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Stylized Character Workflow

Course Overview

01

Introduction
02

Introduction Update

1 - Preparation & Head Sculpting

01

Defining Goals
02

Research
03

Blender Setup
04

Sculpting a Primitive Head Shape
05

Sculpting a complete Planar Head
06

Smoothing the Planar Head
07

Stylising the Head Sculpt
08

Timelapse: Sculpting Rain's Head
09

Timelapse: Vertex Painting
10

Timelapse: Sculpting Hair
11

Timelapse: Head Design Variations
12

Timelapse: Finishing Rain's Head Design

2 - Full Body & Outfit Sculpting

01

Creating a Primitive Body
02

Sculpting the Planar Torso
03

Sculpting the Planar Arms & Legs
04

Sculpting the Planar Hands & Feet
05

Smoothing & Stylising the Body
06

Creating Clothing Basemeshes
07

Update: Optimal Clothing Basemesh
08

Modelling additional Basemeshes
09

Stretching vs Compression
10

Sculpting Wrinkles & Folds
11

Polishing the Surfaces
12

Finishing the additional Elements
13

Timelapse: Sculpting Rains Body
14

Timelapse: Rains Autumn Outfit
15

Timelapse: Adjusting Proportions and the Outfit
16

Timelapse: Rains Summer Outfit
17

Timelapse: Sculpting Rains final Outfit

3 - Expression Testing

01

Fast & rough Retopology for the Head
02

Modelling the inner Head & transferring Details
03

Adding the teeth, gums & tongue
04

Basic Expression Shapekeys
05

Sculpting an Expression
06

Breakdown: Expression Guide Part 1
07

Breakdown: Expression Guide Part 2
08

Breakdown: Design Adjustments
09

Breakdown: Adding extra Appeal

4 - Clean Retopology

01

Retopology Introduction
02

Creating & Guiding Topology
03

Planning the Facial Retopology
04

Retopology Setup
05

Facial Retopology - Edge Flow & Articulation
06

Update: Strategic 2-Poles
07

Facial Retopology - Patches & Poles
08

Facial Retopology - Creases & Tweaking
09

Timelapse: Head Retopology
10

Timelapse: Body Retopology
11

Timelapse: Inner Body & Transfering Volume
12

Timelapse: Head Objects & Tweaking
13

Timelapse: Hair Retopology
14

Timelapse: Shirt & Pants Retopology Pt.1
15

Timelapse: Shirt & Pants Retopology Pt.2
16

Timelapse: Shoe modeling & additional Tweaking
17

Timelapse: Scarf Retopology & Finishing Touches

01

Youtube Version: Stylized Character Workflow in Blender 2.81
02

Sculpting Fundamentals
03

Using my Sculpting Template
04

Preventing/Fixing Boolean Errors

Rain - Final Render
Rain - Turnaround
Rain - Turnaround (Clay)
Rain - Turnaround (Wire)
05

Rain - Turntables

Course Resources

My Sculpting Template (2.80 & 2.81)
Matcap: Gradient

Course Lesson .blend files

File 1: Head Sculpting Lessons
File 2: Body Sculpting Lessons
File 3: Topology Examples
File 4: Facial Topology & Planning

Topology Guides - Killing/Directing Loops
Topology Guides - Poles & Edge Flow
Topology Guides - Stretching & Pinching
Topology Guides - Hiding Stretching
Topology Guides - Strategic 2-Poles
Topology Guides - Hard-Modeling Creases
Facial Topology - Edge Flow
Facial Topology - Landmarks
Facial Topology - Articulation
Facial Topology - Patches & Poles
Facial Topology - Creases
Facial Topology - Deformations
Retopology Setup
Body Topology - Seperate Limbs
Body Topology - Joint Loops
Body Topology - Finishing Touches

Mask Tools
Screencast Keys
Magic UV

Rain - Character Development

1 - Head Exploration
1 - Head Polish
2 - Body Iterations
2 - Outfit Variations
05

3 - Expression Tests
4 - Retopology
4 - UV unwrapping
08

5 - Turntable Renders
6 - Pose Exploration
10

6 - Pose Polishing

Rain .blend files

Rain - File 1: Head Sculpting
Rain - File 2: Body & Outfit Sculpting
Rain - File 3: Expression Tests
Rain - File 4: Retopology & UV mapping
Rain - File 5: Shading & Texturing
Rain - File 6: Posing
Rain - File 7: Lighting & Composition

Course

Stylized Character Workflow

Course Overview

01

Introduction
02

Introduction Update

1 - Preparation & Head Sculpting

01

Defining Goals
02

Research
03

Blender Setup
04

Sculpting a Primitive Head Shape
05

Sculpting a complete Planar Head
06

Smoothing the Planar Head
07

Stylising the Head Sculpt
08

Timelapse: Sculpting Rain's Head
09

Timelapse: Vertex Painting
10

Timelapse: Sculpting Hair
11

Timelapse: Head Design Variations
12

Timelapse: Finishing Rain's Head Design

2 - Full Body & Outfit Sculpting

01

Creating a Primitive Body
02

Sculpting the Planar Torso
03

Sculpting the Planar Arms & Legs
04

Sculpting the Planar Hands & Feet
05

Smoothing & Stylising the Body
06

Creating Clothing Basemeshes
07

Update: Optimal Clothing Basemesh
08

Modelling additional Basemeshes
09

Stretching vs Compression
10

Sculpting Wrinkles & Folds
11

Polishing the Surfaces
12

Finishing the additional Elements
13

Timelapse: Sculpting Rains Body
14

Timelapse: Rains Autumn Outfit
15

Timelapse: Adjusting Proportions and the Outfit
16

Timelapse: Rains Summer Outfit
17

Timelapse: Sculpting Rains final Outfit

3 - Expression Testing

01

Fast & rough Retopology for the Head
02

Modelling the inner Head & transferring Details
03

Adding the teeth, gums & tongue
04

Basic Expression Shapekeys
05

Sculpting an Expression
06

Breakdown: Expression Guide Part 1
07

Breakdown: Expression Guide Part 2
08

Breakdown: Design Adjustments
09

Breakdown: Adding extra Appeal

4 - Clean Retopology

01

Retopology Introduction
02

Creating & Guiding Topology
03

Planning the Facial Retopology
04

Retopology Setup
05

Facial Retopology - Edge Flow & Articulation
06

Update: Strategic 2-Poles
07

Facial Retopology - Patches & Poles
08

Facial Retopology - Creases & Tweaking
09

Timelapse: Head Retopology
10

Timelapse: Body Retopology
11

Timelapse: Inner Body & Transfering Volume
12

Timelapse: Head Objects & Tweaking
13

Timelapse: Hair Retopology
14

Timelapse: Shirt & Pants Retopology Pt.1
15

Timelapse: Shirt & Pants Retopology Pt.2
16

Timelapse: Shoe modeling & additional Tweaking
17

Timelapse: Scarf Retopology & Finishing Touches

01

Youtube Version: Stylized Character Workflow in Blender 2.81
02

Sculpting Fundamentals
03

Using my Sculpting Template
04

Preventing/Fixing Boolean Errors

Rain - Final Render
Rain - Turnaround
Rain - Turnaround (Clay)
Rain - Turnaround (Wire)
05

Rain - Turntables

Course Resources

My Sculpting Template (2.80 & 2.81)
Matcap: Gradient

Course Lesson .blend files

File 1: Head Sculpting Lessons
File 2: Body Sculpting Lessons
File 3: Topology Examples
File 4: Facial Topology & Planning

Topology Guides - Killing/Directing Loops
Topology Guides - Poles & Edge Flow
Topology Guides - Stretching & Pinching
Topology Guides - Hiding Stretching
Topology Guides - Strategic 2-Poles
Topology Guides - Hard-Modeling Creases
Facial Topology - Edge Flow
Facial Topology - Landmarks
Facial Topology - Articulation
Facial Topology - Patches & Poles
Facial Topology - Creases
Facial Topology - Deformations
Retopology Setup
Body Topology - Seperate Limbs
Body Topology - Joint Loops
Body Topology - Finishing Touches

Mask Tools
Screencast Keys
Magic UV

Rain - Character Development

1 - Head Exploration
1 - Head Polish
2 - Body Iterations
2 - Outfit Variations
05

3 - Expression Tests
4 - Retopology
4 - UV unwrapping
08

5 - Turntable Renders
6 - Pose Exploration
10

6 - Pose Polishing

Rain .blend files

Rain - File 1: Head Sculpting
Rain - File 2: Body & Outfit Sculpting
Rain - File 3: Expression Tests
Rain - File 4: Retopology & UV mapping
Rain - File 5: Shading & Texturing
Rain - File 6: Posing
Rain - File 7: Lighting & Composition

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