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Into the Ocean: Character Sculpting Essentials in Blender 3D

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About Into the Ocean: Character Sculpting Essentials in Blender 3D

Introduction

Class Overview

Class Updates

Sculpting Basics

Rock: Rough Sculpt

Class Update: Principled Shader

Rock: Detailed Sculpt

Dyntopo

Staghorn Coral

Tubular Coral: Rough Sculpt

Tubular Coral: Masking

Seahorse: Reference

Seahorse: Base Mesh - Head

Seahorse: Base Mesh - Body

Seahorse: Rough Sculpt - Head

Seahorse: Detailed Sculpt - Head

Seahorse: Rough Sculpt - Body

Seahorse: Detailed Sculpt - Body

Class Update: Modifier Menu

Seahorse: Eyes

Seahorse: Mouth

Seahorse: Refine - Head

Seahorse: Refine - Body

Seahorse: Fins

Shading

Lighting

Layout: Rocks

Layout: Coral

Render

Final Thoughts

What You Will Learn?

  • 3d sculpting is both a fun and intuitive way to create characters in 3D..
  • This class is designed to teach you the essential 3d sculpting skills you need to get started..
  • 3D sculpting offers a fast and intuitive way to translate a character design into 3d either for use within an animation or as a standalone illustration..
  • In this class, I’ll be covering everything you need to know as a beginner taking your first steps in 3D sculpting..
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  • At its most basic level, 3d sculpting is very accessible but it also comes with a number of complexities which can create confusion for beginners. To start with, the number of available brushes can be overwhelming. Which do you need to use and why? And then there are the technical elements like dynamic topology and remeshing to understand..
  • I’ll be covering everything in this class in a logical way which gradually builds in complexity as you gain knowledge and confidence with the various tools..
  • We’ll start out by sculpting a simple rock to get comfortable with the basic concepts..
  • Once that is complete, we’ll move on to sculpt two different types of coral which will each introduce additional tools and techniques..
  • You’ll then be ready to put your new skills to use as we sculpt a cute seahorse character based upon my provided design..
  • Finally, we’ll bring all of the elements together to assemble our final scene and render the end result..
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  • By the end of this class, you’ll have all of the skills necessary to sculpt simple characters of your own..
  • Let’s get started!.
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  • Once you have finished this class, don't forget to check out the other animation classes here on Skillshare..