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Blender 2.8 Character Creation
Blender 2.8 Character Creation

Blender 2.8 Character Creation: Learn to confidently use Blender 2.8 to create your own 3D characters

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Key benefits

  • Develop your skills in modeling, rigging, texturing, UV mapping, and rendering
  • Get started with animation using Blender 2.8 and Krita

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Blender 2.8 is an exciting milestone in the history of Blender, and there's no better time to start learning its new tools and workflows for 3D animation. You can now delve into 3D animation with the Blender 2.8 Character Creation course and gain the skills you need to build interactive new characters. In this course, you'll use Blender 2.8 to model a character's face with the correct edge flow to ensure it animates credibly. You'll learn how to create hands and feet, along with the character's spacesuit and helmet. In addition to this, you'll use Blender 2.8's sculpting tools to form wrinkles and folds in the spacesuit. Next, the course will guide you on how to bake a normal map to capture high-resolution details and apply them to a lower poly version. To further enhance the character, you can use the new Eevee render engine in Blender 2.8 and create PBR materials for the character. You will also create UV maps so that you can apply textures and add greater detail to the model. From painting eyelashes and eyebrows in Krita, through to mapping textures using transparency in Blender, you’ll be adding life to the character step-by-step. When the character has been modeled and textured, you will then turn your attention to rigging. You'll learn how to create the underlying skeleton, or armature that will control the character, before going on to place the character in the scene. You will later explore how to create lights and a turntable animation. By the end of this course, you will be well-versed with Blender 2.8 and have developed the skills you need to build your own 3D characters. All code and supporting files for this course are available at - https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Blender-2.8-Character-Creation

Who is this book for?

This course is for amateur Blender users who are looking to create their own 3D characters.

What you will learn

  • Create a 3D character with Blender 2.8
  • Learn to use the Sculpt tools in Blender 2.8
  • Bake a normal map
  • Create PBR materials with the Eevee render engine
  • Use Krita to paint textures
  • Rig a 3D character in Blender 2.8
  • Light and render a turntable animation with Eevee

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Publication date : Jun 28, 2019
Length: 16hrs 34mins
Edition : 1st
Language : English
ISBN-13 : 9781838989453
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Blender Foundation
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Table of Contents

10 Chapters
Introduction Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Modeling the Body Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Modeling the Body Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating the Space Suit Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Modeling the Helmet and Cap Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
UV Mapping and Baking Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating Materials and Textures Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating the Eyebrows, Eyelashes, and Bangs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Rigging the Character Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Lighting and Rendering the Scene Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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iwona botton Feb 09, 2020
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very useful course for me.
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good ,thank u man
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