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Blender Character Creator for Video Games (Updated to 4.2)

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Overview

Model Video Game Characters. Use The Sculpt Tool To Shape, Add Texture + Rig Video Game Characters in Blender 4

What you'll learn:
  • Learn to craft epic 3D characters in Blender from scratch to pro level.
  • Dive into Blender's interface by creating a fun mech character hands-on.
  • Build game-ready mechs and orcs to spawn in your own games and films.
  • Explore armour and clothing design to gear up your characters in style.
  • Master sculpting tools to shape your orc's muscles like a boss designer.
  • Discover retopology and modifiers to add overpowered details effortlessly.
  • Create stunning textures on low-poly meshes without lagging your game.
  • Level up your skills by rigging, posing, lighting, and rendering your models.

This course has been updated to Blender 4.2, but is still compatible with older versions of Blender.

Take your first steps to becoming a 3D character artist - learn everything from modelling to painting to rigging the character. The course is the sequel to the highly popular Blender Character Creator course, enjoyed by 10s of thousands of students.

This course has been created using Blender 4.2 and is compatible with newer versions of Blender.

Whether you're a beginner or more advanced, the experienced instructors will take you through every step of the process, ensuring that you aren't just "copy and pasting" what you see, but learning the tools and developing your own creative process as you go.

For each concept taught this course includes a relevant challenge for you to implement yourself. You can follow along with the Orc model used in the course, or create your own character using reference material or your own sketches.

The course will show you how to create a highly detailed, great looking character for your portfolio.

The entire course isproject-based, so you will applyyour new skills immediately to real 3D models. All the project files will be included, as well as additional references and resources - you'll never get stuck. There are talking-head videos, powerful diagrams, quality screencasts and more.

For each model you build, you will follow this process...

  • Be challengedto build the entire model yourself.

  • Be shownstep-by-step how to build it.

  • Apply your knowledgeregularly.

  • Encouraged and supported throughout your journey

You will get fulllifetime accessfor a single one-off fee. If you're a complete beginner, we'll teach you all the modelling fundamentals you'll need.If you're an artist, we'll teach you to truly bring your assets to life. If you're a coder, we'll teach you modelling and design principles.

All students have access to the Q&A where our Instructors, Teaching Assistants and Community are ready to help answer your questions and cheer on your success.

Note:access to this course comes with an optional, freecommunity site where you can share games and 3D models, as well as connect with thousands of other students.

Dive in now, you won't be disappointed!

Syllabus

  • Introduction & Setup - New Blender 4.2 Content
  • Mech Master - New Blender 4.2 Content
  • Blocking Out - New Blender 4.2 Content
  • Sculpting Level 1 - New Blender 4.2 Content
  • Clothing - New Blender 4.2 Content
  • Retopology - New Blender 4.2 Content
  • Detailed Sculpt - New Blender 4.2 Content
  • Unwrap & Bake - New Blender 4.2 Content
  • Texture Painting - New Blender 4.2 Content
  • Posing & Rendering - New Blender 4.2 Content
  • Updates And Important Messages
  • Introduction & Setup (Blender 2.8 Content)
  • Mech Master - Blender 2.8 Content
  • Modular Vehicles - Blender 2.8 Content
  • Blocking Out - Blender 2.8 Content
  • Detailed Sculpting - Blender 2.8 Content
  • Retopology - Blender 2.8 Content
  • UV Unwrapping - Blender 2.8 Content
  • Baking - Blender 2.8 Content
  • Painting - Blender 2.8 Content
  • Animation - Blender 2.8 Content
  • Rendering - Blender 2.8 Content
  • Updates and Important Messages
  • Continuing Your GameDev Journey

Taught by

GameDev.tv Team, Rick Davidson and Grant Abbitt

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4.8 rating at Udemy based on 8916 ratings

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