3D Character Design: From Drawing to Modeling

Detailing the Character 1

A course by Segun Samson , Visual Development Artist

100% positive reviews (47)

1,478 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Detailing the Character 1

Overview

“In this phase, we will be detailing the character design in 3D, refining its parts and cleaning its design.”

In this video lesson Segun Samson addresses the topic: Detailing the Character 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: 3D Character Design: From Drawing to Modeling. Give a new dimension to characters by creating your protagonist in Photoshop before giving it depth and volume with ZBrush and Maya.

Partial transcription of the video

“Detailing the Character In this lesson, we'll be detailing the character in ZBrush. Let's do it. To get a good proportion here, I have to separate this. I'll Split Hidden. I'll merge it with this. First, I'm going to do this. Make sure Symmetry is on. I could move it like so. I can merge it now. I'll move this down. MergeDown, OK Solo. I'll DynaMesh it. I'll make it high. That's good enough. Now, I could smoothen everything. Press Shift to smoothen. This way, I don't have issues when I'm trying to create the leg. I'll take a minute to work on the proportions. I'll move things around, so it ...”

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Course summary for: 3D Character Design: From Drawing to Modeling

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (47)
1478 students
4 units
19 lessons (4h 38m)
9 downloads

Category
3D & Animation
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Maya, ZBrush
Areas
3D, 3D Character Design, 3D Design, 3D Modeling, Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Segun Samson

A course by Segun Samson

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Visual Development Artist

Segun Samson has been working as a visual development artist with a focus on character design for over eight years. His love for animated movies, comics, and video games began when he was a child, and it's what motivated him to start creating his own characters and worlds as a profession. He is a self-taught artist who learned through mentorship classes and online art courses. He landed his first full-time job working as a comic artist for one of the biggest films in West Africa and hasn’t looked back since.

He has worked for companies like Triggerfish Animation, Lantern Books, Dreamcast Animation Studio, Gamsole, Genii Games, Flaunt Production (Monster High: Electrified), and Sunrise Productions (Jungle Beat: The Movie).