I've been in the industry for 25 years now and you're talent, ability, thoughtfulness and speed are all Top Shelf, reminiscent of many of the revered team members at the studios I've worked at (EA, Blizzard, UFG, Microsoft). Kudos.
Hello there Ryan! I am an 18 year old who is aspiring to become a 3d character/model artist in the gaming industry pretty recently (went from 2d to 3d), and I wanna ask you some stuff if you dont mind; 1. What steps should an aspiring 3D character artist take early on to build a portfolio that stands out to potential employers, especially when breaking into the industry at a junior level? 2. As someone just starting out, how important is it to specialize in a certain area of 3D character design, like modeling, texturing, or rigging, versus being a generalist? 3. What advice would you give someone who is just starting their career, and how can they build a strong network when they're not yet working in a studio environment? 4. For someone with little experience, how can you gain credibility and improve your chances of landing your first job or internship, especially when many studios seem to require experience? These are my questions, it's okay if you don't want to answer them, I hope you have a great day!
Sir Nikolay, you are absolutely the most entertaining and skilled 3D Artist I know. I'm really looking forward to the day that I achieved that level of skill you have. Thanks for the effective and interesting teachings.
MAN THIS THING THIS COURSE CAN SELL FOR THOUSANDS I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE MAKING IT FOR FREE I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely love your tutorials, and just when I thought it couldn't get any better - you're starting a series that will definitely become my favourite. Thank you so much for this, it's always a real treat to watch a professional at work.
Having this info from a professional and actually working on a commercial character for a reputable videogame company in real time is just great, haven't seen it before.
you probably won’t see this but i want to say huge huge THANK YOU. making a first game with a group of friends. we all have no idea what we’re doing and your vids are teaching me so much from what i got from other tutorials. i work better when i can see the process. thank you :)))
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been looking for a Blender course on sculpting a character for games, from start to finish, and this is by far one of the best ones that I have seen! I love your dry jokes as well! You are very informative and entertaining at the same time. I immediately subscribed and liked! Please keep the tutorials coming and don't change a thing! I'm looking forward to finishing the course! :)
I understand switching to Blender for your personal projects, but for your commercial work? You never explained why you suddenly switched to blender for your commercial work too. It's one thing to learn Blender to teach and another for your professional work. It's very impressive. I love your tutorials, and I am also a student of yours on Udemy. Please keep up your amazing work bro.
Don't you think i will be far more convincing as a teacher in Blender if i also do my commercial work in Blender :). This is the best way to show that Blender is absolutely capable of doing that, we just have to upgrade our anatomy knowledge and learn Blender :)
I would definitely love to see this series from you, even if you can't cover every single part of the creation I'm sure it'd be really interesting to see how much work goes into creating a video game character I'd definitely really like to hear from the other Artists involved in the character creation like the concept artist, animator, rigger etc to see what kind of work goes into each part of the character creation.
Turns out the artists are pretty shy, but in episode 08 i will show the initial sketches for this character and some other things, it is pretty cool. We are thinking of putting a game designer to talk about some things and our marketing specialist too :).
your videos are excellent and your explanations are very clear, I hope you continue uploading this type of material, I am very excited about this series that you have started
mAn! THANK YOU for what you're doing here on your channel! You give so much advices on 3D Sculpture on Blender (and even on Face/Body anatomy). Your students have a huge chance to have you, just like us...I just discover your video yesterday and I already progress! Now we just have to work, try, fail ... Thank You agAin!
Excellent idea. I hope that your supervisors will allow this series to continue. At least, this is free marketing for game, I'm sure that many people will check this game.... and probably play this character ;) There is many tutorials about character creation, but this is something special.
Man, i have been waiting for this. Purchased and enjoyed your tutorials in Udemy. Been really wanting to become a 3d character artist and you sir are the best teacher. Im looking forward to watch this from start to finish.
Course sounds great, really appreciate your art skills. Also for the solidify modifier at 46:35, switch the offset on the modifier from -1 to 1 and it will extrude it outwards the way you want
Blender is getting a proper Polypainting (Sculpt Vertex Color) feature soon. It's in experimental stage currently and should be ready for the next Blender release (3.2).
Thank you @SpeedChar for sharing your wisdom and knowledge! If the component wasn't brand new still factory sealed, then I would advise that you get that "gifted" video card tested for malicious hardware. Red flags include: components using more voltage than the factory specified amount (use a voltage meter to check), this may allow someone to remotely monitor/control your pc for such reasons as mining for cryptocurrencies using your video card. I strongly recommend always using new parts in your pc builds, it is all too easy for someone to tamper with a component and gift it or donate it to a thrift store or something. Politely decline used PC parts no matter who the donor is and how many years that you think you might have known them.
Definitely not :). This is a working concept for a character which is not yet released. It is not possible for now to give it up. The most you can do it screenshot it from the videos :)
I wish I could "just work on it" when I do art. I am very much the kind of person who will do a small bit of work. Then sit back and admire that work. Then realize how much more work I have left. I am also very much a slow eater. When I stop to admire my food, I don't typically start to dread eating the rest of it though, lol.
I've been in the industry for 25 years now and you're talent, ability, thoughtfulness and speed are all Top Shelf, reminiscent of many of the revered team members at the studios I've worked at (EA, Blizzard, UFG, Microsoft). Kudos.
Hello there Ryan! I am an 18 year old who is aspiring to become a 3d character/model artist in the gaming industry pretty recently (went from 2d to 3d), and I wanna ask you some stuff if you dont mind;
1. What steps should an aspiring 3D character artist take early on to build a portfolio that stands out to potential employers, especially when breaking into the industry at a junior level?
2. As someone just starting out, how important is it to specialize in a certain area of 3D character design, like modeling, texturing, or rigging, versus being a generalist?
3. What advice would you give someone who is just starting their career, and how can they build a strong network when they're not yet working in a studio environment?
4. For someone with little experience, how can you gain credibility and improve your chances of landing your first job or internship, especially when many studios seem to require experience?
These are my questions, it's okay if you don't want to answer them, I hope you have a great day!
lmao@@misterjack9991
Probably my favourite sculpting channel and tutor. Funny, entertaining and extremely talented. And also sharing his knowledge with all of us...
And a hot stud!
@@theenglishtongue1365 whatever floats your boat!
Sir Nikolay, you are absolutely the most entertaining and skilled 3D Artist I know. I'm really looking forward to the day that I achieved that level of skill you have. Thanks for the effective and interesting teachings.
MAN THIS THING THIS COURSE CAN SELL FOR THOUSANDS I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE MAKING IT FOR FREE I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely love your tutorials, and just when I thought it couldn't get any better - you're starting a series that will definitely become my favourite. Thank you so much for this, it's always a real treat to watch a professional at work.
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"/" is a forward slash and "\" is a back slash. Thank you for all your Blender videos, they are priceless.
Having this info from a professional and actually working on a commercial character for a reputable videogame company in real time is just great, haven't seen it before.
Man your charisma!! so amazing all together your work, way how you doing, entertainment you making , having fun ,chill !! anyway super ,super good !!
you probably won’t see this but i want to say huge huge THANK YOU. making a first game with a group of friends. we all have no idea what we’re doing and your vids are teaching me so much from what i got from other tutorials. i work better when i can see the process. thank you :)))
big love from Ukraine! your positive and helpful videos mean a lot for me now, thanx!!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been looking for a Blender course on sculpting a character for games, from start to finish, and this is by far one of the best ones that I have seen! I love your dry jokes as well! You are very informative and entertaining at the same time. I immediately subscribed and liked! Please keep the tutorials coming and don't change a thing! I'm looking forward to finishing the course! :)
One of my favourite teachers! You explain things so nicely and your stories are funny too. Thank you Niko!!
Of course I'm interested in more tutorials Nikolai! Thanks for all the tutorials.
making character is very difficult to make and you made it so easy and fun.
Looking forward to see the whole workflow.
More speedchar video makes the world more beautiful😍 thank u niko
I have always loved you, great job man. I have been finding a way to start with the episodes now I have got the time...AMAZING work buddy
I understand switching to Blender for your personal projects, but for your commercial work? You never explained why you suddenly switched to blender for your commercial work too. It's one thing to learn Blender to teach and another for your professional work. It's very impressive. I love your tutorials, and I am also a student of yours on Udemy. Please keep up your amazing work bro.
Don't you think i will be far more convincing as a teacher in Blender if i also do my commercial work in Blender :). This is the best way to show that Blender is absolutely capable of doing that, we just have to upgrade our anatomy knowledge and learn Blender :)
Ive purchased 2 of your UDEMY courses, I am a huge fan and you have taught me a lot in Zbrush, cant wait to learn now in blender
That's the best character creation work flow I could find. You got a new subscriber.
Thank you so much!
Thanks Nikolay! it just keeps getting better all the time. 😊
this is the best thing on the internet! thank you very much for your work!
I’ve bought a couple of your Zbrush tutorials in the past and it’s always very informative and entertaining to learn for you
You´re GREAT Nico. Thank you so much for all your Videos!!!!!!!!!!!
In no time you get awesome results!! Wow... Thanks for sharing
I would definitely love to see this series from you, even if you can't cover every single part of the creation I'm sure it'd be really interesting to see how much work goes into creating a video game character I'd definitely really like to hear from the other Artists involved in the character creation like the concept artist, animator, rigger etc to see what kind of work goes into each part of the character creation.
Turns out the artists are pretty shy, but in episode 08 i will show the initial sketches for this character and some other things, it is pretty cool. We are thinking of putting a game designer to talk about some things and our marketing specialist too :).
your videos are excellent and your explanations are very clear, I hope you continue uploading this type of material, I am very excited about this series that you have started
mAn! THANK YOU for what you're doing here on your channel! You give so much advices on 3D Sculpture on Blender (and even on Face/Body anatomy). Your students have a huge chance to have you, just like us...I just discover your video yesterday and I already progress! Now we just have to work, try, fail ... Thank You agAin!
oh this is insane! thx for sharing your workflow with us. i am a beginner that just want to get into the game industry and this will help a lot.
Thank you for your Tutorials I am too from Zbrush and my Blender confidence has increased thanks to your tutorials
100% recommended, thanks for this tutorial series!!
Love your content - super helpful and easily understandable. Very cool process. Look forward to the series. Thank you
The best channel about modeling for blender and more.
Thanks for share!
Imphenzia and you are the best tutors of blender :)
This is just amazing!!!! Niko is the best!
This is incredibly helpful. Thank you for taking the time to make.
Niko is the best teacher of the market
Excellent idea. I hope that your supervisors will allow this series to continue. At least, this is free marketing for game, I'm sure that many people will check this game.... and probably play this character ;)
There is many tutorials about character creation, but this is something special.
Great tutorial series. Amazing to see how Blender can hold up next to Zbrush and Maya.
Awesome work as always
I'm one of your student in Udemy really helpful course
thank you🙂
43:33 I really like this kind of tutorial it explains a lot of things and general experience of you ... thanx 🙏
Thanks for the video, Always a pleasure to see new stuff
now, that's what you call CONTENT! :)
Beautiful initiative. ❤️
Begining this course 08 fev 2024. let's see if i can finish this haha,
Man, i have been waiting for this. Purchased and enjoyed your tutorials in Udemy. Been really wanting to become a 3d character artist and you sir are the best teacher. Im looking forward to watch this from start to finish.
Course sounds great, really appreciate your art skills. Also for the solidify modifier at 46:35, switch the offset on the modifier from -1 to 1 and it will extrude it outwards the way you want
Blender is getting a proper Polypainting (Sculpt Vertex Color) feature soon. It's in experimental stage currently and should be ready for the next Blender release (3.2).
Cool, thanks for sharing! I did not know that until just now.
ROFL that ending doh ... I really like the concept of this series.
Awesome video! Can't wait for the next part!
Thank you @SpeedChar for sharing your wisdom and knowledge!
If the component wasn't brand new still factory sealed, then I would advise that you get that "gifted" video card tested for malicious hardware. Red flags include: components using more voltage than the factory specified amount (use a voltage meter to check), this may allow someone to remotely monitor/control your pc for such reasons as mining for cryptocurrencies using your video card. I strongly recommend always using new parts in your pc builds, it is all too easy for someone to tamper with a component and gift it or donate it to a thrift store or something. Politely decline used PC parts no matter who the donor is and how many years that you think you might have known them.
"im still looking good" best sentence of the series
this gonna be very interesting. I hope you can continues this process.
You have made my journey into character art so much better thank you
Great video, entertaining, informative and fun!!!
awesome stuff! thanks for sharing your workflow
Евала братле, радвам се че правиш тези видеа
amazing !! thanks for shaiing both your knowledge and your funny side ;).
3:55 monarchs during the french revolution
Awesome series! I can't wait to watch more:)
8:00 ...u are such a good sculptor! Respect! 🤩
Sadly I slip to details too fast.
Have to observe you more...
Thanks for this amazing course
Wonderful, thankyou 🙏🏼
WHAAAAT?! Абалдеть! Николай, огромное спасибо! По-моему тоже никто такого на ютубе НЕ делал. Thank you very much! Здравия Вам и Вашим близким!
Thank you for your work and your teaching.
Amazing series
You is the best, ever!
im happy to start
love it. it will give some oommff if the hair is done in bezier curve specially the goatee
The hair will be one mesh just sculpted in this case. Just an hour more work than now and it will be ready :)
Amazing, as a blender user this very motivating.
Hey, I love this but could u Please provide us with concept art so I can follow along?
Definitely not :). This is a working concept for a character which is not yet released. It is not possible for now to give it up. The most you can do it screenshot it from the videos :)
Wow, that's amaizing
thankyou pls continue
This tutorial is absolutetly GOLD !
Which Blender version was used ?
Loved the video, I wouldn't mind the second part to be a lot longer!
THX Niko!!! It`is a great tutorial! I spend 7 hours to make this head. And I wanna finish the whole process. Cheears!
from where you downloaded the reference imagesss ... need little help :]
Thank you! That free videos helps a lot.
love it! unique
Great content. How do you stick the reference image on top left?
OMG! You never stop amazing me!
NICE NIKO!
Nikolai, can I ask you to share this concept?)
Can we get a texturing video??
48:30 I won't let that joke go unnoticed. Caught me so off guard.
I'm really interested in knowing the full process of the character creation for a video game 😋
Great lessons! thank you! Do you allow me to repeat your lesson and to place this work in my portfolio?
Did you cover even rigging and skinning process? Anyway amazong work and tutorial!
I wish I could "just work on it" when I do art. I am very much the kind of person who will do a small bit of work. Then sit back and admire that work. Then realize how much more work I have left. I am also very much a slow eater. When I stop to admire my food, I don't typically start to dread eating the rest of it though, lol.
Thank you so much for your tutorials!
Amazing!🤩💛Thank you God!
@speedchar do you have a link to donate $$ to support your work? this latest set of tutorials is amazing!
I don't really have that kind of link :). Maybe I can do in Twich but still don't know exactly how, so for now I don't:)
I love your stylized characters and tutorials. I'll try to make this one using Zbrush.
I think this the one you replayed for me tq..💓
Thumbs up! First video was good!
thanks for doing this, I like your talking please keep going! :)
WOOOOW! MAN PLEASE MAKE FULL PROCESS OF SCULPTING CHARACTER TO GAME
Great content!
How do you display reference image like that? Can someone share the knowledge
Thank you!
Can you make a video about back muscle? And how muscles attach to arms?
Мaybe i will do that in the future yes.
What is a good voxel size for remeshing?