Blender: Create a Jack-o'-Lantern Scene (Beginner Course) (Udemy.com)
Learn 3d modeling, basic rigging, texturing, lighting and rendering
Created by: Ruan Lotter
Last updated September 2023
What you will learn
- How to model a Jack-o'-lantern (Pumpkin) using Blender
- Carving the eyes and mouth using different 3D modeling tools
- Use basic rigging tools to create the stem of the pumpkin
- Create materials and textures for the pumpkin and stem using Blender's material nodes
- Lighting the scene using different kinds of lights
- Create a camera and render your scene using the Cycles render engine
- Learn how to model organic shapes using proportional editing and a lattice
How it compares
Against the other 100 rated Udemy courses in Blender on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 29% of them
- Reviews83#92 of 101 by number of reviews
- Length0.9 hoursshorter than 99% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2023earlier than 56% of them
Course Description
Welcome to this Blender 3D Course: Create a Jack-o'-lantern Scene
Blender version used: Blender 3.3
This Blender course is extremely beginner friendly and easy to follow. You will learn how to create everything in this scene. You don't need any Blender or 3D experience but a basic understanding of the Blender navigation shortcuts will help.
What you will learn in under one hour:
Lesson 1: How to model a Jack-o'-lantern (Pumpkin)
Lesson 2: Carving the eyes and mouth
Lesson 3: Use basic rigging to create the stem
Lesson 4: Create materials for the pumpkin and stem using nodes
Lesson 5: Lighting the scene
Lesson 6: Create a camera and render using the Cycles Renderer
I've designed this course with beginners in mind. Follow along and learn how to create your own 3D characters and scenes. Learn how to model organic objects, use bones (armature) to rig certain objects, apply materials and textures using the Blender material nodes, and learn how to add lights to bring your scene to life. Finally you will learn how to render your final scene using the Cycles render engine.
All of this in under one hour!
Are you ready to become a 3D artist?
I hope to see you in the first lesson!
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
83 Reviews
Ruan Lotter
Ruan Lotter is a VFX & 3D Artist, Online Teacher, Music Producer and Author from Cape Town, South Africa. He has worked on many short films and TV commercials for brands such as Hasbro, Lipton, RB, Ryobi and HP doing mostly camera tracking, general 3D work and compositing.
It all started in 1994 when he discovered 3dsmax for DOS! Back then it was called "3D Studio" and that changed everything... A few years later, 3dsmax for Windows was released and the world of online tutorials was born. Ruan instantly started binge watching online tutorials on a website called "3D Buzz" and dove deep into the world of 3D. Over the years he used many different VFX related software such as Adobe After Effects, Maya, Cinema4d, Modo, PFTrack, Boujou and Nuke to name a few and he fell in love with the world of Visual Effects and YouTube became his university of choice.
At the beginning of 2020, after many years of using Maya, he found Blender which quickly became his go-to application for anything 3D or VFX related. In mid 2022 he published his first book "Taking Blender to the Next Level" which is available on Amazon.
He currently works as a VFX Artist & 3D Generalist at Accenture, doing mostly 3D and VFX work on TV and Web content for well known brands.
He also runs a YouTube channel called TunnelvizionTV where he teaches VFX and Motion Graphics using a variety of applications.
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Reviews
By Ziron26 on 10/31/2025
This tutorial shows you the basics of how to create a scene and an object with an irregular shape.
By Jutta Passmann on 9/27/2025
Ein schönes, kleines Projekt für zwischendurch. Gut geeignet für Anfänger die Erlerntes festigen möchten. Und das kostenlos. Vielen Dank.
By Megha Khosla on 8/20/2025
It was a good course, he explained everything so easily. However, he didn't teach us how to animate and render it. we are left with image only. Other than that good stuff.
By Halimelham on 1/3/2025
nice course I would absolutely recommend it for beginners
By Lara Luigi on 10/31/2024
primeira vez com o blender e estou aprendendo super!
By MONU BARA on 3/22/2024
nice ! it was very much helpful
By Yevhen on 11/28/2023
Very easy and interesting. Have bought your book. Hope I`ll be as great as you are)) Thanks!
By Martin Tóth on 10/31/2023
This is an excellent and fun course for anyone wanting to learn 3D modelling in Blender.
By Tim on 8/1/2026
By Badr Asi on 1/16/2026
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