You're reading from Taking Blender to the Next Level Implement advanced workflows such as geometry nodes, simulations, and motion tracking for Blender production pipelines

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803233567

Length 520 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Blender

Concepts

Graphics Programming

Author (1):

Ruan Lotter

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Modeling, Materials, and Animation Workflows

2. Chapter 1: Using Geometry Nodes to Create Dynamic Scenes FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Creating a Motion Graphics Scene Using Geometry Nodes

4. Chapter 3: Organic Modeling P1: Creating a Mushroom

5. Chapter 4: Organic Modeling P2: Creating the Landscape around the Mushroom

6. Chapter 5: PBR Materials: Texturing our Mushroom Scene

7. Chapter 6: 3D Scanning and Photogrammetry: Creating Your Own 3D Scans

8. Chapter 7: Modeling an Alien Cartoon Character

9. Chapter 8: Rigging and Animating Your 3D Cartoon Character

10. Part 2: Let's Do Some Physics

11. Chapter 9: Rigid Body Simulation: Destroying a Statue Using Physics

12. Chapter 10: Dynamic Cloth Simulations

13. Chapter 11: Creating Dynamic Hair Using Particles

14. Part 3: Match Moving and Compositing

15. Chapter 12: Matching Blender's Camera Movement to Live Action Footage

16. Chapter 13: Compositing the Alien Cartoon Character onto the Live Action Footage

17. Chapter 14: The Final Render

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating reference images of your character

In this section, we will look at how to create reference images of your character using any drawing application you are comfortable with. I am using Adobe Photoshop to create my reference images, but there are many free alternatives that you can use. One of the best open source drawing applications available is GIMP, which you can download for free from the following URL: https://www.gimp.org.

You can also make use of Procreate if you have an iPad.

The following is the reference image that I created, which we will use during this chapter. Feel free to either create your own reference image or download my reference image from the following URL: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Taking-Blender-to-the-Next-Level/blob/main/Chapter07/Chapter%2007%20-%20MyAlienRef.png.

Figure 7.1 – My character reference image

As you can see, I am not the best artist when it comes to drawing anything! But remember –...