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Blender Character Creation Course

Learn how to use Blender and create and model 3D characters for games and animations!

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54.5 hours of video learning material

Certificate of completion

What you'll learn:

How to use Blender and its elements

The principles of 3D character creation

The principles of sculpting

How to master the lighting, rendering and presentation of your 3D character

Make a 3D art ready portfolio

The interface and different tools of Blender

The principles of advanced modeling techniques

How to correctly use textures and materials

How to put these skills together to create your own characters

Who is this for:

Anyone who wants to learn computer graphics and 3D artwork - no experience needed!

Artists and game developers who want to learn Blender

Anyone who has started working with Blender, but want to advance their character creation modeling skills

What our customers say about this course

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Curriculum for Blender Character Creation course

54.5 hours of valuable material

11 sections • 156 lectures • 54h 30m total length

Introduction

1 lecture • 3min

Introduction to the Course • 03:16

Stage 1: Reference Gather and Story

2 lectures • 34min

Reference Gather • 23:09

Narrow Down Design References • 11:03

Concepting with Inspiration References

6 lectures • 1hr 21min

Methods of Concepting • 02:49

Overview of Krita • 04:08

Concepting the Base Body • 14:00

Concepting the Armor Design Pt. 1 • 18:42

Concepting the Armor Design Pt. 2 • 19:26

Finishing Up Design and Colors • 21:48

Sculpting the Base Body

14 lectures • 4hr 22min

Introduction to the Blender • 22:10

How to Use Blender • 23:20

Introduction to High Poly Sculpting • 08:55

High Poly Head Sculpting Pt. 1 • 09:15

High Poly Head Sculpting Pt. 2 • 20:23

High Poly Head Sculpting Pt. 3 • 19:41

Adding the Torso • 19:46

Sculpting Arms and Hands • 20:14

Anatomy and Adding the Legs • 21:41

Sculpting the Legs and Errors to Watch Out For • 16:06

Refining Face Base Sculpt • 21:07

Combining Head and More Anatomy • 19:32

Refining the Hands and Anatomy • 19:51

Finalizing Base Sculpt and Rescaling • 19:36

Stage 2: Armors and Detailing

49 lectures • 16hr 20 min

Modeling Methods • 19:50

Shoulder Armor Modeling Pt. 1 • 20:56

Shoulder Armor Modeling Pt. 2 • 23:34

Shoulder Armor Detailing • 19:49

Finalizing Shoulder Armor and Other Elements • 20:48

Starting the Torso Strap • 22:06

Torso Strap Modeling and Detailing • 22:04

Starting the Forearm Armor • 21:02

Forearm Armor Leathers Modeling • 20:41

Forearm Leather Straps Modeling • 21:42

Forearm Leather Straps Refining • 21:52

Forearm Armor Plate Sculpting • 20:51

Forearm Armor Modeling • 15:40

Forearm Armor Detailing • 19:39

Forearm Armor Center Plate Sculpting • 20:16

Forearm Armor and Leather Detailing • 20:32

Forearm Leather Detailing Pt. 1 • 19:44

Forearm Leather Detailing Pt. 2 • 19:59

Forearm Armor Finalizing Details • 25:40

Organzing and Starting on Belt Objects • 19:29

Belt Armor Modeling • 21:37

Belt Leather and Other Elements • 19:11

Adding Studs and Starting Details • 19:20

Belt Leather Detailing Pt. 1 • 19:23

Belt Leather Detailing Pt. 2 • 19:34

Hanging Waist Armors Modeling • 18:07

Hanging Waist Armors Detailing • 18:42

Finalizing Hanging Waist Armors • 18:42

Side Armors Modeling and Detailing • 20:03

Waist Armors Detailing and Refining • 19:06

Waist Armors Finalizing Details • 19:14

Pants Sculpting and References • 20:57

Boots Sculpting • 23:05

Pants and Boots Detailing • 20:49

Boot Armor Shin And Knee Sculpting • 19:20

Boot Armor Detailing Pt. 1 • 19:34

Boot Armor Detailing Pt. 2 • 21:06

Boot Armors Background Details • 18:35

Boot Armors Shin Details • 18:48

Boot Foot Armor Modeling Pt. 1 • 20:54

Boot Foot Armor Modeling Pt. 2 • 18:21

Boot Foot Armor Modeling Pt. 3 • 14:39

Boot Foot Armor Detailing Pt. 1 • 17:56

Boot Foot Armor Detailing Pt. 2 • 14:57

Boot Foot Armor Detailing Pt. 3 • 20:28

Boot Foot Armor Detailing Pt. 4 • 14:22

Stage 3: Optimization

34 lectures • 12hr 29 min

Character Face Retopology • 26:50

Character Head Retopology • 32:45

Arms Retopology Pt. 1 • 20:09

Arms Retopology Pt. 2 • 14:24

Arms Retopology Pt. 3 • 14:24

Hands Retopology • 27:36

Finalizing Face and Arms Retopology Pt. 1 • 19:07

Finalizing Face and Arms Retopology Pt. 2 • 16:46

Shoulder Armors and Torso Strap Retopology Pt. 1 • 20:00

Shoulder Armors and Torso Strap Retopology Pt. 2 • 13:34

Torso Strap And Forearm Retopology Pt. 1 • 17:17

Torso Strap And Forearm Retopology Pt. 2 • 17:04

Forearm Armor Retopology Pt. 1 • 07:22

Forearm Armor Retopology Pt. 2 • 28:47

Forearm Leathers Retopology Pt. 1 • 21:27

Forearm Leathers Retopology Pt. 2 • 16:05

Waist Belts Retopology Pt. 1 • 19:27

Waist Belts Retopology Pt. 2 • 13:41

Waist Belt and Elements Retopology • 45:07

Waist Hanging Armor and Boots Retopology Pt. 1 • 19:23

Waist Hanging Armor and Boots Retopology Pt. 2 • 11:30

Boot Armors Retopology • 20:47

Boots Retopology • 34:51

Pants Retopology • 18:49

Face Elements: Eyes Retopology • 45:22

Teeth Retopology and Clean Up • 29:47

Character Body UV Unwrap Pt. 1 • 19:53

Character Body UV Unwrap Pt. 2 • 18:34

Character Body and Elements UV Unwrap • 18:11

Torso Armors UV Unwrap Pt. 1 • 18:10

Torso Armors UV Unwrap Pt. 2 • 21:48

Torso Straps and Buckles UV Unwrap • 08:49

Leg Armors UV Unwrap • 36:06

Texturing in Blender

32 lectures • 13hr 20min

Organize for Bake Pt. 1 • 35:21

Organize for Bake Pt. 2 • 30:50

Boot Armor and Character Body • 25:52

Forearm Leather and Hangwaist Armors • 28:33

Waist And Leg Armors • 23:54

Baking the Belt • 31:53

Baking the Belt Buckle and Boot • 32:47

Final Normal Maps Body • 26:51

Baking the Mouth and Body Together Pt. 1 • 29:25

Baking the Mouth and Body Together Pt. 2 • 20:09

Finalizing the Character Skin • 34:24

Eyes and Skin • 19:18

Skin and Head Elements • 26:30

Shoulder Guard • 31:17

Forearm Armors • 38:12

Torso and Waist Armors • 31:54

Belt Armors • 10:28

Leg Metals and Leather Pt. 1 • 25:27

Leg Metals and Leather Pt. 2 • 14:38

Fabric and Texture Refinement Pt. 1 • 21:26

Fabric and Texture Refinement Pt. 2 • 26:52

Texture Refinements • 26:46

Character Body • 14:45

Leg Armors • 14:30

Torso Armors • 14:10

Rendering Hairs Pt. 1 • 20:32

Rendering Hairs Pt. 2 • 25:44

Hair Cards Creation Pt. 1 • 22:23

Hair Cards Creation Pt. 2 • 15:37

Populating the Head with Hairs • 30:28

Finalizing Hair and Textures Pt. 1 • 27:41

Finalizing Hair and Textures Pt. 2 • 21:17

Rigging and Posing

1 lecture • 34min

Quick Rig and Pose • 33:59

Lighting, Rendering and Presentation

3 lectures • 1hr 9min

Lighting, Rendering and Presentation Pt. 1 • 28:32

Lighting, Rendering and Presentation Pt. 2 • 19:31

Animation and Video Editing • 21:14

Recap and Tips

2 lectures • 20min

Recap • 09:26

Tips • 11:00

Extra: Fast Learning

12 lectures • 3hr 59 min

Part 1 • 45:50

Part 2 • 15:52

Part 3 • 27:46

Part 4 • 19:52

Part 5 • 17:47

Part 6 • 17:18

Part 7 • 15:54

Part 8 • 18:02

Part 9 • 24:20

Part 10 • 17:51

Part 11 • 17:36

Last Words • 00:39

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