3D Character Design: From Drawing to Modeling

Texturing the Character and Refining the Pose 1

A course by Segun Samson , Visual Development Artist

100% positive reviews (47)

1,495 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Texturing the Character and Refining the Pose 1

Overview

“In this lesson, I’ll show you how to add colours to your character and refine its pose, before exporting the file.”

In this video lesson Segun Samson addresses the topic: Texturing the Character and Refining the Pose 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

“Texturing the Character and Refining the Pose In this lesson, I'll show you how to texture with Polypaint in ZBrush. Let's start painting. Here I have my final model. Every single part has been cleaned up. I added that additional triangle from my reference here. I cleaned up the strings and this bit. Everything looks nice, I'm happy with this. For her eyes, I used the Subtools. I used different Polygroups and just made it a bit hollow. Now to the fun part, texturing. I'll be using Polypaint and I'll be using a cool technique, Spotlight. Come to Texture, you import your reference image here,...”

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

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (47)
1495 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).