Creation of Characters: From 2D to 3D
Modeling the body
A course by Matias Zadicoff , Character Designer and Animator
About the video: Modeling the body
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how to build the body using a blocking and we will finish the modeling stage. ”
In this video lesson Matias Zadicoff addresses the topic: Modeling the body, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creation of Characters: From 2D to 3D. Learn techniques to model, texture, render, and print a 3D character with Substance Painter, V-Ray, and ZBrush.
Partial transcription of the video
“Modeling the body In this lesson I'm going to quickly show you how to model the body with a block-in to finish the modeling stage. To build the body I'm going to use another method called Block-in, which consists of creating the main volumes with simple geometric figures of very low density following the proportions of our concept. We can create them as different subtools or just one, as I am doing in this example, using Insert Mesh Brushes, that allows us to place new geometries over the existing one and mask it to be able to position the new one with the Gizmo, as well as shape it with th...”
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Course summary for: Creation of Characters: From 2D to 3D
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Substance Painter, V-Ray, ZBrush -
Areas
3D, 3D Character Design, 3D Design, Character Design

Matias Zadicoff
A course by Matias Zadicoff
Matias Zadicoff began his career in the multimedia industry. After several years developing corporate websites, he decided to take up 3D design. He later moved to Canada where he worked on 3D projects for the video game company Fuel Industries. In 2005, he returned to Argentina and continued working as a freelancer for various studios around the world and collaborating with clients like Marvel, Disney, Pasozebra, Gizmo, Iacono, and Possible, as well as artists including Joan Manuel Serrat, Joaquin Sabina, and Black Eyed Peas.
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