Create a Game Character: Blender, Substance Painter, Unity (Udemy.com)

Learn to use Blender, Substance Painter, Krita, and Unity to create your own game characters.

Created by: Darrin Lile

Produced in 2018

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What you will learn

  • Model and UV Map a 3D character in Blender suitable for game engines
  • Texture a 3D character in Substance Painter
  • Rig a character in Blender that will work with the Humanoid Rig system in Unity
  • Use the free character animations provided with Unity on your own custom character

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Overall Score : 92 / 100

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Course Description

Inthis course you will learn how to create a game character using Blender, Substance Painter, Krita, and Unity.
Model and UV Map a 3D character in Blender suitable for game engines Import Blender objects into Substance Painter Use Substance Painter to Texture a 3D objects created in BlenderRig a character in Blender that will work with the Humanoid Rig system in UnityUse the free animations provided with Unity for your own custom character We will begin by creating a low-poly version of our character in Blender suitable for game engines. From this Blender model we will create a high-resolution version to be used for baking our texture maps. We will UV map the character in Blender, and then import the models into Substance Painter where we will create PBR textures for the characters skin and costume. We will also cover how to best organize and prepare the character in Blender so that we can texture efficiently in Substance Painter.
Once that is done, we will work on creating polygon hair in Blender and use Krita to hand-paint hair strands for the character.
Well then go back to Blender to rig our character, based on what Unity needs to set-up its Humanoid Rig system. If we can fulfill the requirements of the Humanoid Rig then it opens up the possibility for using hundreds of animations available for free and for purchase on the Unity Asset store. In the end, we will bring our character and textures into Unity and set it up so that we can use the animations that come free with Unitys Standard Assets.
Creating a game character in Blender can be a daunting task, but this course willprovide an organized and well-structured discussionof eachtopic, explaining not only the how, but the why, of everystep of the process. Who this course is for:
Intermediate 3D artists who are interested in learning the entire game character pipeline.

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Instructor Details

Darrin Lile

Darrin Lile is an animator, developer, and Blender Foundation Certified Trainer teaching courses in computer animation and game development. He received Bachelors and Masters 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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By Matthew Floro on 10/4/2020

Great course that walks you through creating a full character model from scratch using box modeling and references. I'm glad I purchased this and I definitely got my money's worth with how much I learned. However, there are some issues; while it is marked as Intermediate and notes that previous Blender knowledge is required, you will need to have taken another Blender course (not just watched interface tutorials on YouTube) to survive this. Another reason you'll need a prior class is because this was made using Blender v2.78 and there are major UI differences from the current 2.9 Blender version. You will also want knowledge of Substance Painter because, even though it isn't used as in-depth as Blender, the UI is different in 2020 and will be difficult to follow at times.
Overall, everything is explained well and the teacher speaks at a pleasant pace and is easy to listen to. I have taken other Blender classes on v2.7x while on newer versions and they were very difficult to follow because of how poorly the concepts in the class were explained. While I made too many mistakes and I won't be able to use my final product, I look forward to applying what I learned to prevent those mistakes in the future.

By Andy Badidis on 9/25/2020

This is one of the best Blender courses on character modeling. The instructor is extremely knowledgeable, and he goes step by step from the beginning to the end.
I give this 4 stars only just because it uses an earlier version of Blender, and a lot of the tools changed names since 2.8...but if you know your way around 2.8+ you'll figure it out.
Other than that, I highly recommend this course to anyone who wishes to learn old school box pulling to create a character, you learn so much stuff.

By Jonatan Rodrigues Gonalves on 9/16/2020

Video travou em vrios momentos, mas no houve perda de informao importante.

By Sreerag R on 8/22/2020

Superb tutorial with complete explanation of each tools used.

By Aswin Saketh on 8/4/2020

The Course was very much helpful as it covered all the areas in the tutorial in depth. I got to learn a lot from the course. Only problem I had was all the softwares used are older versions which make it a bit hard to follow along at times, especially blender changed a lot. But unless you are beginner to blender it would not be much of a problem

By Daniel Vardi on 7/2/2020

Good speak and exactly what I was looking for

By Kevin Setiono on 6/27/2020

Really nice course, I followed on blender 2.8 and it is also worth mentioning that I know my way around blender.
Still learned a ton.

By Tony Nugyen on 6/26/2020

fast and took me 2 days to completed. learn want i want modeling and topology and rigging

By Simon Plume on 6/19/2020

A lot of changes between this version of Blender and the version I have. Good explanations so far but have had to spend far too long pausing the video to try and find the features in the new layout.

By Jim McNeill on 5/8/2020

I absolutely love Darren Lile's courses--he's so well-prepared and organized. Nobody makes their courses clearer and easier to understand.

By Yuval Makrko on 5/8/2020

the course indeed Takes you from beginning to end of character design, but theres a lot of going on between the videos and small adjustments that take you to another stage

By Bryan Aaron on 5/6/2020

INCREDIBLE