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Training Highlights
Stylized Rendering with Brushstrokes
Geometry Nodes from Scratch
Procedural Shading Fundamentals
Stylized Character Workflow

Training types
Course Documentation Production Lesson Workshop

Training categories
Animation Geometry Nodes Lighting Rendering Rigging Shading
Film Highlights
Wing It!
2023
Charge
2022
Sprite Fright
2021
Spring
2019
Project Highlights
Project DogWalk
Interactive
Gold
Showcase
BCON24 Identity
Showcase
Fighting with Grease Pencil
Article
Course
Stylized Character Workflow
Intro
  1. 01

    Introduction

    Free
  2. 02

    Introduction Update

    Free
1: Head Sculpting
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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

  8. Live: Face Retopology Free
  9. Live: Head Retopology Free
  10. Live: Hair Retopology Free
  11. Live: Upper Body Retopology Free
  12. Live: Body Retopology Free
  13. Live: Retopo tweaks & outfit Free
  14. Live: Outfit Retopology Free
  15. Live: Retopology Finale Free
  16. Live: Body UV Mapping Free
  17. Live: Outfit UV Mapping Free
  18. Live: UV Mapping Finale Free
  19. Live: Base Colors & Preparations Free
  20. Live: Tiles & Procedural Detail Free
  21. Live: Height Map Painting Free
  22. Live: Detail Extraction & Stitches Free
  23. Live: Textures & Procedural Eyes Free
  24. Live: Procedural Skin & Hair Anisotropy Free
  25. Live: Turntable & Hair Textures Free
  26. Live: Baking & Final Renders Free
Bonus Videos
  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
  1. Topology Guides - Killing/Directing Loops
  2. Topology Guides - Poles & Edge Flow Free
  3. Topology Guides - Stretching & Pinching
  4. Topology Guides - Hiding Stretching
  5. Topology Guides - Strategic 2-Poles
  6. Topology Guides - Hard-Modeling Creases
  7. Facial Topology - Edge Flow
  8. Facial Topology - Landmarks
  9. Facial Topology - Articulation Free
  10. Facial Topology - Patches & Poles
  11. Facial Topology - Creases
  12. Facial Topology - Deformations
  13. Retopology Setup Free
  14. Body Topology - Seperate Limbs
  15. Body Topology - Joint Loops
  16. Body Topology - Finishing Touches
Course Lesson .blend files
  1. File 1: Head Sculpting Lessons
  2. File 2: Body Sculpting Lessons
  3. File 3: Topology Examples
  4. File 4: Facial Topology & Planning
Final Renders
  1. Rain - Final Render Free
  2. Rain - Turnaround Free
  3. Rain - Turnaround (Clay) Free
  4. Rain - Turnaround (Wire) Free
  5. 05

    Rain - Turntables

    Free
  6. Snow - Final Render Free
  7. Snow - Turnaround Free
  8. Snow - Turnaround (Clay) Free
  9. Snow - Turnaround (Wire) Free
  10. 10

    Snow - Turntables

    Free
  11. Rain & Snow - Final Render Free
Rain - Character Development
  1. 1 - Head Exploration Free
  2. 1 - Head Polish Free
  3. 2 - Body Iterations Free
  4. 2 - Outfit Variations Free
  5. 05

    3 - Expression Tests

    Free
  6. 4 - Retopology Free
  7. 4 - UV unwrapping Free
  8. 08

    5 - Turntable Renders

    Free
  9. 6 - Pose Exploration Free
  10. 10

    6 - Pose Polishing

    Free
Rain .blend files
  1. Rain - File 1: Head Sculpting
  2. Rain - File 2: Body & Outfit Sculpting
  3. Rain - File 3: Expression Tests
  4. Rain - File 4: Retopology & UV mapping
  5. Rain - File 5: Shading & Texturing
  6. Rain - File 6: Posing
  7. Rain - File 7: Lighting & Composition
Snow .blend files
  1. Snow - File 1: Concept
  2. Snow - File 2: Sculpting
  3. Snow - File 3: Testing
  4. Snow - File 4: Retopology
  5. Snow - File 5: UVs & Shading
  6. Snow - File 6: Rendering & Compositing
Snow - Character Development
  1. 1 - Concept Drawings Free
  2. 2 - Head Sculpting Free
  3. 3 - Full Body Sculpting Free
  4. 4 - Outfit Sculpting Free
  5. 05

    5 - Expression Tests

    Free
  6. 6 - Pose test Free
  7. 7 - Retopo (Face) Free
  8. 08

    8 - Retopo (Head)

    Free
  9. 09

    9 - Hair Retopology

    Free
  10. 10

    10 - Body Retopology

    Free
  11. 11

    11 - Outfit Retopology

    Free
  12. 12

    12 - Turntable Tests

    Free
More Resources
  1. Base Meshes Free
  2. Matcap: Default with Specular Free
  3. Matcap: Gradient Free
  4. Matcap: Ghost Free
Addons
  1. Screencast Keys Free
  2. Magic UV Free
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Intro

Introduction Update

This is an update to the introduction video to give more context on the structure & release cycle of the course chapters.

Links mentioned in the video:
  • 02:25- Stylized Character Workflow in Blender 2.81: A short tutorial version of the entire course outline.
Other links:
  • Blog Update: The written version of the course update with some additional information.

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24 comments
Tamas Miko
Tamas Miko
Feb. 21st, 2025

Hello there. I'm new here. Looking forward to this course.

poerd
poerd
Jan. 4th, 2025

Hi, When will there be a character creation update for Blender 4.2 and later? We are looking forward to that."

Bethany Jett
Bethany Jett
Nov. 26th, 2024

How do I jump to a specific timestamp in a video without it going back to the beginning? Sometimes I just want to watch one clip over and not the entire video.

Julien Kaspar
Julien Kaspar
Nov. 27th, 2024

@Bethany Jett I'm not sure what you mean. Why does the entire video start from the beginning? Currently we don't have timestamps that you can jump to. You have to click to the correct time manually in the timeline.

jo.go19
jo.go19
Nov. 23rd, 2020

Any updates on the remaining chapters?

Julien Kaspar
Julien Kaspar
Nov. 24th, 2020

Sadly my focus right now is still on the new film production of Sprite Fright.

jo.go19
jo.go19
Nov. 24th, 2020

@Julien Kaspar Understandable. Cant wait to see it =b

Danny McGrath
Danny McGrath
Oct. 22nd, 2020

In hindsight, I am thinking that it would make a lot of sense to base future videos on LTS, or something a little more stable. Either way, I can't wait to watch! Just finished your YouTube playlist with your square bird. Very nice :)

Peter Yoon
Peter Yoon
Sept. 9th, 2020

No rigging in this course??

Julien Kaspar
Julien Kaspar
Sept. 9th, 2020

*@Peter Yoon* Sadly no. Rigging would already be a huge topic in itself and there are still some chapters planned on UV mapping, surfacing, posing & rendering.

Peter Yoon
Peter Yoon
Sept. 9th, 2020

*@Julien Kaspar* ok. can I know when UV mapping surfacing posing etc will be uploaded?? I can't wait :))

Julien Kaspar
Julien Kaspar
Sept. 9th, 2020

*@Peter Yoon* Right now we are working on the next big project from the Animation Studio so I can't say when I will finally have time to work on new chapters for the course.
I will do my best to update the existing chapters though and reply to any comments and requests for feedback :)

Yu
Yu
June 11th, 2020

Cloud videos are used without permission. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKQYZd-idLQ&lc=Ugy5f9AFRu3y7XD7-u14AaABAg.99g3ByVddhw99kSqWo-eQ5

Yu
Yu
June 11th, 2020

*@a.yuyus.52419211* https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcJZN5NOivkW0d4SbQQhOHQ

evan.stein03
evan.stein03
June 11th, 2020

Thanks so much! Any idea on roughly when the new chapters will be released?

Julien Kaspar
Julien Kaspar
June 11th, 2020

*@evan.stein03* Sadly there are no solid plans right now.

Mario Choufani
Mario Choufani
Sept. 12th, 2020

*@Julien Kaspar* Hello , I would like to print your lessons is that available pdf ?

Julien Kaspar
Julien Kaspar
Sept. 14th, 2020

*@Mario Choufani* Sadly no but I would love to create more cheat sheets like for chapter 4 on retopology.
Hopefully I'll get to create new content soon :)

robin-14
robin-14
April 23rd, 2020

Thank you so much for this!

Sergio Andrade Figueroa
Sergio Andrade Figueroa
March 27th, 2020

OMG. You are the Laundromat Shinigami. OwO

Maria
Maria
March 8th, 2020

Thank you for being so awesome! Your content is really helpful :D

Mark Stephen Gasoey
Mark Stephen Gasoey
March 8th, 2020

Are you going to update the 2.80 sculpting videos with the new 2.82 sculpt tools? I think there's a lot of new handy tools to speed up the beginner process of sculpting with the new release. Or you could just add a bonus video that covers the new tools and how to use them. Either way I'm happy with the update and the new format :)

Julien Kaspar
Julien Kaspar
March 9th, 2020

*@Mark Stephen Gasoey* I agree, the first chapter suffers from this especially. I might do a bonus video once the new vertex painting in sculpt mode is released.

ali abdullah
ali abdullah
March 7th, 2020

I am very disappointed!!?

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