Character Modelling & Rigging in Blender- Character Design

Name: Character Modelling & Rigging in Blender- Character Design
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Blender character modeling: 3D Character modeling with Blender: Tools to character model. Character animation in Blender

Created byRiddick D. Character Blender Modelling

Last updated 1/2025

English

What you'll learn

Learn plenty of insights and professional techniques for creating characters for games
Shows you how get the most out of Blender, from the fundamentals to tools for texturing, chiseling, and costuming
Ease your way into this complex subject with this straight-forward approach to Blender
Perfect your technique with step-by-step tutorials that allow you to create a detailed character from start to finish
Learn key animation principles
simply rigging a model using a bone-based armature

Course content

4 sections • 33 lectures • 6h 34m total length

Introduction13:08
Get started with the Blender interface, navigation, and object creation, mastering selection, the 3d cursor, and basic edit mode tools for character design.

Setting Up The Reference Images3:58
Add and position reference images in Blender, using front, side, and right views, then align the feet to the X and Y axes for accurate modeling.
Modeling The Main Body15:12
Start by building the base mesh from a cube, extruding shoulders and body, then add a mirror, skin, and subdivision surface modifiers to refine geometry for rigging.
Cleaning Up The Body Mesh12:16
Clean up the base body mesh by deleting half the topology, applying a mirror modifier, fixing normals, and shaping with extrude and bridge edge loops for shirt and pants modeling.
Modeling Details 15:19
Modeling Details 23:49
Modeling Details 316:52
Modeling Details 419:25
Modeling Details 510:33
Modeling Details 64:21
Modeling Details 76:45
Modeling Details 811:28
Modeling Details 93:48
Add a hood to the character by extruding edges, flipping normals, and refining loops in Blender; prepare for rigging with a free rig and simple import steps.

Add The Face Background References2:28
Face Modeling 110:32
Face Modeling 211:03
Learn hands-on face modeling in Blender by shaping the nose with vertex edits, extrusions, edge loops, and bevels, while refining cheeks and eyelids for accurate character design.
Face Modeling 322:35
Face Modeling 412:02
Face Modeling 57:59
Face Modeling 66:47
Face Modeling 77:19
Model and refine eyes in Blender by adding a UV sphere, editing vertices, using center cursor, applying a mirror modifier, then color and smooth with diffuse materials and toon shading.
Face Modeling 84:50
Learn to model and shape eyebrows and hair on a character, adjust topology, separate components into their own meshes, and apply diffuse and specular materials for realistic shading.
Face Modeling 911:45
Face Modeling 108:06

Rigging The character7:25
Learn the basics of rigging in Blender by creating a cylinder, adding bones in an armature, and painting weights with fk and ik concepts.
Getting The Pitchypoy Rig4:46
Learn how to get the pitch poi rig for Blender, install it via GitHub, enable the addon, and use the full facial rig to enhance animation and lip syncing.
Rigging 119:58
Rigging 223:08
Rigging 328:11
Rigging 419:13
Rigging 525:24
Rigging 68:19
Learn to create animator-friendly bone shapes in Blender by adding color, hood, collar, and jacket flap controls, applying subdivision surfaces, and binding custom shapes to bones for a polished rig.
Rendering25:23

Requirements

Have Blender installed on your PC

Description

Beginning with the fundamentals of modeling as well as a thorough introduction to the user interface, this comprehensive course is packed with useful techniques that ease you into the workflow of the program, while at the same time providing tips and tricks that will allow you to achieve certain tasks much more quickly.

After progressing through the tutorials, you will be shown how to use the tools, materials and the interface so that you can utilize these to their full advantage.

You will get full lifetime access for a single one-off fee.

By the end of the course, you'll be able to model an amazing character, pose and rig the character that can work in game engines as well as in Blender.

What you'll learn:

Master Blender's user interface and navigation
Understand the basics of 3D modeling in Blender
Learn how to use modeling tools effectively
Apply materials and textures to your models
Learn how to pose and rig 3D characters for animation
Export characters that work in both game engines and Blender
Develop professional-level skills for creating 3D characters

Conclusion:
By the end of the course, you'll be able to model an amazing character, pose, and rig the character that can work in game engines as well as in Blender. You'll have gained essential skills in 3D character modeling, animation, and the full Blender workflow to use in your own creative projects.

Who this course is for:

Artists, game developers
Game designers
Everybody interested in modeling and rigging using Blender

Character Modelling & Rigging in Blender- Character Design

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 13min

Blender12 lectures • 1hr 54min

Face Modeling11 lectures • 1hr 45min

Rigging9 lectures • 2hr 42min

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