Dikko Courses

Modeling Clothing - Tips and Tricks for 3D Dress Creation

A traditional modeling workflow with a little cloth simulation makes detailed character dresses possible on less powerful computers.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 9 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Many Ways to Poly-Model Hair in Blender

Explore different ways to create stylized 3D hair, from braids and displaced afros to strands made with curves or Geometry Nodes.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Poly Modeling Characters Without Sculpting - Blender Tutorial

Model a character body directly with polygon topology, using carefully placed mesh loops instead of starting from a sculpt.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Poly Modeling Faces Without Sculpting - Character Creation Techniques

Model a character face directly from polygon mesh loops, building facial features and the head without a base sculpt.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Enhancing 3D Renders in Post-Production - Still Life Tutorial Part 5

Use render passes and Cryptomattes to refine a still-life render with depth of field, color adjustments, lens distortion, and restored highlights.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Creating Great Textures Without Substance - Still Life Part 4

A bottle-texturing walkthrough adds roughness and bump variation, dust, and a label without using Substance.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Many Ways of Texturing Fruit - Creating a Still Life in Blender

Explore several ways to texture fruit for a still life render, including procedural textures for plums and grapes.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Still Life Part 2 - Creating a Tasty Velvet Material in Blender

Build a tasty velvet material in Blender by creating a bump map texture and velvet pattern.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Texturing Stylised Characters - How to UV Unwrap Like a Boss - Part 1

Learn to unwrap a stylized character’s UVs to prepare it for texturing.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Creating Animatics with Storyboarder and Davinci Resolve

Learn to plan, assemble, and assess film and animation animatics with Storyboarder and DaVinci Resolve, considering camera movement, voiceover, and sound.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modeling for Animation - Converting an Existing Character into a New One

Repurpose Sophie’s existing model into a new character, showing how one mesh can support multiple designs and save modeling time.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modeling Polygon Hair for Animation - Techniques and Approaches

A practical walkthrough of polygon hair modeling, sharing common construction methods and a problem-solving approach to choosing techniques.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modeling for Animation - Building the Hands - Part 4

Build a character hand by shaping the palm, fingers, and thumb around real hand form and articulation, then test and attach it to a rigged body.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modeling for Animation - Adding Volume to the Body

Adjusts body volume at the shoulders, hips, elbows, knees, and chest so a character mesh deforms better during animation.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modeling for Animation: Planning and Blocking the Body and Limbs - Part 2

Plan a body mesh for animation by setting scale and articulation loops, then blocking the torso and limbs before a Mixamo test.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video