Kawaii Character Creation in 3D with Blender
Lighting and cameras
A course by Yasmin Islas Domínguez , Animator Specialized in 3D Modeling and Character Design
Joined July 2019
About the video: Lighting and cameras
Overview
“Lighting and lens type can help make your character look even more kawaii. In this lesson I will teach you what types of lenses exist, as well as a lighting scheme widely used in portrait photography.”
In this video lesson Yasmin Islas Domínguez addresses the topic: Lighting and cameras, 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
“Lighting and Cameras In this lesson I will teach you how to set everything up for your rendering. We're going to set up the camera and lights. Rendering an image is very similar to taking a photo, in the sense that you have a camera with a lens and lights. To start, I will tell you how the camera works in Blender. The camera works in a very similar way to a real life camera. If you know about photography, it will probably be easier for you, but it's no problem if not. I will explain the main parameter that I modify to get my renders. This parameter is called focal length. Focal length is a ...”
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Course summary for: Kawaii Character Creation in 3D with Blender
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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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