How to Have More Fun Creating 3D Characters in Blender

In this video, @JimMorren shares a few tips & tricks, plus how to stay motivated making 3D characters in Blender. ⇨ Master 3D Characters Course: https://www.cgboost.com/characters ⇨ Project Files (free): https://www.cgboost.com/resources ⇨ Blender Shortcut PDF (free): https://www.cgboost.com/resources ⇨ Receive our latest Updates: https://cgboost.com/newsletter LINKS ⇨ PureRef: http://pureref.com/ (Click "Custom Amount" and enter "0" to download it for free) ⇨ Human Base Meshes: https://www.blender.org/download/demo-files/ ⇨ Retopology in Blender (Beginner Tutorial): https://youtu.be/X2GNyEUvpD4 CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 00:33 - Set a Goal 01:12 - Reference Images 02:55 - Base Meshes 03:47 - Blockouts 06:28 - Viewport Materials 07:35 - Spend Time on Blockouts 08:12 - Collections and Remesh 09:16 - Use Anatomy References 10:10 - Sculpt Result 10:38 - Blockout Clothes 11:43 - Extracting Geometry for Blockout 12:10 - Creating Blockouts from Scratch 12:42 - Usefulness of Cloth Blockouts 13:31 - Linking Objects 14:36 - Sculpting Cloth with Cloth Brushes 16:36 - Cloth Sculpt Result 17:13 - UVs 17:51 - Baking Textures 19:40 - Basic Rig (Rigify) 20:31 - Basic Materials 21:23 - Scene World Setup 22:06 - Lighting Setup 22:42 - Using Gradients 23:44 - Compositing Setup 26:06 - Conclusion MY SYSTEM CPU: Intel Core i9-12900K 3.19 GHz GPU: GeForce GTX 3080 RAM: 64 GB FOLLOW CG BOOST ⇨ Twitter: https://x.com/cgboost ⇨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cg_boost/ ⇨ Web: https://cgboost.com/