Blender 3D for Beginners: Create a Black Hole Animation

**Blender 3D for Beginners: Create a Black Hole Animation** *(by Harry Helps)*

* **Level & Length:** Beginner | ~4 Hours

* **Software:** Blender

### Summary & Topics Covered

* **Scene Setup:** Viewport basics and deep space world environment settings.

* **Procedural Shading:** Designing the swirling accretion disk using node setups (no external textures required).

* **VFX & Physics Simulation:** Simulating gravitational lensing, emission shaders, and volumetric space dust.

* **Animation:** Setting up looping camera paths and rotation keyframes.

* **Compositing & Rendering:** Applying bloom, lens flares, color grading, and exporting the final loop.

### Class Project

Create a custom, looping black hole scene with personalized colors/camera angles and export a final image or animation render.

Topics: Blender

Source: https://www.skillshare.com/en/classes/blender-3d-for-beginners-create-a-black-hole-animation/469513533/projects