Creating a Cartoon-style Character in Blender
In this Blender tutorial, we'll be creating a stylized character. Software required: Blender 2.72.
What you'll learn
In this Blender tutorial, we'll be creating a stylized character. We'll explore various modeling techniques such as loft modeling and various other workflow tricks. Additionally, we'll be working with Blender's Cycles render engine and Cycles materials. By the end of this Blender training, you'll have a more thorough understanding of how to quickly create a cartoon-style character. Software required: Blender 2.72.
Table of contents
- Modeling a Base Mesh 8m
- Creating Hands 7m
- Working on Proportions 8m
- Converting the Skin Modifier 7m
- Repairing the Hand Geometry 8m
- Cleaning up the Hand Topology 7m
- Working with Creases 8m
- Building the Head 10m
- Creating Eye Sockets 8m
- Using Curves to Create Eyestalks 6m
- Building the Mouth 9m
- Designing the Helmet 9m
- Detailing the Helmet 9m
- Setting up the Helmet 9m
- Building the Arms 9m
- Adding Details to the Torso 9m
- Working on the Lower Torso 8m
- Designing Hip Plating 9m
- Detailing the Space Boots 11m
- Tweaking Space Plating 6m
- Working with Cycles Materials 9m
- Finishing up Our Materials 8m
- Making Minor Changes 7m
- Getting Ready to Rig 8m
- Working on Our Rig 8m
- Posing Our Character 9m
- Creating the Lunar Surface 9m
- Finishing Our Environment 7m
- Rendering Our Scene 6m
- Continuing to Render Our Final Scene 2m
About the author
Costas Frost is a freelance 3D graphics artist based in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts where he studied 3D Graphics and Animation. He has worked in just about every sector of the 3D industry. From 3D printing and digital dentistry to film, simulation and game development. His thirst for 3D knowledge is unending and he regularly shares it as a co-founder of the Boston Blender Users group. His more recent work involves the development of various 3D... more