Portraits are hard, though. Like, really hard, right?
There’s no sugar-coating it: yes, portraiture is challenging. However, like every creative process in Blender, creating a life-like human face can be learned. (And it has nothing to do with talent, by the way.)
HUMAN is here to prove that you, too, can create realistic human faces with Blender. This is a deep-dive course into the process of portraiture. In five chapters, I lift the veil on all of the workflows, tricks, decision-making and pitfalls that I encountered on the way - and I keep nothing hidden.
Much more than just a step-by-step recipe, this course is a journey into the creative process. In HUMAN, you will witness the entire journey from the default cube - well, sphere actually - to fully-detailed photo-realistic portrait. Together, we will explore the depth of Blender's capability!
From the beginning, I designed this course with all skill levels in mind. However due to the advanced nature of this subject, an intermediate level of experience is ideal.
If you’re new to Blender, want to brush up your skills, or perhaps you're switching to Blender from another 3D app, I recommend watching this list of prerequisite courses to prepare for HUMAN:
**For more info about HUMAN, some background, recommendations and FAQ, please see this community thread!
"HUMAN is one of the most extensive and problably most newsworthy Blender paid courses out there..."
“Kent does a fantastic job of showcasing each step in the process of creating a digital human face in Blender. The user will be taken through the foundations of facial anatomy, texturing, grooming and lighting just to name a few. Kent has produced a lot of great educational material here and the "straight to the point" tone in the videos makes them easy to digest.”
DANIEL BYSTEDT, Senior Character Artist
"Astounding! A masterclass in masterclasses! Pure gold! A brilliant method brilliantly applied! The descriptions are superb, the knowledge is deep, the presentation is done with such approachable ease and effortless expertise. A must-have!
AIDY BURROWS, Digital Artist & Instructor
"3D realistic portraits are often the ultimate goal of wanna-be CG artists and one of the hardest exercises there is. Kent has been a master at it for years and he's now providing the most in-depth Blender course to create any realistic portrait from scratch. He shows how to get outstanding results through a very methodical process that you can easily follow along. Anyone knowing Kent's obsession for details and comprehensive teaching will enroll day one, and so should you."
PIERRICK PICAUT, Digital Artist & Instructor
"An incredible one-stop-shop for learning how to breach the uncanny valley of digital portraiture in Blender. Kent graciously takes us through the wonderful, yet disciplined journey of turning a sphere into a fully actualized realistic portrait. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned veteran, there's something for everyone to learn and take away from this masterful course. It's the complete package, worth every cent and more!"
CHRIS CHUIPKA, Lead Modeler at Tangent
"From proportion techniques from the old masters, to modern techniques to create realistic human portraits. The content that Kent put together on this course is phenomenal, a masterclass very well thought-out that will boost the learning speed of everyone who wants to jump into the subject or improve their skills."
LUCAS FALCAO, Professional Character Artist
"Every video has a lot of good information. There's not one wasted video. It pushes Blender's capabilities to the limit. It's definitely one the best course on human creation in 3d out there."
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Fantastic mentor! Sometimes I even watch these lessons without developing the portrait - just to watch and enjoy the way it is presented. The two most impressive values of this course are first - you see that the mentor is doing it for himself and not just for the sake of creating a course -> the most valuable parts for me were when Kent was finding imperfections in his own portrait parts and was digging into these to improve and improve these (empirical approach everywhere in our life). The second is that this course has the final goal - that is the core of any human being activity! Nobody buys just bricks instead of Lego sets -> Lego sells the sets that have the final goal of creating something and not just teaching a child to use bricks...
The only add-on: this course is about technical foundations, but we are missing two other important parts - design and planning. For me, the tech part was very very good but only 40 % of the whole project. Other 40% took finding the technique to design the face of the real person I need - what photos I need, which angle, what are the core criteria/parts of the human face make it recognizable, etc…Really some days I just stopped course and spent days for crafting approaches to make ´photo human identity-> cg human identity´ mapping. Another important thing that took about 20% of the project was the planning -> there were enough moments when I was doing the course and then understood that the missed step was at the beginning - e.g. during the sculpting it is very important to use lightening setup check when you craft the real face, or focal length mentioned somewhere in the middle is fantastically important at the beginning for the right human face perception. So creating the plan - the sequence & decomposition of steps and areas took enough time yeah. If you will plan any ´part 2´ I can contribute with these add-ons :)
Thanks a lot, Kent!
I agree 100% with the other 5 star ratings. This course is amazing!
The best part for me is Kent's presentation style. It's personalized. I really felt like he was teaching me one-on-one: I'd answer his questions out loud, literally LOL with him and since he is going through the steps "live" I see the pain points and how to overcome them.
Congratulations, Kent ... you're a Blender master and a master presenter. I look forward to taking many more of your courses!
Exceptional! Incredible masterclasses, expert workflow - every step of the journey is so well crafted, full of resources, clear and enjoyable. Kent Trammell is incredibly knowledgeable, supportive and humble too. The best investment. I learned so much and discovered a true passion for 3D portraiture while working through the HUMAN course - a huge thank you!!
INCREDIBLE!
I simply cannot wait to finish the course before writing a review. This is the BEST course I have ever learned on the internet! Kent is not only perfectly knowledgeable about every aspect of what he's talking about, he is also a wonderful teacher, who knows how to teach, what to teach, etc.
His steps are clear and sensible. The amount of knowledge and tips he provides are just right for that particular lesson and absolutely useful.
As a seasoned learner about anatomy, I'm beyond impressed with how much he knows and how deep his observation is.
I can't wait to finish the course and relearn it again and again!
Having been through several of Kent's courses in the past, I was ridiculously excited when I saw the promo for "Human" come out. I don't think people can possibly understand the amount of preparation, hard work, and meticulous attention to detail that clearly went into this. I've been through quite a few Blender tutorials in the past, and this is by far superior to anything else I've come across. As I'm diving into the CH3 test renders ("Skin Material II," currently), I'm seeing all of the effort pay off. Things are really clicking for me as I complete this course. I've learned more from this than I did in college (3D Animation). Kent is an absolute master of his craft, and the knowledge he shares is incredibly appreciated. Thank you for all you do, Kent, and keep up the amazing work! Can't thank you enough, man.
This course has exposed me to so many new skills and ideas. You can follow along easily and have great results. I definitely would recommend that you take the time to work on your weak areas as they come up in the course, and do supplemental work if you need to. I've already taken extra sculpting, texturing, and modeling courses to help me hone my skills before I try to incorporate them into my human project