Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 44 minutes ago

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Part 1 of a series. Walks through making a fully modeled, and textured shoe in Blender. This video shows how to model and UV. This tutorial uses blender 2.9.



00:00:00 Intro
00:00:40 setup
00:01:46 start simple shoe blank
00:10:18 reference images
00:13:47 flatten & shape further
00:24:48 fix loops
00:29:14 platform and heel
00:41:59 shoe cut out main sections
01:00:28 smooth
01:06:52 platform
01:09:04 thicken
01:12:34 join
01:17:02 toe
01:19:44 straps
01:27:03 thicken
01:35:08 latch
01:38:50 make UV islands
01:49:32 layout
02:05:33 close



Reference files:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rwyYNP201_SX8wqrmX5O_rN0OIefqA6_?usp=sharing

Plugins Used:
MESH: F2
NODE WRANGLER
EDIT MESH TOOLS
MESH: EXTRA OBJECTS
MESH: LOOPTOOLS

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