OverviewAnime Character
Anime Character
My third Blender course was Make 3D Anime Characters in Blender on GameDev.tv taught by Grant Abbitt.
This course started with a simple square to a fully clothed, rigged and posed character ready to be animated.
I found the techniques taught in this course extremely valuable. Before I took this course I worked on a few Triadic Ballet figures and ran into problems when I tried to animate them. With the techniques from this course I can avoid these issues and complete my project with confidence (once I finally find the time :)
These images are the steps I took from start to finish.
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Modeling the face outline
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Nose and mouth
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Filling in
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Back of the skull
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Neck
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Inside mouth and eyes
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Ears and subdivision modifier
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Torso
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Chest and buttocks
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Legs
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Feet
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Arms
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Hands
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Fingers
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Iris and face adjustments
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Upper body adjustments
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Lower body adjustments
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Upper boots
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Lower boots
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Creases and details
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Gloves
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Trousers
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Shirt
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Corset
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Belt
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Belt-buckle
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Eyelashes
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Shirt drawstring
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Hair base
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Hair curves
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Unwrapping clothes
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Unwrapping body
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Finishing the unwrap
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Checking the unwrap
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Base colors
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Pain mask
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Painting the eyes
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Painting the face
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Painting the body
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Painting the trousers
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Painting the boots
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Painting the shirt
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Hair
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Armature
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IK pose mode
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Weight painting
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Rigging clothes
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Rigging clothes
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Masking the body
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Hair rigging with shape-keys
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Making the spear
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Posing
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Rendering
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Rendered