Blender 2.8 Character Creation (Udemy.com)
Learn to use Blender 2.8 to create your own 3D characters
Created by: Darrin Lile
Last updated March 2019
What you will learn
- Create a 3D Character with Blender 2.8
- Use the Sculpt Tools in Blender 2.8
- Bake a Normal Map
- Create PBR Materials with the Eevee Render Engine
- Use Krita to Paint Textures
- Rig a 3D Character in Blender 2.8
- Light and Render a Turntable Animation with Eevee
How it compares
Against the other 100 rated Udemy courses in Blender on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 70% of them
- Reviews1,182#24 of 101 by number of reviews
- Length16.6 hourslonger than 74% of them
- Last updatedMarch 2019earlier than 84% of them
Course Description
Blender 2.8 is here! And it's time to explore this new frontier of 3D animation with Blender 2.8 Character Creation. This course takes you through everything you need to know to create your own 3D characters.
You'll learn how to:
Model a 3D Character
Use the Sculpt Tools in Blender 2.8
Bake a Normal Map and apply it to a low poly object
Create PBR Materials with the new Eevee Render engine
Use Krita to paint textures
Rig a 3D Character in Blender 2.8
Light and Render a Turntable Animation with Eevee
In this course you'll use Blender 2.8 to model the character's face with proper edge flow, so it will animate believably. You'll learn how to create hands and feet, as well as the character's space suit and helmet. We'll use the Blender 2.8 sculpting tools to create the wrinkles and folds of the space suit. Then you will learn how to bake a normal map to capture the high resolution detail, and apply it to a lower poly version.
We use the new Eevee render engine in Blender 2.8 to create PBR materials for the character. We will also create UV maps so that we can apply textures, to add greater detail to the model. You'll learn how to paint eyelashes and eyebrows in Krita, and map the textures using transparency in Blender.
When the character has been modeled and textured, we will then turn our attention to rigging. You'll learn how to create the underlying skeleton, or armature, that will control the character. And we will pose the character in the scene. We will then go over how to create lights and a turntable animation.
Blender 2.8 is an exciting milestone in the history of Blender. And there's no better time to start learning its new tools and workflows. So join me as we explore the amazing new frontiers of Blender 2.8 Character Creation!
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
1,182 Reviews
Darrin Lile
Darrin Lile is an animator, developer, and Blender Foundation Certified Trainer teaching courses in computer animation and game development. He received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Film and Media Studies from the University of Kansas and has worked as an animator, a producer of educational films, a sound editor for film and television, and as a computer security analyst.
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Reviews
By Rand Christopher Williams on 11/21/2020
I bought this course around the start of my journey in Blender. Coming back a year later after countless tutorials, and a little under 1,800 hours working in blender.
While this tutorial *is* a viable pipeline, it's not one anyone -- either a beginner or an intermediate user -- should use in their workflow. Spend the money if you want, (it's only $9.99 normally for the course), but you'd be better off purchasing any of the other tried and true tutorials on other platforms. I give it two stars because any time you get in blender will help you become more acquainted with the software, but I really can't recommend it for any other purpose than to keep you at the computer for a few hours.
By James Bushnell on 11/1/2020
Very interesting class. I have learned more during this small time in 2 sections of this course than I have in a animation college. I cant wait to see what's next down the line of this course, thank you so much for taking the time to help others learn the proper way to 3D model!!
By Arturo Benitez on 10/13/2020
I learned much more than I expected from this course.
Thank You
By Phillip Wolf on 10/10/2020
cool little dive into blender
By Seethala Devi on 10/6/2020
very good opportunity to learn blender course. Thank you sir, And thanks to Udemy online programs
GOD BLESSINGS
REGRDS
SEETHAL
By John Warner on 10/5/2020
This is the 3rd time I've gone through this course. Each time I get a little better. Darren is such an awesome and talented instructor. Thanks for your hard work and effort in creating the class. And thanks for taking the time to get us into Blender 2.8 and higher since major changes happened in 2.8.
By Rainer Deyke on 10/4/2020
Despite focusing on only one project, this course covers a lot of ground.
By Pietro Figura on 9/23/2020
It's a nice course, a good one to start with character creation, but the instructor often goes a bit too fast.
By Andrii Kazanskyi on 9/22/2020
hard for beginners but if you passed other blender courses, this one is to summarise all in one
By Sage Gruver on 9/15/2020
It was a very good match for me. I've tried out blender before, and I was quickly frustrated trying to figure it out on my own- a lot of resources available on youtube were hard to find or unhelpful, so I ended up giving up for the time being. However, just working along with this video, I think I have a good enough grasp to do some really simple stuff now.
By Radhakrishnan on 9/3/2020
The tutor is really very good. He explains the things very well. A very good tutorial for beginners.
By Rakhim Marat uulu on 9/1/2020
I matched a lot of function of Blender. I learnt Blender only 2,5 month, after the taking this course I knew a lot. Thanks for author. I want to say his voice is so good, thanks again!
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Overall Score : 94 / 100












