Stylized texturing for video games with Blender

Name: Stylized texturing for video games with Blender
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Learn everything you need to create stylized textures and materials with the Blender tools

Last updated 10/2024

English

What you'll learn

The complete stylized texturing workflow for videogames, animation or 3D illustration.
The use of the texture paint mode in Blender and the use of the shader nodes.
A lot of techniques to create the materials for any kind of stylized model.
How to bake the final texture maps to export the materials and use them in any rendering. or videogame engine
How to configure the scene and the lighting to create professional quality renders with Marmoset Toolbag.
How to study references to understand and adapt to be able to create your own materials

7 sections • 45 lectures • 10h 39m total length

1 mushroom - modeling and unwrapping16:12
2 mushroom - Aplyng the base color9:49
3 mushroom - Painting the cap23:47
4 mushroom - Painting the stem9:03
5 mushroom - Painting the base and the leaf9:41
Paint the base and leaf with a radial gradient in texture paint mode, center-brightening greens and adding blue-ish accents, while preserving transparency with affect alpha, then texture with airbrush strokes.
6 mushroom - Distributing everything Diorama style15:41
7 mushroom - Preparing the model in Marmoset for presentation18:14

1 Skull - Baking the maps9:45
2 Skull - Polishing the maps15:45
Import a low-poly skull into Blender, organize and apply normals and curvature maps, separate skull and candle materials, refine borders with texture paint and UV seam tools for clean texturing.
3 Skull - Skull and candle textures12:58
4 Skull - Book textures15:07
5 Skull - Text of the book12:16
6 Skull - Texture of the ink and the feather14:57
7 Skull - Adding the roughness and lighting14:06
8 Skull - Creating the emisive channel13:32
9 Skull - exporting everything and rendering in Marmoset31:08

Chest 1 - Making the bakes10:36
Chest 2 - Making the base wood texture13:08
Chest 3 - Wood variations16:14
Learn to fix curvature map borders with texture paint and craft wood color variations in Blender, including red, green, and gold materials, masking and linked materials.
Chest 4 - Chest Roof Details and Gold10:15
Chest 5 - Chest Adding the roughness and the metalness10:37
Chest 6 - Chest Exporting and Rendering13:10

It is recommended to have knowledge of the basic functions of Blender, however if you do not have this knowledge I will provide you with the necessary material so that you can get up to date.
In order to take advantage of the full potential of the texture paint mode, it is recommended to take the course with a pen tablet.
You will need an updated version of Blender which you can download for free.
We will use Marmoset Toolbag for bakes and rendering, if you don't have it you can use the free trial version offered by the software.

In this course you will learn the complete workflow for creating stylized materials and textures for your models using the Blender tools.

What we will see in the course:

Fundamentals
-How Blender's texture paint mode works
-How Blender's node editor works
Project 1: Mushroom Diorama
-Basic modeling and UV unwrapping
-Blocking y color gradients
-Hand-painted texturing to refine and detail
-How to export the final texture maps
-Lighting and rendering with Marmoset Toolbag
Project 2: Mystery Diorama
-Baking the base maps with Marmoset Toolbag
-Stylized procedural texturing with Blender's shader editor
-Custom texture projection with the stencil tool
-Creation of the emissive and transparency channel
-How to export the final texture maps
-Lighting and rendering with Marmoset Toolbag
Project 3: Chest of the golden sun
-Baking the base maps with Marmoset Toolbag
-Stylized procedural texturing with Blender's shader editor
-Creation of the metalness and roughness channel
-How to export the final texture maps
-Lighting and rendering with Marmoset Toolbag
Project 4: Character (Kiuby girl)

-Baking the base maps with Marmoset Toolbag
-Procedural color blocking for all the materials
-Procedural texturing of organic materials (hair, skin, fur)
-Procedural texturing with patterns for the fabric
-Procedural texturing of armor, wood y metallic objects
-Hand-painted texturing for the details of the face and other parts of the skin
-Final maps exporting
-Lighting and rendering with Marmoset Toolbag
Final talking and recommendations
We will talk a little about how to study references and face texturing challenges on your own

Anyone who wants to learn how to texture models with stylized aesthetics.
Students and professionals who want to learn how to create materials with Blender.