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Starting a new character today! I go over bringing reference images into Blender, the mirror modifier, and establishing good edge flow for facial animation. If you'd like to follow along, you can download the reference images at www.darrinlile.com/tutorial-files
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1. get really motivated to learn blender
2. think up idea of what to make and become quite enthusiastic about it
3. spend all your time making a reference image
4. try again?
lmao
ok baby
sadly me.. sometimes. c:
:D so true lol
Yup, sounds like me. (read in Australian accent.)
If anyone is wondering how he makes his face look smooth at the end...go into Edit mode, select all faces or vertices, then in the left side tool column click the Shading / UVs tab, and click Faces: Smooth. Or use the bottom Mesh menu - Faces - Shade Smooth.
Holy shit I wondered about this for so long lol I just couldn't figure it out, thx so much ^.^
No subdivision modifier?
Anatoly Wein Using the Subdivision Modifier does work, but you will see that the shading looks blocky on the object. Smooth shading smooths out the blockiness
Side note: You don’t want to use high subdivision numbers as more topology slows render times, so it’s better to just use smooth lighting
@@justanotherhotguy use that as sparingly as possible!
@@randomcommenter8581 Now we can do that by Eevee > Shadows > Soft shadow
I am rewatching for nostalgia. While I am still far from an expert, this was one of the first vids I watched on Blender some years ago and I found it very helpful then and now. Thanks again for sharing your expertise and knowledge.
Shift+A > Image > Background in the new Blender
How to set as front, right, etc in new blender
Thank youuuu smmm
Thanks dude!
@ShunHasFun thanks so much
A true MVP here letting everyone know how to do it for current blender version. Since blender likes to confuse people by changing things right when they get use to it.
I always have a very hard time finding good tutorials for anything.
*I JUST HIT A GOLD MINE!*
Thank you so very much for this AWESOME tutorial. I've been the starving artist all my life dreaming of one day doing art in 3D. Until now, Now I can realize this dream! Thank GOD for Blender and AWESOME people like you!
Be ready for a ride guys, this, THIS, is one of the most complete and consistent tutorial for blender on youtube for character creation.
By the way Darrin, thanks for the quality voice capture and cannot thank you enough for your Radio-Like voice tone that is really making a difference enjoying all the explanation.
There are so many videos out there (90+%) that are either bad volume, bad capture, shitty voice or bad english.
And to all people complaining about clearer explanations, yes, he could activate key capture in order to help a bit but If you complaint about he doesn't explain well or enough, you are clearly not ready for this. Learn more. When I stumbled upon this video serie, I was using Blender for 2 days and been able to do a full character (and much more) within 2 weeks.
Keep on your good work Darrin
Thank you so much, really appreciate you sharing your process. Characters are so intimidating and this was the first tutorial series that really helped me create something without being completely overwhelmed. 🙂
This will be new modelling way for me, because i had recently learnt a simple modelling which is made directly by cube, but this one will help me. Thanks for this
I know this cube modelling way, and I agree this one shown here is better than the cube method. I'll also use it.
Brilliant! I love this so much! I want to get started in 3d modeling, but I always thought it was too hard! But this tutorial breaks it down perfectly!
Great start! Excited to jump into character modeling. For those complaining about the tutorial not explaining enough about Blender's interface, I recommend watching a beginner course on modeling simpler objects; character modeling isn't the easiest thing to jump straight into, especially without knowledge of Blender's workspace. Blender Guru has a great tutorial on making a donut, which will definitely get you up to speed with the platform.
Wow! Incredible! I've been doing Blender for some time. Watched hundreds of videos, including BlenderGuru. And I have to say, you have an amazing way of working and an exceptional understanding of not only Blender but also in-depth modelling. I loved how you based this on the concept of face muscles!! Will be watching more of your videos to up my skills in no time. Thanks a million for giving back to the community!
Thank you man, you do it really easy and people which never used Blender can follow the tutorial without problems. Thanks for share
Your voice is so smooth and relaxing that feel sleepy while watching but great tutorial and I have subscribed to your channel. :)
True😅
i used to follow this years back but sadly it is outdated now, best tutorial ive ever watched. i really learned a lot and somehow used my knowledge in school during 9th grade. very cool man thanks
i like this guy he doesn't put annoying ads on his tutorial, good job.
Thanks for doing the video. It was a thrill to me, seeing how to create an avatar face, one of my major goals. I'll go on to your other vids too.
Lmao this is so difficult I'm just gonna go and play the Sims
Update: omg it’s been 5 months and I can finally make this turns out it’s not THAT difficult
These WickedWhims dreams, am I right?
Okay, Peppa pig
😂
Right?
LilGamingYes don’t say that when your username is lilgamingyes and you have that profile pic
This tutorial helped me a while ago with a small project a couple years ago and now it's going to help me again. I haven't used blender in however long so I am exited to get back into it. Thank you for this!
Everyone seems to have had a hard time following this, but I don't know how! It worked well and really helped me in creating my first (successful) face model. Thank you!
The biggest thing that got me was the orthographic view (5.) Once I learned that I was able to follow along.
For beginners it would be fine to display all keys you press, for example to open object options and other. Thanks
n is for the options I'm pretty sure
Yeah because what r u supposed to press when you want to go back to the main options because I want to go back there to import my character and all I get is a stupid tab that says transform someone anyone help
well it doesn't say for beginners :)
yea i tried for 5 min and then quit cause this guy too stupid to display every key he presses
He has a really great and helpful video that you should probably watch before this video. It is listed in the description box and explains all of the hot keys and things like that. I am just grateful that he has taken the time to post so many helpful videos for free and is willing to help out as much as he does. I think you should be more grateful too. He doesn't have to post any of these videos but he does because he is so generous and wants to share his knowledge with others who are passionate about this and want to learn.
I just posted a vid over on my channel that I would not have been able to do without your tutorial. Thanks, Darrin. I've been experimenting with Blender for 5+ years and never really got to where I could model anything with it until now. Thanks again for this great content.
I have a degree in 3D animation and know how to model a character... in 3ds Max and Maya. It's been so frustrating that I could never translate those skill over to Blender and that is has continued to elude me for so long. It is a huge relief to finally be able to understand how to use this sofware.
When I get time where I can make it the whole day. I will start watching this and learn from your expertise!
5 something years and I still come back to this series when I get out of practice.
I knew nothing about making an Avatar. You're a legend mate.
your tutorial literally gave me nothing but confidence... im gonna go further to learn specifically. thank you Darrin Lile
This is gonna be the best tutorial XD
I'm trying to find a suitable tutorial of making a character, but not avail, now i finally find this great tutorial !
THANK YOU SOO MUCH FOR THIS TUTORIAL !
I have to wonder, after watching many tutorials of this nature. How often is it that, even when working with a reference image, you go through this painstaking process of pulling out EVERY single vertex, one by one? And starting with the head? I've been far more productive when I've instead started with the body, and built the basic topology first, before coming in for details. Tutorials like these overwhelmed me for a long time, because instead of like with drawing, they started with precise details immediately.
This is a very very very good tutorial. This is EXACTLY what I needed to get my 3D game making ambitions going. Thanks!
I keep coming back to your tutorials! Best on TH-cam that I found!
Utterly instructive series -- appreciate all parts very much. Perfect and human narrative, didactic excellence!
Your video is so cool!! I know how complicated it can be… Looking forward to see more videos :)
Wow
I love you, these tutorials are amazing. I have only done to end of tutorial 2 but I have a very realistic looking anime girl head!! subbed
Really good Tutorial! I've seen many Videos before... but now I finally understand how to do.... EVERYTHING!
Thank you for this! you explained the process so well, Im still figuring out bits and pieces but thanks to you Im able to get the ball rolling.
Okay I see why game developers reuse a lot of their resources cause of how much time it takes 0_o
+Random Game Creator Not any more, that is, considering how powerful computers these days are and how many gamers invest in good quality PC's to game. Which allows the creators to spend as much time as they can on game elements, instead of computer processing power forcing them to reuse stuff.
ezy,
he's not talking about computing power or render time. but how long & tedious it takes to MODEL a.k.a create the elements. And this is just the modeling phase, what about texturing & uv mapping, weight painting, and (the hardest of all) rigging??
I would agree with you there, but reusing stuff from lets say, previous games is not an excuse. Especially with large corporations like EA and such who have numerous workers in the same field.
For everyone complaining about him not explaining everything he does, this tutorial requires a basic understanding of blender. Learn the rudimentary skills of blender before jumping straight into a character. For example, if you don't know how to navigate through the 3d environment, you probably shouldn't be here.
Yes, this is only for those who knows each and everything about blender and must possess the same amount of skill which the trainer is having and then only he can grasp. So, he is asking us that I will teach you to drive only if you know driving.
it kinda be a bit nicer if he sad that in the beginning tho dont'cha think? because then there wouldn't be all of these confused people here (like myself)
@@biditesh If we're going by the driving example, this course is like most driver's ed courses. It teaches you the rules of the road, and some things to keep in mind, but it's assumed you know how to start the car and make it move, this is more advanced, no new Blender user should start with characters. Make basic scenes with simple geometry, learn how the functions work and stuff
it deos take a while to understand but you do after a while
I played around with Blender for a total of 6 hours over a week. I understand the basics. I’m not sure how he closes the windows. I’ve made objects, simple rockets, tried to render a Falcon Heavy cad, rotated it, make 30 frames and make a small clip and also played around with physics. I learned that physics like gravity needs a geometric plane to work. It makes me think: the small quality animations that you see took people some hard work.
Thanks this is a really helpful tutorial for beginners. And displaying the button shortcuts is super helpful
I really like your method of teaching. Its made so anyone can just pick up your tutorial and start creating. Really good for a noobie like me.
this method is amazing, one thousand thanks for sharing it
i made a nightmare
i wont sleep tonight
What have i done
Embrace your horror child you made.
mistakes into miracles. Here's mine gyazo.com/121c218810a33a833db3290e069c6008
Loled, keep practicing, mine was horrible at the beginning too, but with time it gets better
Lol! Can I keep it?!!
i deleted it :(
Mine is worse, so much worse. gyazo.com/d698c333cf90a8f64430248b4dbe4ce3
Brilliant tutorial. This explains facial topology in a basic way, in order to actually learn the proper way to model a face.
Thanks a lot for doing this. I appreciate your generosity and patience in laying all this out. Lets see what I come up with!
Finally found the tutorial that's easy to understand ^^
For anyone with blender 2.9 (Or slightly below version, it should have a similar layout) here's how to get the image the way he got it:
>> Open a split screen.
>> Press number pad "1"(y axis/front orthographic) in one of the two screens. Then press number pad "3"(x axis/right orthographic) on the other screen.
>> Then press "Shift + A" to add the image with your cursor on only one of the screens, from the list that appears select "Image" then "Reference"
>> Pick your image > keep "align to view" turned on
>> Repeat for next screen
>> Then, select image > Go the right side panel > "Object data properties"(second last icon) > Here you can change the opacity and the "Only axis aligned"
Hope this helped!! Thought I would say this because at first I was also facing problems with this. Also if anyone else has a better way, i'd love it if you told me as well.
I have blender 2.79 does this still work and how do I get blender to have split screens. Which by my knowledge means having 2 screens.
@@cloakedfoxgaming6612 I have never used version 2.79 so I don't really know if this works. I suggest to try updating to the latest version. As for split screening, in the later versions, you go to one of the corners of the window. right below the pannel that says "layout", "Modelling" an so on. When you're cursor is there the shape of the cursor changes. Then just left click and drag the cursor to where you want it. Also just as pre - advice, when you want to get rid of the split screen, right click on the line right between the two screens and then press "Join Screens".
thanks this was very helpful
@Astra Laira i need some help is there a way i can contact you and maybe we can do this face to face like a video chat or something
@@astralaira3421 i need some help is there a way i can contact you and maybe we can do this face to face like a video chat or something
I did SO MUCH modeling in the past with blueprints and I never thought about splitting the screen to have it like this ... this will change so much haha thank you :DD
Very helpful for intermediate learners... I stuck up at game character creation... Where your tutorials really helped. Thanx darrin lile!!!
5:30 Involuntarily starts modeling Hitler. [great work btw!]
THATS WHAT I THOUGHT TOO its so funny
I came down here just to find that comment, thanks
@aaronsdavis god that's funny
bloody hell mate, finally! this is all i needed why was that so hard to find! thank you for this video!
Thank you, A million times thank you! This is just what I needed! You made an intimidating task look easier!
I was just sitting there mesmerized as he pulled the points together. It was so insanely cool
The last time I modeled a character I had a reference picture just like the one in the video. That how I learned that texturing a character model with its arms stretched out at a 90° angle from the body creates horrible distortions in the texture on at the shoulder joints as soon as you move the arms down at to their natural hanging position.
Always always always decrease the arm angle closer to half way between before UV unwrapping!
I've no idea why, but my background images won't show up. Any idea why that could be?
+SamTheTrainFan Probably because you're not in orthographic mode
+Stabbarey I'm having the same problem. How do I go into Orthographic mode?
+lolly071461 Press 5 on your numpad to switch between orthographic and perspective view.
If you dont have a numpad on ur keyboard then follow these steps
open blender>go to file menu>click on preferences>click on input tab>select emulate numpad,then select save user setting.
now if you press 5 it should switch btw the 2 view
+Ragesh Pradhan thank you!!!
why can't you press 5
Every year I require myself to learn something new I knew nothing about at all before. This looks interesting enough to win that prize. This should be good fun learning.
I think I came across this video like 6 years ago, and it finally got recommended to me again
I still haven't modeled a character, but I've gotten well enough that I know I could
So thank you for being the start of that push.
Glad it was helpful! Here are a few of my newer courses on Udemy: www.udemy.com/user/darrinlile/
I've been wanting to get into blender recently but was always intimidated by it
It looks complex but I'm sure I'll understand it steadily as time goes on
Hi there! I've trouble using the mirror modifier.
When I try to apply it it doesn't work, though I closely followed your tutorial.
Could you think of anything that could help me?
Thanks for your help!
I know this is really late but using the limit selection to visible tool and the b key to highlight a whole side would be the best way
This is fantastic, thanks for sharing! I'm so happy with how my mask turned out and I learned some well needed short cuts, this is a really great practice video. I subbed, and I'm looking forward to trying out the rest of your chapters!
I like the simple yet efficient and quick way to model this face.Good tutorial!
I have the mac keyboard, but not the big one, and I don't know what button is numpad 1?
click "File" top left, click "User Preferences", check the box "Emulate Numpad", then select "Save User Settings" bottom left. Then you can use your keyboard number keys to emulate a numeric keypad - - "numpad 1" etc.
I may be doing something wrong here but I cant even get the images to load,
addendom, with a bit of fiddeling, as in press the 5 key, I was able to get the images to show up, I am new to this in all regards
Your little edit helped a lot! Thanks!!
Press 0 on the numpad and then 1. It worked for me.
The face topology is realy good, easy way to learn, thanks Darrin!
Learning a new skill during lockdown! Already made the character once with sculpting, now remaking her with edge loops. This might prove the easier method.
Building your mesh to mimic the muscules structure, now that's kind of advanced. Neat idea!
P.S.: this mask looks a lot like Suzanne for a time)
8:56
When I select the two lines the entire inner circle of the eye becomes highlighted rather than just the two slides, could anyone help?
Use Shift key instead of Ctrl
This dude is probably the best Blender instructor out there.
This is an excellent video. Very close to the way I was taught for 3ds Max. I watched another video that made the skeleton first and then auto-generated a default human mesh, already rigged for animation but while that was convenient, I wanted to build my human from an image. Mainly because I could end up spending even more time modifying a model than just building it from the ground up.
*Me at first:* _"Ehhhh? Make a model from _*_extruding_*_ one single plane? That sounds difficult and tedious..."_
*Me, later that evening:* _[staring blankly at a _*_full_*_ character model, that asides from a few tweaks, is ready for 3D print]_
...Well then. Big-buck companies still charge admission fees for this, all-righty-then!
Good one, mate! 🌟
No fucking way! i got a Blender ad!
So did I 0.0
They know.
Dylan Wintle This isn't good D:
Cieran Kelly Oh shit....
GumballYes DisneyJrNo same
Felt the same level of difficulty when i started with 3ds max. Now it's kinda easy and I just automatically hover over the tools and create my models, animations and vfx. It's about your interest and time you spend learning. I also felt the same with Unity and unreal engine but got used to it (not unreal however). So if you think this is difficult just learn it and in another 2-3 years I'll probably see you make some badass tutorials. Good luck!
Also, great tutorial. Learning blender slowly.
Thanks for being an excellent instructor!!!
4:35
How did he make the plane a sqaure and smaller?
Xlink2002X hit S to scale
I couldn't figure out why I the images were not showing up for me even though I was hitting (1) and (3). It turns out that I had to be in orthographic view (5) and then hit (1) or (3).
THANK YOU!!!!!!
@@chrisfenwick84 No problem! I'm glad it could help!
Thank you buddy
Thank you that saved me so much time
@@platzu8061 No problemo! A pleasure to be of assistance!
Awesome! I have messed around with modeling but never did it "the right way" till now. Great series, thank you so much!
I think an extra loop beneath the mouth would have been useful for the bottom lip but I slid a loop up from the chin and that seems to be working. Off to start part 3..
1 minute in and I''m loving it. Thank you.
I can't get my face to join with "F" when I select the points it selects all of the points in between those point filling in the entire eye.
Why is it doing that?
try selecting the points with shift + righ click instead of ctrl + right click
thank you!! that just saved me the headache of going through all my settings i thought i missed something
Im wondering 06:55 You extruded around the mouth.. when I try to go the other direction the color changes to a see through darker gray and it seams like the entire plane is different.. as if Im laying it ontop of my older planes(when trying to turn and extrude below the mouth) how did you extrude here? Im not able to figure it out, and the way im doing it seams wrong..
I figured it out!!:) You rotate.. Phew, then I can continue!:)
Ian Bowman Use R, then you can rotate the angles, meaning you can manipulate around the mouth!!:)
Ian Bowman Its shift R or CTRL R, dont remember, one of them I think! There will be several moments like this, Its a bit frustrating, but easier to memorize down the line with some struggle, if you pick it back up!:)
***** I'm really in serious need of help. when I extrude with e, all that appears is a black line.
+Chy kiora did you find a solution? im stuck too
This is amazingly useful even today. I might be a bit late, but thank you for this outstanding guide.
This is great! I learned a lot from this back in the day. I made a Time Lapse of character creation from drawing to game implementation!
Great tutorial. Thanks!
It is not a tutorial, It is like a animated abstract picture of the destructive path I feel our our country is going down.
Ineedhealing
Rez Please L
PLUNKETT-TV What the hell are you talking about?
You don't really explain how to resize a shape to fit it between the nose and mouth. at about 4:29 you cut and suddenly the shape is smaller. like lets say i want to make a rectangle longer?
Use S to scale :)
I know that part, but how do I reshape specific sides?
RedPoisonDragon Press s and x or y or z
Not trying to be rude or anything, but the reason he linked a video for a Blender guide in the description is because the things he skips are usually things that anyone past the beginner stage in blender knows how to to do. Either way, that knowledge is really important if you want to use blender so I highly recommend watching those videos or any of tutor4u's beginner tutorials. They helped me out a lot.
Yeah, I've already figured that out.
Thank you so much!! You taught me so much and quickly, I would be completely stranded without this.
Thank you so much for this, this is an amazing tutorial.
I feel like a whole step was skipped... How did you get the plain to be small at 4:30 and have a grid on it?
+Axin Zeith thats exactly what i was wondering too
+DeathGaming134
click s to scale or just move the vertices around
+Axin Zeith yup he a fucken dum ass
+Axin Zeith yeah same question
+Axin Zeith select the face and scale it
its under tools then transform
At 3:52 when he says I'm going to bring it up and rotate a bit how did he rotate it like that?
never mind
I have the same problem. How did he rotate it like that??
+Vbossbla How did he rotate it like that???
Press n, then at the top there should be something called transform, and under transform there should be rotation. Sorry that i didn't reply earlier
wow.... not to be an annoying comment but you wrote that at 4:20.. AM
Bunch of thanks. I deeply need it.🙏🙏🙏
This is what I've been looking for... paper to mesh!!! Thank you... video is fast past for me being a noobe but its a start..
For anyone having trouble with the pictures. Press the 5 key on your number pad and they should appear. Also make sure your number pad is turned on 😅
Thanks
How did you join vertices in 10:00.
alt+m
Then the two faces join together. It doesn't work like he's showing.
ahhh I forgot how to do all of this, it's been so long since I used blender but I've been doing lots of art and decided I wanted to try 3d modelling again. very thankful for this tutorial
Wow this is SO relaxing
When you start how do you connect the bottom lip halves
ugh, I need to know this too. Why breeze over something that you can't continue the model without doing? Crazy.
If you just extrude them to the center and click they will connect.
When the only good video is outdated- QWQ
Sadly
how is it outdated?
@@martziaroblox8774 Its an older version of blender
@@generic.studios Most of the principles can still be applied as long as you know the basics of Blender in the current version.
you can install old blender you know
When I first tried Blender, I gave up due to it being too overwhelming. These were the first videos I ended up watching and soon I found myself doing several models. I ended up switching to working on a 2D game so now I'm a tad out of practice (mainly the shortcut keys) so I'm rewatching for a little refresher. Thank you so much for the wonderful videos! Just trying to figure out how to scale out the extrude at places like 10:58. Can't remember what to hold on press. Hoping I find out soon!
I cant move the image after I changed the y scale of both charecter from 0 to 5 according to the tutorial.. what tool is used to move the image? please help me as I am a absolute beginner in blender. Thank you
hi. i'm having trouble with adding background image. i set it to front view but when i look at front perspective it's not showing. can you please help me :(
+Shara Abad (Official) Hi Shara, you need to switch to Orthographic view to see a background image. Press the 5 key on the number pad or go to View > Persp/Ortho. Hope that helps.
+Darrin Lile Thank you soooo much :D That really helps :)
I am having the same problem, but only with right view. I have switched to Ortho and the front one works, but the right picture won´t show up even if i zoom out.
+Vioquo! Press numpad 3 for side and numpad 1 to front
+Darrin Lile Excuse me, but what drawing style is that?
Followed the tutorial in Blender 2.8 and was able to google most discrepancies with the version used here. The only thing I can't figure out is in the end. How did he make the *Object* *Smooth?* Mine has sharp edges on all the face connections to one another.
*EDIT:* I found the answer.
#1 Select all of the faces.
#2 (In Modeling/Edit Mode) Select *Face* which is next to Edge and UV, in the smaller menu up top.
#3 In the submenu, select *Shade Smooth*
It's actually way easier than that (at least on Blender 2.8). Right-clicking on a mesh should bring up the Object Context Menu, where the first two options are "Shade Smooth" and "Shade Flat". Two clicks!
How did you open the properties the way he did to put the images...
After you moved the Y axis for both the front and side.
How do you move the image down ward. I'm having issues doing that...?
thanks I have been searching this tutorial i found here! u r a great!
i can't see the pictures after i put them in
same problem here
+Aswathy Biju i did it go to view and go to the front, then go to view again and there num 5 click it .
+Aswathy Biju do that to the author side
hit num 5
WHat if you don;t have a numberpad?