Kawaii Character Creation in 3D with Blender
Composition nodes
A course by Yasmin Islas Domínguez , Animator Specialized in 3D Modeling and Character Design
Joined July 2019
About the video: Composition nodes
Overview
“Nodes are not only used to create materials, they also serve to add effects. Next, I'm going to show you the ones that I use to give the feeling that my character is a miniature.”
In this video lesson Yasmin Islas Domínguez addresses the topic: Composition nodes, 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
“Composition Nodes In this lesson I’ll show you how to set up your scene, so for now export your render, but I'm also going to show you how to use some nodes that I use sometimes, especially when I want to give the impression that what I'm rendering is a thumbnail. To do that, we’ll use some nodes, but these nodes are called composition nodes. They are different from the nodes you used in the Shader Editor to create materials. The two nodes I'm going to show you are Glare and Lens Distortion. Glare is like a halo cast on objects that emit light in real life. I mean, in real life, when you se...”
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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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