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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: 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

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    Topology Guides - Strategic 2-Poles

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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 - 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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    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 (Wire)

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    Snow - Turntables

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    Rain & Snow - Final Render

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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 7: Lighting & Composition

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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

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  11. 11

    11 - Outfit Retopology

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  12. 12

    12 - Turntable Tests

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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

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  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: Retopo tweaks & outfit

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    Live: Outfit Retopology

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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: Base Colors & Preparations

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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 - Strategic 2-Poles

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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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    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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4: Clean Retopology

Facial Retopology - Edge Flow & Articulation

5th March 2020

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Julien Kaspar

This is the first of 3 videos on retopologizing the face in practice. In this first lesson it's all about laying out the most important loops for the edge flow, and articulation areas.

Other links:
  • Rain - File 4: Retopology & UV mapping: The file that includes the original retopology of Rain.
  • File 4: Facial Topology & Planning: More examples of the finished facial topology from the end of these lessons.
  • Cheatsheets: A collection of cheat sheets, including the ones from this video.
General Links
  • Short version of the creation of Rain
  • Recap video of the creation of Snow
  • Rain .blend files
  • Snow .blend files
  • Course Resources

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Moncy Yohannan

3rd May 2020 - 20:46

The mirrored topology doesn't match the object

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Julien Kaspar

4th May 2020 - 10:17

*@Moncy Yohannan* Your retopology object could be rotated or moved a bit or your sculpt is not symmetrical. Apply all transforms with Ctrl + A on the retopology object and check if it's still happening.

Moncy Yohannan

8th May 2020 - 14:05

*@Julien Kaspar* thanks a for replying actually it is fixed now, the problem is that I forget to add mirror object "empty" so it was not symetrized

Moncy Yohannan

8th May 2020 - 14:10

*@Julien Kaspar* actually i got my final output, feeling so proud thanks for the tutorials :)

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Stylianos Andreolas

10th October 2021 - 19:14

I'm lost and I could use some help.. At first, I sculpted the face as in section 2 and connected it with the whole body. After that, in section 3, I created a new face with shrink-wrap based on the existing face. On that new object, I made all the shape keys for facial expressions and also made some corrections for the base model as you mentioned with the shape keys adjustments. (For me, I had to correct the eyes a little more). One thing to note is that Multires cannot be applied if you have shape keys.  On this lesson, are you topologizing based on the shrinkwrap object you created in section 3?   Also, why didn't we retopology the face before bothering with the facial expressions? Why sculpt -> shrinkwrap -> make expressions -> retopology and not simply sculpt -> retopology -> make expressions?  I'll be waiting for a response until I move on! Thanks!

Julien Kaspar

12th October 2021 - 10:46

@Stylianos Andreolas Thanks for following the videos so closely! To clarify some things:

  • You don't need to apply the multires but if you really want to you can remove the shapekeys by using the option "New Shapekey from Mix" and then removing all shapekeys and this new shapekey last. Then you can apply modifiers again
  • If you are experienced with retopology and already know exactly what the character needs to be able to do then you don't need the facial expressions in the first place. These tests are so you see if your current sculpt is looking good when animated instead of only looking at it in a resting pose.

To give some production examples: For the open movie Spring I created a set of expression tests but they didn't end up being used. The style was in the end much different than the tests I've sculpted and as a result I created a retopology that didn't support all the expressions we had in the film. Smiles lacked folds around the eyes and it caused issues to create an appealing, genuine smile.    For Sprite Fright on the other hand I made many more expression sculpts and this informed some key features we needed for the retopology and the style of the animation.

Stylianos Andreolas

12th October 2021 - 10:55

@Julien Kaspar Thanks for your quick response! It was very helpful.

Spencer Price

1st October 2020 - 08:00

Quick question:

In the tutorial you are completing the loop around the mouth and your faces perfectly match up and sort of snap together. Mine isn't doing this. Any idea why not?

Thanks

Not merging in the middle.jpg

Julien Kaspar

1st October 2020 - 10:17

*@spencerprice10* You have to enable the "Clipping" option in the mirror modifier.

Spencer Price

1st October 2020 - 20:27

*@Julien Kaspar* Thanks you're the best!

Davide Prati

26th November 2020 - 14:02

Regarding the Shrinkwrap modifier, the option copy and apply is no longer available. It is also not really clear to me why the modifier should be applied.

Julien Kaspar

26th November 2020 - 15:07

@Davide Prati In the latest version the modifiers got updated a lot in the user interface. You can now drag & drop them freely. "Copy" also got renamed to Duplicate and you can find those options in the dropdown menu next to the visibility toggles. Since shortcuts also now work I can recommend to duplicate the modfiier via Shift + D and then apply it with Ctrl + A.

The reason why modifiers need to be applied is because no modifier is causing actual changes to the mesh. They are effects that are added on top in a non-destructive way. Because there can be a big difference between the shrinkwrap modifier preview and the actual mesh you can get unforeseeable results when modeling & sculpting the mesh. Applying the modifier prevents that. Hopefully at some point Blender will introduce a live shrinkwrapping method that applies itself automatically but until then the modifiers are the way to go,

Davide Prati

27th November 2020 - 17:05

Thanks Julien for your reply. I see, it make sense to apply the shrinkwrap modifier from time to time then.

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