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Course

Stylized Character Workflow
feed Course Overview
Intro keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Introduction

    Free
  2. 02

    Introduction Update

    Free
1: Head Sculpting keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Defining Goals

    Free
  2. 02

    Research

  3. 03

    Blender Setup

  4. 04

    Sculpting a Primitive Head Shape

  5. 05

    Sculpting a complete Planar Head

  6. 06

    Smoothing the Planar Head

  7. 07

    Stylising the Head Sculpt

  8. 08

    Timelapse: Sculpting Rain's Head

    Free
  9. 09

    Timelapse: Vertex Painting

  10. 10

    Timelapse: Sculpting Hair

  11. 11

    Timelapse: Head Design Variations

  12. 12

    Timelapse: Finishing Rain's Head Design

2: Body & Outfit Sculpting keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Creating a Primitive Body

    Free
  2. 02

    Sculpting the Planar Torso

  3. 03

    Sculpting the Planar Arms & Legs

  4. 04

    Sculpting the Planar Hands & Feet

  5. 05

    Smoothing & Stylising the Body

  6. 06

    Creating Clothing Basemeshes

  7. 07

    Update: Optimal Clothing Basemesh

  8. 08

    Modelling additional Basemeshes

  9. 09

    Stretching vs Compression

  10. 10

    Sculpting Wrinkles & Folds

  11. 11

    Polishing the Surfaces

  12. 12

    Finishing the additional Elements

  13. 13

    Timelapse: Sculpting Rains Body

  14. 14

    Timelapse: Rains Autumn Outfit

  15. 15

    Timelapse: Adjusting Proportions and the Outfit

  16. 16

    Timelapse: Rains Summer Outfit

    Free
  17. 17

    Timelapse: Sculpting Rains final Outfit

3: Expression Testing keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Fast & rough Retopology for the Head

  2. 02

    Modelling the inner Head & transferring Details

  3. 03

    Adding the teeth, gums & tongue

  4. 04

    Basic Expression Shapekeys

    Free
  5. 05

    Sculpting an Expression

  6. 06

    Breakdown: Expression Guide Part 1

    Free
  7. 07

    Breakdown: Expression Guide Part 2

  8. 08

    Breakdown: Design Adjustments

  9. 09

    Breakdown: Adding extra Appeal

4: Clean Retopology keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Retopology Introduction

  2. 02

    Creating & Guiding Topology

  3. 03

    Planning the Facial Retopology

    Free
  4. 04

    Retopology Setup

  5. 05

    Facial Retopology - Edge Flow & Articulation

  6. 06

    Update: Strategic 2-Poles

  7. 07

    Facial Retopology - Patches & Poles

  8. 08

    Facial Retopology - Creases & Tweaking

  9. 09

    Timelapse: Head Retopology

  10. 10

    Timelapse: Body Retopology

    Free
  11. 11

    Timelapse: Inner Body & Transfering Volume

  12. 12

    Timelapse: Head Objects & Tweaking

  13. 13

    Timelapse: Hair Retopology

  14. 14

    Timelapse: Shirt & Pants Retopology Pt.1

  15. 15

    Timelapse: Shirt & Pants Retopology Pt.2

  16. 16

    Timelapse: Shoe modeling & additional Tweaking

  17. 17

    Timelapse: Scarf Retopology & Finishing Touches

5: Bonus Chapter: Snow keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Timelapse: Sculpting Snow's Head

    Free
  2. 02

    Timelapse: Sculpting Snow's Body

  3. 03

    Timelapse: Polishing Snow

  4. 04

    Timelapse: Sculpting Snow's Outfit

  5. 05

    Timelapse: Remeshing & Adjusting Snow

  6. 06

    Timelapse: Snow's Expression Tests

  7. 07

    Timelapse: Posing Snow

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    Live: Retopology Finale

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    Live: Body UV Mapping

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    Live: Outfit UV Mapping

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    Live: UV Mapping Finale

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    Live: Detail Extraction & Stitches

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    Live: Textures & Procedural Eyes

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    Live: Procedural Skin & Hair Anisotropy

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    Live: Turntable & Hair Textures

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    Live: Baking & Final Renders

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Bonus Videos keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Youtube Version: Stylized Character Workflow in Blender 2.81

    Free
  2. 02

    Snow Character Creation Recap

    Free
  3. 03

    Sculpting Fundamentals

    Free
  4. 05

    Preventing/Fixing Boolean Errors

Cheat Sheets keyboard_arrow_down
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    Topology Guides - Hiding Stretching

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    Topology Guides - Strategic 2-Poles

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    Topology Guides - Hard-Modeling Creases

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    Facial Topology - Edge Flow

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    Facial Topology - Landmarks

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    Facial Topology - Articulation

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    Facial Topology - Patches & Poles

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    Facial Topology - Creases

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    Facial Topology - Deformations

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    Retopology Setup

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    Body Topology - Seperate Limbs

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    Body Topology - Joint Loops

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    Body Topology - Finishing Touches

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    File 3: Topology Examples

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    File 4: Facial Topology & Planning

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    Rain - Final Render

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    Rain - Turnaround

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    Rain - Turnaround (Clay)

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    Rain - Turnaround (Wire)

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    Rain - Turntables

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    Snow - Final Render

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    Snow - Turnaround

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    Snow - Turnaround (Clay)

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    Snow - Turnaround (Wire)

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    Snow - Turntables

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    Rain & Snow - Final Render

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Rain - Character Development keyboard_arrow_down
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    1 - Head Polish

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    2 - Body Iterations

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    2 - Outfit Variations

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    3 - Expression Tests

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    4 - Retopology

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    4 - UV unwrapping

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    5 - Turntable Renders

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    6 - Pose Exploration

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    6 - Pose Polishing

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Rain .blend files keyboard_arrow_down
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    Rain - File 1: Head Sculpting

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    Rain - File 3: Expression Tests

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    Rain - File 4: Retopology & UV mapping

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    Rain - File 5: Shading & Texturing

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    Rain - File 6: Posing

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    Rain - File 7: Lighting & Composition

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Snow .blend files keyboard_arrow_down
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    Snow - File 3: Testing

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    Snow - File 4: Retopology

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    Snow - File 5: UVs & Shading

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    Snow - File 6: Rendering & Compositing

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Snow - Character Development keyboard_arrow_down
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    3 - Full Body Sculpting

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    4 - Outfit Sculpting

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    5 - Expression Tests

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    6 - Pose test

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    7 - Retopo (Face)

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    8 - Retopo (Head)

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    9 - Hair Retopology

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  10. 10

    10 - Body Retopology

    Free
  11. 11

    11 - Outfit Retopology

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  12. 12

    12 - Turntable Tests

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    Matcap: Gradient

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    Matcap: Ghost

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Addons keyboard_arrow_down
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Course

Stylized Character Workflow
Intro keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Introduction

    Free
  2. 02

    Introduction Update

    Free
1: Head Sculpting keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Defining Goals

    Free
  2. 02

    Research

  3. 03

    Blender Setup

  4. 04

    Sculpting a Primitive Head Shape

  5. 05

    Sculpting a complete Planar Head

  6. 06

    Smoothing the Planar Head

  7. 07

    Stylising the Head Sculpt

  8. 08

    Timelapse: Sculpting Rain's Head

    Free
  9. 09

    Timelapse: Vertex Painting

  10. 10

    Timelapse: Sculpting Hair

  11. 11

    Timelapse: Head Design Variations

  12. 12

    Timelapse: Finishing Rain's Head Design

2: Body & Outfit Sculpting keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Creating a Primitive Body

    Free
  2. 02

    Sculpting the Planar Torso

  3. 03

    Sculpting the Planar Arms & Legs

  4. 04

    Sculpting the Planar Hands & Feet

  5. 05

    Smoothing & Stylising the Body

  6. 06

    Creating Clothing Basemeshes

  7. 07

    Update: Optimal Clothing Basemesh

  8. 08

    Modelling additional Basemeshes

  9. 09

    Stretching vs Compression

  10. 10

    Sculpting Wrinkles & Folds

  11. 11

    Polishing the Surfaces

  12. 12

    Finishing the additional Elements

  13. 13

    Timelapse: Sculpting Rains Body

  14. 14

    Timelapse: Rains Autumn Outfit

  15. 15

    Timelapse: Adjusting Proportions and the Outfit

  16. 16

    Timelapse: Rains Summer Outfit

    Free
  17. 17

    Timelapse: Sculpting Rains final Outfit

3: Expression Testing keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Fast & rough Retopology for the Head

  2. 02

    Modelling the inner Head & transferring Details

  3. 03

    Adding the teeth, gums & tongue

  4. 04

    Basic Expression Shapekeys

    Free
  5. 05

    Sculpting an Expression

  6. 06

    Breakdown: Expression Guide Part 1

    Free
  7. 07

    Breakdown: Expression Guide Part 2

  8. 08

    Breakdown: Design Adjustments

  9. 09

    Breakdown: Adding extra Appeal

4: Clean Retopology keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Retopology Introduction

  2. 02

    Creating & Guiding Topology

  3. 03

    Planning the Facial Retopology

    Free
  4. 04

    Retopology Setup

  5. 05

    Facial Retopology - Edge Flow & Articulation

  6. 06

    Update: Strategic 2-Poles

  7. 07

    Facial Retopology - Patches & Poles

  8. 08

    Facial Retopology - Creases & Tweaking

  9. 09

    Timelapse: Head Retopology

  10. 10

    Timelapse: Body Retopology

    Free
  11. 11

    Timelapse: Inner Body & Transfering Volume

  12. 12

    Timelapse: Head Objects & Tweaking

  13. 13

    Timelapse: Hair Retopology

  14. 14

    Timelapse: Shirt & Pants Retopology Pt.1

  15. 15

    Timelapse: Shirt & Pants Retopology Pt.2

  16. 16

    Timelapse: Shoe modeling & additional Tweaking

  17. 17

    Timelapse: Scarf Retopology & Finishing Touches

5: Bonus Chapter: Snow keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Timelapse: Sculpting Snow's Head

    Free
  2. 02

    Timelapse: Sculpting Snow's Body

  3. 03

    Timelapse: Polishing Snow

  4. 04

    Timelapse: Sculpting Snow's Outfit

  5. 05

    Timelapse: Remeshing & Adjusting Snow

  6. 06

    Timelapse: Snow's Expression Tests

  7. 07

    Timelapse: Posing Snow

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    Live: Face Retopology

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    Live: Head Retopology

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    Live: Hair Retopology

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    Live: Upper Body Retopology

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    Live: Body Retopology

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    Live: Retopo tweaks & outfit

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    Live: Outfit Retopology

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    Live: Retopology Finale

    Free
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    Live: Body UV Mapping

    Free
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    Live: Outfit UV Mapping

    Free
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    Live: UV Mapping Finale

    Free
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    Live: Base Colors & Preparations

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    Live: Tiles & Procedural Detail

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    Live: Height Map Painting

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    Live: Detail Extraction & Stitches

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    Live: Textures & Procedural Eyes

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    Live: Procedural Skin & Hair Anisotropy

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    Live: Turntable & Hair Textures

    Free
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    Live: Baking & Final Renders

    Free
Bonus Videos keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Youtube Version: Stylized Character Workflow in Blender 2.81

    Free
  2. 02

    Snow Character Creation Recap

    Free
  3. 03

    Sculpting Fundamentals

    Free
  4. 05

    Preventing/Fixing Boolean Errors

Cheat Sheets keyboard_arrow_down
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    Topology Guides - Killing/Directing Loops

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    Topology Guides - Poles & Edge Flow

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    Topology Guides - Stretching & Pinching

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    Topology Guides - Hiding Stretching

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    Topology Guides - Strategic 2-Poles

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    Topology Guides - Hard-Modeling Creases

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    Facial Topology - Edge Flow

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    Facial Topology - Landmarks

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    Facial Topology - Articulation

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    Facial Topology - Patches & Poles

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    Facial Topology - Creases

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    Facial Topology - Deformations

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    Retopology Setup

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    Body Topology - Seperate Limbs

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    Body Topology - Joint Loops

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    Body Topology - Finishing Touches

Course Lesson .blend files keyboard_arrow_down
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    File 3: Topology Examples

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    File 4: Facial Topology & Planning

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    Rain - Turnaround

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    Rain - Turnaround (Clay)

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    Rain - Turnaround (Wire)

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    Rain - Turntables

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    Snow - Final Render

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    Snow - Turnaround

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    Snow - Turnaround (Clay)

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    Snow - Turnaround (Wire)

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    Snow - Turntables

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    Rain & Snow - Final Render

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    2 - Body Iterations

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    2 - Outfit Variations

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    3 - Expression Tests

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    4 - Retopology

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    4 - UV unwrapping

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    5 - Turntable Renders

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    6 - Pose Exploration

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    6 - Pose Polishing

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    Rain - File 3: Expression Tests

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    Rain - File 4: Retopology & UV mapping

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    Rain - File 5: Shading & Texturing

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    Rain - File 6: Posing

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    Rain - File 7: Lighting & Composition

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    Snow - File 4: Retopology

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    Snow - File 5: UVs & Shading

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    Snow - File 6: Rendering & Compositing

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    2 - Head Sculpting

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    3 - Full Body Sculpting

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    6 - Pose test

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    7 - Retopo (Face)

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    8 - Retopo (Head)

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    9 - Hair Retopology

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    10 - Body Retopology

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    12 - Turntable Tests

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Rain .blend files

Rain - File 5: Shading & Texturing

20th August 2019

info License: CC-BY
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Julien Kaspar

This file includes the final model and UV maps from the previous file and adds the shading, texturing & baking setups. In the first collection you can find the materials that were used for the texturing & shading process. Here I have all of the vertex colors and individual image nodes live and blended together to get the final material results. After this was done I started baking the material down into a few PBR textures to simplify the materials and optimize them for Eevee display. The final Materials can be found in the second collection.

The third collection includes the usual lighting setup for the viewport and the forth includes the turntable setup with 2 cameras (full body & head) parented to a rotating empty object. The turntable animation is not just restricted to the empty but also I animated the input mapping of the world HDRIs to get the most thorough shading tests rendered. In the world shader you will also find 4 packed HDRI images from the Blender Cloud Library included to switch between.

I also included 3 Workspaces at the top to view the material setups, the model itself in more detail & for the texturing & texture painting itself.

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Kyle Olson

18th January 2021 - 20:36

Hi Julien, thanks for these resources. I'm curious how you made these textures (the jeans, for example). Did you use a 3rd party program for the maps?

Julien Kaspar

19th January 2021 - 11:02

@Kyle Olson Making the textures is often too much effort & time investment unless you are really good with shader nodes. CHeck out the Procedual Shading Course for that. There are also plenty of libraries online, some of which are free and creative commons like Texture Haven, cg bookcase and of course here on the Blender Cloud.

coolyan2016

18th June 2021 - 06:58

Hi Julien, thank you so much for sharing this file with us! I'm trying to improve on character texturing by studying the the node setup in this file, and I have a couple of questions. I see that the base colors are blocked out with vertex colors and mix RGB nodes, and I was wondering how the vertex colors (such as "Col" and "SSS") are so smooth? Since the model doesn't have tons of vertices and in vertex painting one color is assigned to each vertex, how are you able to achieve smooth vertex painting? I tried painting on the "Col" in this file, and the brush strokes are nowhere as smooth as yours.

coolyan2016

18th June 2021 - 07:12

Secondly, what will happen if I replaced the vertex colors (such as "Col") with an image texture? Would it make a difference in the result? Thirdly, from what I observed in the node setup, this method of texturing Rain is different from the method used to texture Spring - which method would you recommend and why? Lastly, if you were to re-texture both characters again, is there anything you would do differently? If so, what are they? Sorry for asking so many questions! (I'm quite new to texturing) Thank for all your help, time, and the effort you put into this series!

coolyan2016

19th June 2021 - 00:04

Oops nevermind I think I figured out why the vertex colors are smooth - I just needed the blur tool!

Julien Kaspar

21st June 2021 - 16:51

@coolyan2016 So the main reason why I used the vertex colors as a base to texture from is so the default viewport shading (vertex colors) in workbench looks very close to the final textures when rendered (in either Eevee or Cycles). There's not really any other reason for it.

There are plenty of things I would like to do differently if I get the chance (and I will once I get to the texturing of the second character "Snow"). I would create a node setup which I do not need to bake in the end, so no AO nodes and nothing that is depending on generated coordinates or anything that could change after deformations like curvature. I would also use texture painting more than before and add more detail. The clothes and areas of the skin are very undefined. But I would also use procedural texturing more to add stitches and other details.  All of this is not to make it more realistic but just to make it look more finished. The texturing is quite bare-bones imo and could be better, but it was always meant to be simple.

I can highly recommend to look at Simon's Procedural Shading Tutorials and his work on Sprite Fright to see what I mean.

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