Tutorial: Blender MODELLING For Absolute Beginners | Low Poly Girl 

I am only 10 minutes in and this is likely the first and only tutorial I have seen that shows you how to do basic navigation and object manipulation using the UI elements instead of just telling me a bunch of shortcuts that I am just gonna forget about the moment I am done. And I found a lot of other cool things just exploring all the other buttons. I wish I found this one a lot sooner instead of wasting days of making donuts over and over, wondering why nothing ever stuck.

Rip all the people who keep forgetting to click back in the project and pushed number keys in YT I feel your pain friend.

after 5 months of buying a laptop for blender and doing nothing with it but play games, this has finally gotten me out of the "screw around with cubes" phase! I turned her into an alien, gave her a pointy nose and big ol eyes, and silly little lollipop antennas just for fun :) Thanks for the amazing tutorial, dude!

The most modeling I'd done before this tutorial was a 45 minute intro seminar at a convention pre-covid where I was more skilled than most of the class but not good enough to understand how to do anything on my own. This girl was the first modeling project I've ever completed. And it looks GOOD. I changed the colors on mine just for fun, and it's so exciting to see just how different yet similar my results are. Thank you so much for this video. I do have one suggestion for future beginner videos, however: I regularly had to rewind multiple times to keep up when you were doing quick steps and button combos (namely, the cuff transition at the wrists, the adjustments of the head to make her face more face shaped, and several steps in the hair. My suggestion here is to just take a beat between the different hotkey combos, so the viewer actually has a chance to process what you've just said and try it! Not a long pause or anything, that would be too much. And who knows, maybe I'm the one who's not understanding at full speed here lmao.

I also discovered that you can press "9" on the num pad to go to the opposite side of the view point, like if you're currently in the front and press 9 it will send you to the back view. It works the same for the rest sides too. (I'm not sure if it works on computers but it did work on my laptop)

I really appreciate you actually showing us how to navigate blender. I'm coming from a background of extremely rusty skills and some familiarity with 3DS Max, which is so incredibly different. It doesn't matter if you've got the fundamentals if you don't know where anything is. Thank you so much for putting this together and sharing it with the world

This was legit my first tutorial I EVER followed for blender, and I love how you gave basic step by step instructions, and all the keystrokes and general knowledge I didn't know I needed. Yeah it probably took me about 3-4 hours with all the pausing, backtracking and re-watching I did, but the fact that I was able to go from absolutely no experience to producing this in an afternoon was awesome to experience. Thank you so much for this tutorial, this gave me a lot of helpful knowledge, and having a finished project to look at made me see what I learned, and all the possibilities and things I want to learn next. Thanks again for the tutorial, you did some awesome work!

My guy, you have created the absolute ultimatum in welcoming people into Blender 3D modeling! Congratulations

Something specific about this video I really appreciated was how quick the results could be visualized. Like it's all well and good to have a multi-hour video series explaining a huge step-by-step process, but the hour long length and low poly model did a lot to keep me feeling like I was making progress. Also, verbally saying the hotkeys paired with the visualization (Like saying "S to scale, G to move") did SO MUCH to help me remember the hotkeys and get them into muscle memory. Even after taking a break for a week I remembered all the hotkeys very quickly which felt satisfying. Looking forward to doing more in Blender and I absolutely have this video to thank for the motivation.

This tutorial was excellent. I’m training myself to be the 3D artist on ouf low poly video game for a game jam and this was so helpful and easy to understand. Thank you so much. Take care.

We just got internet down here and i've been into painting my whole life. My pawn found out about this and told me to download it, so i did and i saw your Tutorial while looking for guides. You are a Master of this! I am greatful for the knowledge you have passed on and in such detail. Because of this, i will let 30 souls go to heaven.

This video made me actually sit down and learn how to use Blender. I decided to use my own art as a 3D reference and it came out amazingly. Thank you so much for this detailed and informative video!!

I'm discovering really nice tips with this tutorial series that I've never seen in other videos, they're making the learning process much smoother! Thanks!

This tutorial is the only reason I've ever been able to make anything in Blender. Sincerely, thank you.

your character modelling tutorials are the best i've ever seen i've picked up blender this last week and already am seeing improvement thanks to you and other creators massive W my friend

This tutorial has been really helpful for someone new to Blender wanting to make low poly models for games. The video being a model from 0 to finished is quite helpful. Thanks for making it!

Man, this is i think the best video for a beginnee EVER, thank you very much

Thank you so much! It’s been my dream to be able to make my own characters and eventually my own games, but I’ve gotten so stuck on how to start! I really appreciate the time you spent to offer this to thousands of people for free! Again, thank you!

this is by far the best beginners tutorial I have ever watched. I cannot even fathom how brand new I was and looking at other videos to learn that I haven't even gotten a clue on what I was doing. the details you go to to teach others for something simple for modelling for a low poly character. I quickly grasped on everything you said and had to rewind most parts that made me wonder if that can be extended on my own. Bro i hope you are have a great time doing the things you love. thank you very much.

Found this to be extremely useful for learning tips, tricks and important key bindings essential for modeling. took around 3-5 hours making sure I understand a lot what was going on as well as adding extra bits of details to my own design and turned out fantastic for first starting out! Stuck with it to the end and was such a worth while experience. Thanks a ton!

This is such a perfect tutorial. I've only dabbled in Maya in class, learning to make bagrounds and objects with primatives, but I wanted to learn Blender and go straight into character modelling with a specifically low poly aesthetic rather than that standard blender donut. My model is very different to the one you're showcasing but your teaching is excellent that I can follow along and apply your teachings to my model. Struggling a bit with the hair, but it's just a case of practice makes perfect. Thank you so much for this.

This is AMAZING I have followed many, many blender tutorials for characters in the past and always got overwhelmed and gave up. This is literally the best tutorial ever and I can finally feel like I can model something!!! Thank you!

I don't think you'll ever know how much you helped the people who watched this here. You can't imagine how happy I am with what I produced thanks to your tutorial. I took another concept as a reference and even with a different character, the tutorial was 100% efficient! Thank you very much, you have gained a new loyal subscriber 😁

Thank you for this tutorial! You were really good at explaining things and I followed along but with my own character. What you explaining worked for her too and despite it being my first time ever making a model she turned out great!

This was so much fun! As someone who's been working with 2D pixel graphics for so many years it has been so refreshing to finally take my first little baby step into the extra dimension!!!

This tutorial is so good... genuinely amazed with your ability to explain everything with such ease. I don't feel confused as a beginner and it's so in depth!! Thank you!!

this is actually a really awsome tutorial, im so fresh new to blender (got it yesterday) and even working with things with more poly counts you taught me alot of ways to form the shapes i needed without me attempting to manually add cubes and shape them each time!!! i got to follow ur tutorial and adjust things to what i felt was right and whenever i made a mistake i cld always easily look back and pay attention to whatever keys u did to adjust what i did and try again, awesome tutorial :3

Perfect timing as I've been looking for someone who I can understand and the gods answered me by making me come across you just as you upload this video! Thanks for the great tutorials 💜🤙

just wanna say, extremely comprehensive tutorial that is easy to follow. not only did i walk away from this with something cool to show off, but i feel like i gained a lot towards what i actually want to do, which is modeling people instead of donuts or whatnot. thank you so much for this!

Thank you so much for making these tutorials! You broke it down in such a way that I could understand with no complications. I've been looking all over for a good tutorial on how to model something without using the sculpting tools. Thanks also for repeating certain methods and displaying the keys on your screen. =)

started following the tutorial yesterday, ended up freestylng the arms and hands, and finished following the tutorial today. im so excited!! it looks so good! its such a fun way of modeling! i always thought 3d stuff would be too complicated for me, but this video was so insanely helpful!!!

I used this as a guideline for my own model, applying what was talked about in the video with my own stuff as needed, and it looks much better than I thought I'd ever get to do in a few hours. Thank you.

Took me two days, breaks in-between, to finally get this tutorial completed! I'm very proud of myself as this is my first time working with Blender like this. I'm excited to continue my journey to hopefully become a Master in Low Poly Blender style! Thank you so much for putting together this tutorial!

this is so easy, other tutorials are nowhere near as beginner friendly as this one and this one actually teaches you alot! Thanks pixxo!!!!

I'm just getting started with blender, and i want to say this truly is a tutorial for beginners! Thank y ou!

I was once a beginner, to me blender was so terrifying and heavy to learn but now I have travelled to the path of knowing modelling, rigging, animating and finally creating my animation video. I love this kind of beginner-friendly video.

I haven't modelled in about 5 years and that was a one off module in 3DSMAX. Absolutely fantastic video honestly, got be right back into it, as if I was still fresh.

I finished it. I had to redo the head multiple times, but it came out decent enough to my liking. I'm very proud of it! Thank you for sharing this~ 💕

This was seriously the best tutorial I have ever followed. It took me about 2 hours but I learned so much and I feel proud.

This is an amazing tutorial. I'm no artist and I always struggled with finding/adapting assets for my game ideas, but finally I can just learn to make some quick stuff myself!

great tutorial, spent 2 days, started over and over, tried to learn and improvise along the way. i know how to low poly now thanks! this was a great beginner step for me.

I mean honestly I have 3d modelled before but never seriously and I've been through such a rut with art block that I've not touched blender in years so following this tutorial really shook off the rust and made me make a cute little thing I can be happy with. Thanks for this!

i was glued to this video from minute one and learned a lot. but when you duped the legs and brought them up to turn them into arms i was blown away

Brilliant Tutorial , I breezed through it and didn't get stuck or fustrated. I was was so discouraged by the Blender Guru donut Tutorial because I got stuck trying to solve the Snapping issue on numerous occasions. I'm so glad I decided to give your tutorial a shot. Your explanations are clear and spot on without distraction, and finishing with a character model is so much more rewarding . looking forward to the next tutorial.

Definetly an underrated video. Thank you so much for posting this. I have already learned making a donut but had no idea how to mod a character. This video is so precious for a beginner like me. I hope more people can find out this video.

wow.. 1 hour for free. most teachers wouldn't give you 5 minutes for free.. thank you

Thanks for the tutorial! It's especially appreciated that you repeat the hotkeys whenever you use them as it helps reinforce it as we follow along. Some tutorials give you all the information, but don't do anything to strengthen the knowledge that most useful when habitual.

Oh my GOD this video is a lifesaver. I went through multiple tutorials before this and couldn't figure anything out or remember any of the 3000 shortcuts, but this video helped so much. It was really cool being able to make a full character model! Now I can start trying to make my own character turnarounds :)

This holds up PERFECTLY in Blender 4. The only issue I had was with rendering, cycles just didn't work correctly but eevee did. That could be something with my pc though, not 4. But EVERYTHING ELSE was spot on with Blender 4. Also, I loved your emphasis on hotkeys. I've learned audio production and video editing, hotkeys are crucial for productivity and jsut overall ease. 10/10 tutorial thank you!

incredible, I never tought I could do this, because every time I started a blender tutoriel, it lasted forever, and I simply gave up. But this one as a particular touch and is very explicit and easy, so I made it !! Thank you a lot !

I came here with zero experience, literally just downloaded the program, and this was SO helpful! I had no trouble following along and by the end of the video I had the keybinds memorized and was even adding extra reptos and playing with the mesh just for fun. Thank you so much for this beginner's video, I'm excited and motivated to keep learning how to 3D model.

Thank you so much for this tutorial. Following along this guide felt like a workshop and I find that these teach the most stuff so good job. Had fun working with you :)

I love that most of this only needed a few simple, repeated commands. It's easy to forget how important repetition is. I've seen a few 'beginner' tutorials that were anything BUT beginner. I'd say this is a perfect jumping off point for modeling and using Blender in general.

So far, I have done the donut tutorial and a few others, but I didn't really learn much but some hot keys and how to make a donut. I would refer anyone to watch this video due the basics, the walk through of how the program works, you keep it simple, so it is easier to focus on a few things rather than jumping around. It's organized and learning how to model like this helps cover the basics for most designs. The most intricate design will have to come with practice, time and adjusting. Thank you for making this I am still a beginner, but I am transferring from Zbrush I used in college to something free to use at home.

I just finished this and it was exactly what I was looking for. Something that showed the very basics to get started but tossing in enough intermediate and a few advanced things so you feel confident enough to try something else on your own. There are plenty of other Blender tutorials out there that are quite good but the issue I have with my learning style is that they start you off with some pretty advanced stuff right off the bat. They still do a good job of building up on things but I feel that they throw too much at you all at once which could lead to feeling overwhelmed with so many options and overthinking how to design your project. You remembered the most important thing for us noob by following the KISS principle: Keep it simple. Thanks

thank you very much for this tutorial! It's simple and it's very well paced. I'm still a beginner but I had followed a couple tutorials before trying this one, just from the fact that you told us about enabling GPU compute in the render settings and to reduce the amount of render samples this tutorial is a Must watch because every time I was working on the Rendered view the stock cpu cooler fan was really revving up while my 3060 was just sitting pretty.

Thanks to this tutorial, today I was able to create my first humanoid 3d model. I was worried at first because I didn't have any proper "reference", but a low-quality front-facing full-body screenshot of the character ended up being good enough! Thanks so much!

normally i am very skeptical of video tutorials because I find they don't explain things well enough or show practical scenarios enough to be helpful, but this tutorial was incredibly useful for me. I've never used any 3d modeling software before, and I managed to make a model im pretty happy with following this. I think a big thing that makes this tutorial super helpful is that it teaches you only a handful of highly important tools, and then reiterates how to apply those tools in various scenarios and really shows how those simple tools can be used to do more and more complex things. It was super helpful that you continued to repeat the keybinds (and also have them display on screen), because I felt it really helped reinforce for me how flexible those basic tools are. this is the first time I have found myself following a tutorial and felt so effectively that I was starting to grasp what was being taught that I would pause the video and continue way past what was being shown because I felt like I really knew how to use things from here. This comment is getting kinda rambly and long, but thank you for this tutorial, you would be a great teacher, if you aren't one already :p

I did the classic donut tutorial more than a year ago and didn't do much 3D modeling after that. So I wanted to try 3D modeling again so I needed a refresher and this tutorial was amazing for that purpose. Thank you so much! ❤

Probably top 5 best tutorials I've ever watched. Very professional and creative.

As someone with a ton of bad luck when it comes to programs and tutorials, this video and Blender worked flawlessy. Congratulations, and thank you very much!

I had a month searching for a good tutor, with this tutorial I finally made a pet-cat for my job with a decent technique. I enjoyed the process, and I think your learning method is just perfect. Thanks a lot.

Thanks to this tutorial, I just made my first finished 3D human! The video's informative, easy to understand and helped me grasp some of the elements I was struggling with while working in a 3D space. Thank you, OP!

thank you so much, this was the best dumbed down version of how to work with building upon faces

great tutorial to quickly start on blender.

I previously did a bit of modeling with Autodesk Maya during a course in college, but I never really did anything with it afterwards. For a long time, I feared I'd be too rusty to get back into it, but I recently decided to give it another try with Blender. I just wanted to say that your video really helped me get settled in Blender and get a hold of the basics quickly. I enjoyed the way you explained every step along the way and reiterated which keys did what to bolster retention. For a first project, I feel pretty good about how simple it was to learn and build. I still have a ways to go, but I now feel more confident about catching up to where I left off. Thank you for the excellent tutorial!

I can't express how much your video helped me to start with a blender

I’ve needed a tutorial like this for quite some time, I’ve had blender downloaded for over a year and never knew how to use it

Can't believe how this tutorial made me do for the first time in blender thank you so much, you explained everything I needed to know I'm so thankful .

this tutorial single-handedly taught me literally everything I figured out. If I ever forget smth I come back here and it reminds me how to do it

If anyone is coming into this and worried the version will stop you, I was able to make this successful on Blender 4.0 Thanks for the guide, and probably learned the most I ever had in blender! (took me about 6 hours due to being completely new lol)

Well explained. As a beginner i'm actually learning from this.

I been trying for a long time to model characters and this tutorial right here is the best one, thank you so much

Best tutorial I have found so far on modelling for beginners. Thanks for uploading.

great video, finally I finish a tutorial !!

I just had to comment, this was the best tutorial on Blender for beginners ever! This was the first tutorial that I was able to follow easily/without pulling my hair! Thank you a lot!

this is an awesome video! just finished making the character looking forward to doing more of your videos! well done

I loved making this, and the end result was very nice. Thank you for putting this tutorial to teach me and so many others how to model something.

Love the tutorial! Straight forward instructions and a tutorial that I was much more interested in pursuing as Character modelling, especially from reference images, is exactly why I want to learn Blender. Thank you! :D

It's my first time ever using blender and this was sooo useful and fun!! I managed to do everything and it gets quick after a while. Thanks for sharing this!!

Good tutorial: good pace, clear and succinct. When adding the cylinder for the legs, I somehow got the middle point in the front, instead of in back, which proved a minor problem later on.

beautiful tutorial!! cant believe it only took you an hour to make this model, it took me over 3! you are incredibly skilled

Friend sent me this tutorial and for someone that desperately wanted to learn blender this helped a LOT, I never touched a 3d modeling program in my life and I had to give it three days but I finally managed to make the girl model Thank you so much!

This tutorial helped me in so many ways. I couldn't even get to making my first rig without this, thanks for making this super helpful video ^^

This helped me a lot, thank you so much!!! So much fun and education.

I love how easy this was to follow, especially for someone impatient like me the chapters are easy to navigate, the instructions are explained clearly and there are no sudden jumps I love it! Also it's very customizable so if I wanted to like, idk, make some guy I could! I can! Yknow maybe I will (if I can figure out how to do curly hair that is)

Very coherent tutorial and much better than most others. I learned a lot out of this. Thanks man :)

Probably the most useful and reliable tutorials out there, thanks a lot man!

3 Hours and I made it. Very happy. Thank you for this lesson!

This tutorial is amazing. Thank you. I was looking forward to rigging and animation of this model but then I didn't find any other videos. Would love more series learning with this model!

THIS IS AWESOME! one hour - and the model is ready. From absolute nothing. Many thanx from Russia!

Thanks a lot! This is the first tutorial I've seen and I've learned quickly and understood everything perfectly, thanks for creating this tutorial!

Great way to learn some of the fundamentals of Blender! I feel like I've got a good foundation of how to go about making my own low poly art from this one video. Looking forward to building on this lesson in future. To get the final render to look more like the reference you can select something in object mode, right click to get the context menu and select "Shade Smooth".

im currently following your tutorial and im really happy with it so far, this is my first try too and its amazing, i've learned a lot, i have even made my own pillow slides slippers, socks, skirt, horns, even really detailed hair with the help of this tutorial, tysm!

Great turtorial!!!

Amazing pace. Didn't have to rewind too many times. Awesome tutorial.

THANKYOUUU I LOVE YOUR Vids THIS IS DEFINITELY HELPFUL I USED THE OTHERS BEFORE I CANT WAIT FOR THIS

Are there any tutorials that don't start with using an already existing model as reference? I would like an idea of how to start completely from scratch.

Thanks for this! Had to slow the video down to .75 speed to try and keep up, but now I feel like I have a much better grip on the tools, what they do, and how to make something from scratch. Really cool how much can be done with just the extrude, scale, move, and rotate tools! I am curious if this would be a similar workflow to a more high-poly count model. Looks like I'll be diving into more tutorials. Thanks for this beginner-friendly video!

Love this tutorial, dude. This has certainly helped out a lot with my beginning skills, appreciate it!