Kawaii Character Creation in 3D with Blender
Sketch and thumbnails
A course by Yasmin Islas Domínguez , Animator Specialized in 3D Modeling and Character Design
Joined July 2019
About the video: Sketch and thumbnails
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you the different stages of sketching that he carried out before he started modeling. This stage is one of my favorites, as it is fun to explore the various possibilities that occur to me for the character.”
In this video lesson Yasmin Islas Domínguez addresses the topic: Sketch and thumbnails, 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
“Sketching and Thumbnails In this lesson, I’ll show you my sketching process, which is very useful for designing a character. Before I told you about kawaii characteristics, such as the position of the face, the proportions, and shapes. I will now put it on paper. I really like to sketch on paper with pencil, because on the computer I'm very used to using Control + Z or Undo all the time, I don't like something, I undo it. The idea of doing it on paper is that you have all those options and mistakes and things that came out and you can see what you like and what you don't like. At this stage...”
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Course summary for: Kawaii Character Creation in 3D with Blender
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Category
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Software
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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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