was drinking coffee when you did that, I would have spat it out on my monitor and keyboard. Your channel is very underrated. You have a very mathematical approach to Blender and it works very well.

this is exactly what I have been lookin for for a while. so excited to finally be able to add the Corinthian order to my models! Thank you so much!

I have no intention to do this in blender but it's a pleasure to watch your skills and excellent narration.

Incredible! This has helped me more than you could ever imagine. Your explanation and talking through how and why you do things is great. Keep up the good work and keep the great content flowing.

omg finally! i've been looking for a tutorial for this kind of column for months and months

Non-destructive workflow for organic leaves. Amazing

Watched your video for the first time ! Simply Brilliant.

The weight paint and shape key tools and connected only editing are all new things I have learnt..Very enjoyable~

merveilleusement calme et efficace ! Merci !

amazing techniques specially for the leaves and shape keys to make it more adjustable!

Great tutorial, very instructive that allows you to juggle with lots of possibilities offered by Blender and that I don't use too much. In the end, a superb professional Corinthian column. Thank you for this very clear and very well explained lesson.

Thank, what a great way to make ornaments. Clear explanation too. I hope I'll enjoy part 2 as much.

This is one of the best modeling tutorials out there and that includes paid courses. They way you tackle you to approach complex models like the leaves at 10:58 is so helpful

This is some seriously next level stuff man.

So many nuggets of knowledge on this! Thank you so much for sharing!

Big THANKS! Great tutorial.

These videos are so helpful. It's hard to find good blender videos that demonstrate the techniques used as well as the general workflow

i feel my brain expanding with this tutorial

i love your videos recently the quality has improved by miles ! Also you always make beautiful creations ❤

Thank you very much for your tutorial! Its fascinating to watch you create these beautiful forms. In short: It is a joy to learn from you!

Great video as usual, really good to see people with the same ideas as me.

Questi tutorial sono una figata, grazie per la condivisione!

Great details!!!!, thanks for the tutorial 🧡

Great and very talented having the confidence of his knowledge

this tutorial is crazy, i love it so much, thank you for making this such beautiful tutorial video.

Really great! Looking very forward to the next one! :)

Literally cannot wait for the second part 😅😊

You're a very smart guy. Loved it

Beautiful. Watching your techniques in action is an art in itself! Thanks for sharing..so much i need to learn.

Using shape keys as adjustment layers is genius!

Amazing tutorial! Those tricks are very useful, thanks man!

Amazing thanks for another great video! I've added to wishlist your pack, and I'll buy as soon as I will have some extra money.

what a professional modeler

I have been waiting so long for you to do a follow along tutorial. I subscribed IMMEDIATELY. I can't wait to try this along with your guidance.

Very good tutorial. I'm a beginner so a lot of things went over my head, but this level of workflow is something I hope to someday achieve.

You are so amazing man this is exactly what I was looking for with my project. Thank you

Thanks for this. I've been wondering how to do this for a while. The way you explain it is very easy to follow. God bless.

TAHNK YOU SO MUCH for teaching us💎! and for doing it with such dedication and consideration for us who are interested in learning the fundamentals of classical architecture and blender ¡At the same time!.. You're the man, really talented man 🙌

Please do more videos like this. Bless you ❤

Bro that's exactly what I was looking for)), Good Job!

Very interesting tutorial ! Well done 👍

That was an amazing technique you showed. Really impressed :)!

You are a jewel for me, I am an archaeologist and thanks to you, I will do a lot of work well, thank you, I am glad to have you.

Wow! Semplicemente wow!

Questa è Poesia! I am speechless, thank you!

Fantastic!!!

this is beautiful! i love the look of detailed classical architecture thats been rendered down to normal maps (seen in games like Dark Souls and such), but i never knew how to accomplish it. i half-wondered if they just painted the heightmaps, since the details seemed too smooth and complex to achieve. this answers my questions, and your process makes it so simple, reversible, and understandable!

Good job. Learned a lot of stuff

This is amazing

Very beautiful workflow. Blender is great i feel like a Greek designer.

Brilliant!

Found it in transcript. Excellent video and the transcript is really useful. 👍

Amazing workflow. Never thought about using shape keys for non-destructive workflow. Interesting! Keep it coming! :)

Masterful.

It is great, thx!!!

God, this is next level stuff...

Gostei muito amigo, por favor continue!!

wow what a cool way to use shape keys

incredible

Great tutorial. This is a perfect example of why you should try to use ND editing as much as possible. If you client has serious changes and this was all sculpted; this is absolutely the better way. IMO. You get a new subscriber!

Complimenti!

i hated modelling but because of your arch vid and this one I am now better at modelling than all the over disciplines not good but I like it now its fun and I can make some pretty decent stuff

Oh wow! That 'Connected only' in proportional edit mode tip is golden. I just would hide the other parts of the mesh to not be affected! Overlooked feature! Thanks! As others already mentioned: Your content is great stuff!

omg this video is so relevant to me, I tried to make a corinthian column some time ago for practice and never managed to do the leaves.

love it bud would have loved to see some keys you press

Really interesting approach. I assume you'll instance this detail and then adjust the shape keys slightly to create minor variations to create realistic imperfection.

Excelente

Cool

Thanks to my art history course, I can say this a Corinthian column topper, because it has Acanthus leaves. The other types are Doric (squareish), and Ionic (Curved). How useful. lol

I am loving your tutorial and I cannot wait to see more of your content. I'd appreciate it if you could tell me what I am doing wrong at 18:40. Whenever I extrude along the normals, i seem to be getting a shell-shape instead of having both faces closed. What is the issue?

Treasure FOUND! Please do more environment architecture stuff. If you could do a recreation of Elden Ring architecture style as well that would be awesome. Thanks for the video

Best column tutorial , any tips on how to reach this level of blender ? Where do we start ? Any courses you can recommend?

Спасибо за видео

your videos are amazing! also i am wondering how do you get such detailed references if you dont mind telling and i would appreciate it very much.. you're doing such a great job at explaining the techniques you are doing, keep at it!

I am currently making the acanthus leaf and have completed the main shape but realized I hadn't added a loop cut in the middle. Should I manually add it and edit it to make it fit the shape or is there a better method. Thanks for the help!

Great video. The only minus is that the keystrokes are not enabled. They would make easier to understand and follow some operations that may not be as obvious as they are for experienced users. BUT the workflow and modeling is great :)

This attempt is different than the previous one. In this one, we trace the outline of the leaf, effectively making a spoon-like cups. In the previous attempt, we traced the veins instead and folded them forward

Hello. Great video. I don't know if that is your area of expertise at all, but i was wondering if you could maybe expand a little into the architecture side of things. Like why does this element looks this way? Why this specific shape? Why this specific proportion? And etc.

Please do a corbel!

As a long time blender user oustanding job, your channel is a amazing! As art history nerd I belive connection_OUT should be connection_IN but what do I know? :)

Hello! 🙂Yesterday I sent a comment with a question since I was stuck at 26:07, downscaling and repositioning of the first leaf. You probably didn't receive it for some reason. Anyway, I have solved the problem in the meantime - I had the pivot points on "multiple" instead of "median" for some reason 😅 So now I can move on. Thanks again for your fantastic tutorials and your excellent and very pedagogical explanations. 🙂

When I apply a lattice, my mesh conforms to the dimensions of the lattice box I've created, and it stretches accordingly.

👍👍👍

Firstly I want to thank you for this tutorial. That said, i also would like to point something out: Between finishing the acanthus leaf and before lofting it around 8 instances you have a cut. Somewhere in between there must have been some adjustment that's missing. When I follow your tutorial 4 of the 8 leaves end up slightly crooked when rotating them around the column. The origins all match. My only fix for this was to apply all the shape keys and to apply all deformations, and then just distribute them old school, through duplication and rotating around column center. Still, Thank You for those brilliant tutorials!

hello ! thank you for your work :) How do you create these new faces at 14:00 ? Is there a shortcut ? thanks !

I'm having trouble getting the simple deform modifier to work properly, it doesn't curl nicely like that. Instead the top and bottom planes move in opposite directions. Do you have any thoughts as to why that might be?

hi, just started to watch but I noticed you have some paint addon installed?

Blender is so fun when you know what you are doing. 😅

could you do the muqarnas as well?

From what account can the reference image be obtained?

i am sorry to ask, i am very new to blender though. What do you mean with edge loop and how you do that with what shortkey ?

Cam I ask, what did you search for to find that reference? I always struggle to find decent reference images now that google images sucks so much.