Blender Character Modeling 1 of 10

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[charsfm]

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?

[aliensoup]

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.

[parkerbelholland]

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.

[thesharanaithal]

Shift+A > Image > Background in the new Blender

[afish]

I always have a very hard time finding good tutorials for anything.
*I JUST HIT A GOLD MINE!*

[astralaira]

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.

[dangerranger]

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

[SantaDragon]

For beginners it would be fine to display all keys you press, for example to open object options and other. Thanks

[AdrianDucao]

i like this guy he doesn't put annoying ads on his tutorial, good job.

[snuppyfroggo]

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!

[xelle]

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.

[tabascocrimson]

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

[Dayogg]

Thank you man, you do it really easy and people which never used Blender can follow the tutorial without problems. Thanks for share

[dalemalloy]

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!

[tjmixmasta]

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.

[happycoptertv]

Your voice is so smooth and relaxing that feel sleepy while watching but great tutorial and I have subscribed to your channel. :)

[solarmkarus]

Okay I see why game developers reuse a lot of their resources cause of how much time it takes 0_o

[lalaloopz]

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

[tidiestflyer]

5 something years and I still come back to this series when I get out of practice.

[balknbarbie]

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