What You'll Master:

• Concept to Blockout: Learn how to translate initial ideas and 2D concepts into robust 3D blockouts, establishing the foundational forms and proportions of your character.

• High-Poly Sculpting in Blender: Discover advanced sculpting techniques within Blender, adding intricate details and organic forms to bring your character to life with stunning realism.

• Retopology for Game Engines: Master the crucial art of retopology, creating clean, efficient, and animation-friendly low-poly meshes specifically optimized for real-time game performance.

• UV Unwrapping and Packing: Understand the essentials of UV mapping, ensuring seamless texture application and maximizing UV space for optimal visual quality.

• Baking High-Poly Details to Low-Poly: Learn the industry-standard process of baking normal maps, ambient occlusion, and other essential textures from your high-poly sculpt onto your game-ready low-poly model.

• Texturing with Substance Painter (or similar): Explore powerful texturing workflows, adding color, material properties, and wear-and-tear to give your character a believable and captivating appearance.

• Posing and Presentation: Get insights into basic rigging and posing techniques to showcase your character effectively.

• Exporting for Game Engines: Understand the critical steps for exporting your finished character model, textures, and maps, ensuring smooth integration into popular game engines like Unity or Unreal Engine.