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    BASEMESH: Create Stylized Characters Quickly with Blender

    Instructor:
    Lucas Falcao
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    Get a Jumpstart on Character Creation with Blender

    Do you want to build 3D characters but don't know where to start? Are you're overwhelmed by the thought of creating them from scratch? The default cube can be kind of intimidating...

    This course is designed to give you a head start on the character creation workflow: Start with a BASEMESH! Reliable pre-made character models are not only an effective way to speed up the process and establish good topology early. The truth is, all your favorite pros useΒ basemeshes too.

    Sure they can also build characters from scratch - and we teach that elsewhere - but the efficiency of a basemesh makes it a standard tool for 3D character creation.

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    What you will learn

    By the end of this course, you should have a good understanding of:

    • Creating unique character clothing and accessories
    • Easy and efficient modeling techniques
    • Adding details to refine your models
    • Various texturing methods including vertex colors, image decals and procedural textures
    • Utilizing multiple UV maps
    • Setting up rich, appealing materials
    • Reliable studio lighting
    • Geometry Node hair growing and grooming

    While you can follow the steps with the provided course files, we highly encourage you to apply the knowledge and techniques demonstrated here to achieve your own unique characters!

    Chapter 1

    Modeling

    Beginning with a trustworthy basemesh, learn to build a fun, stylized character model. Extract chunks from the base and shape them into clothing, accessories, and hair proxies.

    Chapter 2

    Materials, Textures & Lighting

    Adding textures and materials is like adding paint to a clay sculpture. However, there's a many more attributes governing 3D materials beyond color - reflectivity, metalness, roughness, translucence, opacity, refraction, bump, etc.

    Chapter 3

    Hair Grooming

    Hair is often the finishing touch in a character creation workflow. With Blender 4.2 getting geometry node hair curve presets, this course features the first demonstration of the ✨new way✨ hair is generated and groomed.

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    ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

    Lucas Falcao

    Hi! I'm a professional 3d artist working with Blender on projects for animation, games and apps. I've been working as a freelancer since 2016, mostly modeling and look dev for stylized characters in animation. I also enjoy creating personal 3d illustrations and working on my add-on Auto Eye.

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      dadim ·

      This course teaches a very useful technique. I learned about the existence of this new base mesh resource through this course. There are great number of ideas for how to make use of this. Having a really perfectly designed start mesh gives real modelling power.

      On the down side, I wished this course progressed more rapidly. I don't want to watch a teacher spending 5 minutes tweaking one hair. Better, tell me how to do it and let me practice. E.g. shirt and the pants are following the same procedure. Why make it two chapters? My time would be better spent by seeing the shirt and practicing on trousers.

      Overall, very good content, but should be compressed into at least half the number of videos. I skipped most of the video content and still learned a lot.


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      James Edafioka(stjames887) ·

      I enjoyed the course. It gave me a pipeline on how to go about creating a character. I didn't use the basemesh provided. I used mine and it was awesome. ThanksΒ 

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      Luis Henriquez(behdoe) ·

      Showed great usage in keeping the mesh clean while giving it some fine detail.

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      Georgia Walsom-Brock(GGMarie) ·

      This course was like an 'ah ha' moment. All the elements that had baffled me before now seem so doable. Taken away some fantastic transferable skills that will defiantly come in handy on my blender journey. Look forward to more course in the future

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      claire pottier(Raoulette) ·

      It was a great course, clear, detailed and very well explained, I loved it, keep it up. I'd like to do rigging. Please continue

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