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Into the Ocean: Character Sculpting Essentials in Blender 3D
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3 hours 38 minutes
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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..