https://magazine.reallusion.com/2023/10/26/iconic-super-mario-princess-peach-made-with-character-creator-and-blender/ Ping Chi Kuo, also known as "Big Tree," is a seasoned 3D artist from Taiwan. Currently, he serves as an Art Director and Manager at Chinese gamer International Corp (CIC). Big Tree's team previously employed Character Creator to craft a diverse array of martial arts characters, seamlessly meeting their requirements for weapons, attire, and accessories in their game development.
Beyond his professional work, Big Tree also incorporates Character Creator 4 (CC4) into his fan art projects. In this project featuring Super Mario and Princess Peach, he combines Blender in his creative process, meticulously crafting these iconic characters and integrating them into a short animated project. His workflow often begins with a toon-shaped CC base model, from which he gradually constructs the entire outfit and hair within Blender. Subsequently, he transfers these assets into CC4, and then utilizes iClone motion editing tools for the final body animation.
Blender workflow:
https://www.reallusion.com/character-creator/blender.html
To start off this tutorial, you’ll need to download and install the CC4 Blender Pipeline Tool for Character Creator 4. https://github.com/soupday/CC4-Blender-Tools-Plugin
Then you’ll need to download and install the CC/iC Blender Tools plugin for Blender. https://github.com/soupday/cc_blender_tools
Video Summary:
0:00 Opening
0:25 CC Base Model
0:56 Import to Blender for Character Sculpt
1:47 Export to CC4 for facial editing
7:56 Import Princess Peach Cloth
9:25 Fix Mesh penetration, skin weight
13:35 Fix Facial Expression Morph
16:00 iClone animation editing
To learn how to make Super Mario and Princess Peach's' cloth and hair in Blender
Visit Big Tree's YouTube channel, and turn on the CC sub-title button and use auto-translate for English sub-titles.
https://youtu.be/lAkNt7WzKjA?si=iP1xu9eWKdNggLVe
https://youtu.be/qt5uBIwPkYc?si=MmCFnPecuH2PXVVD
Special Thanks to John Blalock @JhowT for the excellent voiceover work!
https://www.youtube.com/@JhowT/about
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