Simple 3D Character Design Using Cinema 4D

Looking to design simple 3D characters in Cinema 4D? Today, we’re going to focus on creating a stylized character in Cinema 4D, and talking about the tools and techniques you can use to enhance the originality of your character!

To follow along with this tutorial, download the project files above!

00:00 - intro
01:24 - The Modeling Approach
03:03 - Sketch Out Your Concept
04:04 - Modeling The Character
13:44 - Sculpting The Details
16:16 - Texturing Your Model
19:20 - Wrap Up

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[eyedesyn]

Thanks Marina!!! I learned so much from this tutorial, gotta add Substance and ZBrush to my list of apps to learn!

[LeighWilliamson]

Marina! It's so awesome to see you on a SOM tut! And such an awesome tut too! I can't wait to dig into this!

[swtlowdwn]

been looking for a video like this for years! more from marina, please

[McRibs]

Great tutorial! I have been doing simple characters for awhile but you gave me a ton of solutions for common problems i encounter with topology and design! We need a full pipeline and rigging course, School of Motion ;)

[serotoneeder]

Thank you for helping me to use this infernal software 😂❤️

[tkimedia]

I went to art school and learned how to 3D Model, and you just cleared up a huge portion of issues I've always had with polyflow. Well done!

[martinfalconer]

wow you're a wizard! This is an incredible tutorial, thanks for sharing your process

[RedDaveMotion]

Oh this is full of great bits of info. Love the model design 👍🔥

[wiewiorka_ojoj]

There's no "clamp points on axis" and "delete points on axis" options in the latest verion of C4D... how can I merge the polygons in the center of symmetry while insetting them? Could you please help me with this?

[ferryvai]

WAUUWW... I LOVE CINEMA 4D ... IM very very respect to you Nakagawa) Motion Design 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 i proud look this video can i learn to you..

[ChuckSeayII]

AWESOME! Great tutorial and great teacher!

[guckmyman]

Wow! great Video! I didn't know that substance painter is so powerful! Thanks

[danilocoelho]

I would love to see a more in depht tutorial showing how to bake the maps and all the workflow between those programs.

[zRubyzart]

i saw a link below, do u have c4d file of the character in the link as well ?

[laforni]

I wish she will do anothter tutorial but explain the render process!!!

[Zenzuke]

Ok, that's amazing but I really want to know what are those buttons you have when UVW unwrapping and where to get that layout, it looks great.

[visual-feelings]

Thanks for this great tutorial! How long did it take you do complete the whole project?

[doublearabbit]

A great quick tutorial. Is there somewhere else where this tutorial is in a more complete format? Rigging included? Thank you.

[ivychen]

thanks for this tutorial! i was wondering for the cloths, did you just model them in c4d or did you use an external thing like marvelous designer?

[oliviaroche]

Hi, How did you add the outfit? I have a character ive taken from Mixamo and would like to change its outfit, do you know how id go about doing that? Thanks :))