Kawaii Character Creation in 3D with Blender
Influences
A course by Yasmin Islas Domínguez , Animator Specialized in 3D Modeling and Character Design
Joined July 2019
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Below, I'll share with you what inspires me and show you some of my main influences for creating characters.”
In this video lesson Yasmin Islas Domínguez addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Kawaii Character Creation in 3D with Blender. Learn to design, model, and render characters with adorable features from scratch and share them with the world .
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson, I'll tell you about what inspires me. I'm actually inspired by many things, both people and things. The motifs I think I use the most are animals and plants and so on, but as for people, I will introduce you to five I consider to be my main influences when designing characters and doing 3D in general. I like to have diverse influences. In fact, only two of my influences are 3D, because I feel like they enrich my work more. I look for something that person did in a painting and think about doing something similar in 3D. It forces you to think more creatively. So, h...”
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Course summary for: Kawaii Character Creation in 3D with Blender
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Category
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Areas
3D Modeling, Character Design, Digital Illustration, Manga, Traditional illustration

Yasmin Islas Domínguez
A course by Yasmin Islas Domínguez
Yasmina Islas, known on social media as Yasmini, is a Mexican animator and illustrator. She studied digital animation at the SAE Institute in Mexico and character design at Berlin's Pictoplasma Academy.
Her personal style is heavily influenced by both kawaii and nature. Although she uses predominantly pastel colors, she likes to experiment with other tones and shades as well as a variety of techniques to keep things interesting.
She is specialized in character design and 3D modeling in Blender and has collaborated with various animation studios across Mexico including Flaminguettes, Memoma, and Pictoline. Among her client list are names like Giphy and Adult Swim.
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