Blender Character Animation Tutorial: Model and Rig a Cute Robot

[@toxicfx_nuhaad9175]

Till 26:07 everything worked fine but then I imported the faces, they don't show up, just the matrix display is there :( P.S I tried everything. I did a render, turned on cyclic and auto-refresh and when I change the color node to alpha it only shows a white face :( EDIT: I FOUND A FIX!!! Whoever has the same problem as me, just connect "alpha" to "texture" instead of "color" to "texture" then click Shift+A and put in a Color Ramp node in between. Now the faces will appear and you can change it to any color you wish :) Thank me later

[@ginda6937]

thanks mate

[@triagoo526272]

THANK YOUUU BRO!!!!!

[@DeclanLangenfeld]

Thanks!!!!

[@trickmanshot5554]

THANK YOUUUU

[@P-LXT]

dude thanks, this thing was actually getting on my nerves untill now

[@kajiuman1075]

he used the default cube to make this instead of deleting it and spawning in a new one? what a barbarian

[@SouthernShotty]

*pounds chest in triumph*

[@dr.happyfuntimes1214]

SouthernShotty HOW DARE YOU BRING LOGIC INTO YOUR TUTORIALS!!! 🤯😨🤣

[@OBryanAguiar]

Some men just want to see the world burn

[@TheArchivedPast]

No he isnt

[@anthonygrammont8971]

I see all the beginner videos that just model donuts, but this is something that is challenging enough for beginners and tackles a lot of important things you will need later on. Great job, can't wait for the next one

[@SouthernShotty]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it

[@birdoflames329]

The only one who models donuts is Blender Guru but he's so big that's all you see lmao

[@sharmelabegum8026]

true

[@thumbwarriordx]

The stop-motion style SLAYS this aesthetic.

[@SouthernShotty]

Thanks!

[@RSpudieD]

IKR! It's great!

[@takunrr6864]

You have no idea how long I’ve been looking for how to make a face like this

[@SouthernShotty]

glad I could help

[@raffandbotnik]

Ye

[@evanstential]

two minutes?

[@haroldalan]

For the Threading wheel part if you don't want to waste time matching it perfectly, just check the "merge" and "first last" buttons in the array modifier

[@ChrisBourkeHello]

If you are having problems when applying the face material image sequence, the following may help you. When I was trying to apply the sequence, my first attempt showed all pixels as green (lit) - My problem was that while importing images the files were being sorted by Date Modified. Try importing the image sequence again, this time ensuring that the import folder is sorted by Name in Descending Order. LMB (left mouse button) Click Face_1.png then scroll down and LMB shift+click Face_25.png then click Open Image. Your screen should now work as intended however if you set your Texture Node's Frame Offset to less than 0 or greater than 24 then you will be out of the bounds of the image sequence and the screen will default to all green (lit) again. To fix this set the Texture Node's Frame Offset back within the range of 0-24, the screen will still persist as green, so to fix it toggle Texture Node Image Sequence to Single Image, the face will reappear and then toggle back to Image sequence to regain the Frame controls. Protip: Each time you want to try import the image sequence again, set the Outliner's Display Mode to Blender File, this allows you to delete previous imported images / sequences and prevents confusion.

[@SouthernShotty]

thanks for typing this out, lots of users have had a hard time following along with that part

[@ChrisBourkeHello]

@@SouthernShotty No problem, thanks for the tutorial it was very enjoyable!

[@sufianahmad7337]

Thank you @SouthernShotty @ChrisBourke

[@sharmelabegum8026]

what does lmb mean

[@ChrisBourkeHello]

@@sharmelabegum8026 left mouse button

[@simulify8726]

Wow, I learnt lots of new things from this tutorial. I will use these techniques in one of my videos. Happy new year to all

[@SouthernShotty]

Thank you :) Share it with your friends as a new years resolution to learn more Blender :D

[@private8718]

This was a good tutorial. Hit a few of the similar hurdles mentioned by others in the comments and overall I feel like it was super rushed towards the end. I feel like this would have made a great three part series. Part 1 modelling the robot. Part 2 texturing and materials and Part 3 animating. Don't get me wrong I really appreciate the amount of information and techniques you've managed to cram into this tutorial but the pace of the tutorial almost negates the learning process by getting to the last 5 minutes and rushing to the end. I had to check if I missed the next part because it feels like the creation I've made at my end is so far from what is shown in the thumbnail. Either way I really do appreciate all your hard work and thanks for putting out this great content.

[@guys-in9vd]

i love the part when he says bleh and then he explode's with cuteness

[@SouthernShotty]

😂

[@guys-in9vd]

,0u0,

[@guys-in9vd]

like rocky in bfdi/bfb

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

Between this and the donut guy, blender is the new Netflix binge 🎉

[@JustoShowCartoons]

As a beginner myself, I highly recommend other beginners to research 'DRIVERS' and challenge yourself to add a driver to treads that's controlled by the main control. If you can accomplish that, then lean about custom properties and set tuat up to control the image face textures. It's awesome! Great tutorial!

[@mazashayeri1411]

One of the best Blender channels. Keep it up!

[@SouthernShotty]

Thank you so much

[@beatalls]

Amazing tutorial, I've learned a lot. Will there be a part 2 explaining the animation process?

[@hamiltonjohn5592]

Hello! Amazing modelling and shading tutorial! Will there be an animation and camera tutorial coming up? Thanks

[@SouthernShotty]

I'm working on more tutorials 😊

[@NeverTooLate_23]

Awesome tutorial! Took me 4 hours to follow everything but I learned a lot.

[@SouthernShotty]

That's great, good job

[@yorimoigig]

Can’t believe i just watched a 33 mins. Yt video. Nice tutorial man

[@HosseinThePoet]

This is on another level. Well detailed and straight to the point. THANK YOU!

[@SouthernShotty]

Thank you for watching 😁

[@doubledeckyomom]

For anyone whose tank thread goes sicko-mode when you try to rotate it; you can move along the x or y axis either :)

[@Comic_Slams]

I'd love some clarity on what you mean here please. My tank tread is full on wacko!

[@johanaantjes2000]

You can use Eevee's screenspace refraction to get a better glass shader

[@Marcel2278]

The face material renders better in cycles unfortunately....

[@산고양이-q7i]

For the creation of the track, you could also use the 'Fit Curve' option within the array modifier. Very good video

[@SouthernShotty]

Thanks for commenting with tips for the community

[@manmadeartists]

Currently working on my own computer tank following your tutorial steps. And it’s so much fun! Thank you for all your great videos you put out here and combining your nice way to explain things with an all you need package to be able to do the same on my own! All my appreciation 🙌🏻🥰

[@KARAENGVLOG]

This is a very well done tutorial! Helped me on my way to a modeler thank you! Also why does a a high tech robot still uses crt monitors

[@SouthernShotty]

Hahaha

[@Adinkya]

@@SouthernShotty when I moved the circle the tank wheel started to change its shape and become larger but when I moved it on the z axis it started to rotate

[@valentinesstash8536]

there are moments like this where I wish I had my desktop with me

[@SouthernShotty]

Bring it with you

[@felathar1985]

I run blender on a toaste XD

[@mutle]

Thank you so much for this video! I had a problem with the faces you provided but when I inverted their colors and added black background in PS they worked great (this is something that probably could be done in shader but I have no idea how, nor I had time!). Thank you again! It is mind blowing you are providing it for FREE!!!

[@mutle]

I used the faces in my animation. I hope that is ok!

[@mitchowk]

I know that it's probably too late for you to see this, but around 29:55 when I plug in the nodes, nothing happens to the model. Nothing changes. The material preview (the sphere) looks like glass, but nothing about the screen looks different. In fact, even when I deleted the original node nothing changed. Please help :((

[@ProfessorOfHow]

Awesome video. Extremely helpful.

[@SouthernShotty]

Thank you, glad it helped

[@ProfessorOfHow]

@@SouthernShotty Your level of knowledge seems equal to or better than the guy whose one of the course I purchased on Udemy. You're also associated to Blender Teaching Foundation? This guy says, he is - www.udemy.com/course/blender-2_8-character-creation/

[@HarpSeal]

what a legend, he didn't delete the default cube

[@TitaniumOrng]

While watching I noticed you mirrored the tank wheels across the x axis. I learned somewhere that instead of rotating on the z axis 180°, you can scale on the x axis -1, which mirrors your object in most situations.

[@SouthernShotty]

there are plenty of ways to do it, I find that mirrior on scale sometimes messes up my modifiers

[@TitaniumOrng]

@@SouthernShotty I agree with you, in most situations it works but is not always reliable.

[@dontcrash9353]

Hey awesome tutorial and design! Would you ever make another video on how to make the finished animation (with the environment and textures and animating) or was this too long ago? I made the model but I'm not quite sure how to make the shaders and animation as good as yours

[@RSpudieD]

So cool! I think I saw this on reddit first so I'm glad I found this video of it too!

[@SouthernShotty]

Awesome! I'm glad you found me.

[@JOELwindows7]

This is your daily dose of Recommendation Cute Robot blender tutorial. *TOO LONG WILL NOT CONTINUE!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!*

[@hatsunemikuchannel2023]

A cute remake of WALL-E! Aww! 😯😯😍😍🥰🥰🤗🤗

[@captinnoob2053]

Who are having problum with uv unwraping , just download a addon called uv squares , add that addon and with select all your edges use (to gride by shape) in uv squares, and here we go.and that add on will help u in future also.

[@kvasios]

This is great! Really curious about the animation process as well but I can't find it... any suggestions? Thanks!

[@Danee2108]

Me: *Sees him not snapping to grid* Also me: *Cringes to oblivion*

[@SouthernShotty]

I live off the grid

[@NeoTheNeonFox]

@@SouthernShotty can you do a tutorial ona pixel face? I'm a minecraft animator and rigger and I want to make a rig with a pixely face

[@brianchang6017]

I have a problem here. Everything was smooth until 26:25 . I switch to object mode but nothing shows up on the screen in both material and render mode. I am using Blender 2.91 currently. Anyone has any idea why it isn't working? Edit: i just realize that SouthernShotty hide the screen so we can see it. But about the end, after editing the notes, remember to click assign at material. When I didn't click assign, the button didn't turn green and before I acknowledge that, I have deleted the screen which i can't undo back.

[@immanuelyufrendy3327]

Hello, I couldn't open your profile in blenderartists. Do you have any alternatives to download the LCD Screen Shader? Thanks!

[@Saddy_Longlegs]

@SouthernShotty - you should "enhance" this model, inspired by the old first gen 1998 iMacs - potential (and teachable) textures look promising.

[@AMSASH]

He didn't delete the default cube he is the messiah

[@ChrisD__]

Wait, did he model WITH the default cube?!

[@SouthernShotty]

I'm a rebel.

[@yaseenbrown]

Great video @SouthernShotty, just getting into blender again this is a perfect start for me.

[@SouthernShotty]

That's great, I hope it helped :)

[@collineast6784]

Hello, I've followed this to the letter and everything has turned out great, beyond me adding in the LCD material. When I append it, it adds it to not only the selection, but the entire robot! What's happening? How can I apply it to only the selection? I am working in 3.0, but I didn't think this would be an issue.

[@unabatedlemon5926]

I don't know what is going wrong but when I move my character the treds fly all over the screen in weird shapes. I've watched this five times to try and find out what I did wrong. It works fine moving the object along the Z but when I move the control circle the treds lose their minds. This has been a constant issue I have had with curve modifiers.

[@squarelemon5251]

Great tutorial, I was waiting for this one, happy new year @southernshotty

[@SouthernShotty]

Thank you! Was it worth the wait?

[@squarelemon5251]

@@SouthernShotty yeah man! very informative! looking forward to see an animation tutorial, thanks a lot!

[@FilmSpook]

I love it!! Thanks so much, my Brother.

[@TrackLab]

26:50 When I create a keyframe for the offset, and later create a new keyframe on a different offset, it is applied. But I dont see it in my graph editor..like never. Please help? This makes it impossible to animate my things...I dont see any keyframes I apply on sliders etc. for textures

[@TroyMunson]

same I cant find it

[@VanessaArts]

Hi, turn of 'only select' on the graph editor bar.

[@mayorc]

Lol you were humgry at 3:52 - nice tutorial :)

[@ern_moldabek]

Thank you very much! I made LCD face for my robo! It looks cool

[@MoltenMonsters]

He’s so Kawaii I wanna cry

[@SouthernShotty]

Please don't cry

[@coolprojects5297]

great work , but how we make these cute faces as video expressions and we can use it on Android app.?

[@roadrashuk46]

16:56 Are you fucking kidding me hahahaha Thanks for the tutorial!

[@christopherrussell7352]

This is a great tutorial! I am having a little trouble around 24:00 when he is talking about hiding the face screen and applying the face material. First I hide the face and there is no screen behind it to click on. I tried fixing this by filling in the gap, but when I try to assign the texture it assigns it to the whole body. Any help would be very much apricated!

[@saibala9109]

I've been waiting for this from insta post you put thank you so much Bro! Happy new year :)

[@SouthernShotty]

Glad you liked it! Happy New year

[@plumdog]

Cool tutorial, I noticed you repeat some minor steps at 10:38 add cube and curve circle, then at 11:00 they're gone from the outliner and you add a circle then a cube. A glitch in the matrix ;)

[@SouthernShotty]

I had to cut out a mistake 😊

[@kevinhouse7143]

Is there going to be a second part animation component to this?

[@birdoflames329]

in 11:10 did he repeat himself?

[@MrBobbyd45]

Great video and the 1st thing I thought of was Wall-E...LOL

[@SouthernShotty]

Haha I love walle

[@hossamketfi9892]

This tutorial is more advanced than it looks

[@botstik3877]

Hey, having a lot of fun doing this tutorial, when I try to do the second bevel modifier to help detail the button the button doesn't get a bevel? any idea why?

[@SouthernShotty]

Hmm. Maybe your angle is set wrong. It's a lot of specific steps. The video is 60fps is you need to slow mo it

[@troynoah9200]

There are many duplicate vertices. In edit mode, select all (A), then Right click > Merge > By distance.

[@berkcan3475]

dude I was so excited about learning how you did that movement animation that hurt :'( nevertheless thanks for the video I learnt so much xD

[@SouthernShotty]

Sorry about that

[@ChrisAwesome-d2b]

Great tutorial!!! Thanks a lot

[@MrZombiePhil]

Fantastic tutorial! I made my own robot and I'm really chuffed with it however when I rotate the circle on the Z axis the second tread explodes into weird shapes. Any idea what I did wrong?

[@p_penta6820]

Thanks for the video man, i've been stuck on what to make and this video help me with that. Ps. good seeing you on that blendernest podcast!

[@SouthernShotty]

Thanks so much 😁

[@GabrielsLogic]

Dude! This is great you helped a bunch man thanks!

[@SouthernShotty]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@RTX-zo2yc]

That's damn cool...waited for this

[@SouthernShotty]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@minkd3447]

When part 2?

[@jesicaveron5654]

Great job! Thank you so much for the tutorial! I've learned a lot.

[@SouthernShotty]

Good! I'm glad it helped!

[@fabbeadde4409]

Hello! how come the screen got all filled out when you pressed subdivide at 8:03? for me it just divides it up but cant get it to fill :(

[@1j12f]

hi, it seems like cgcody has hidden the files for the pixel matrix. is there any chance you still have the file?

[@ChrisD__]

Don't apply your bevel modifier, use the bevel weight on the edges to lower the radius where you need it.

[@SouthernShotty]

I wanted it baked into my mesh so I could unwrap it and add edge wear to my materials. Bevel weights would be great if you're doing a singular material like I did in this tutorial though :) Good tip

[@michellew.3691]

What a wonderful video-tutorial with such charming results ans presented in this entertaining manner! Thanks a lot! 👍

[@SouthernShotty]

Thank you!

[@sharmelabegum8026]

im getting the face image in black when i mport in blender, how did you change it into green?

[@SouthernShotty]

See pinned comment

[@jonahtieman4454]

Very nice like the art style you use!

[@SouthernShotty]

Thank you

[@shamit3045]

Thanks a ton for this Tutorial ❤️🙌🏼

[@imperfectmusic19]

I have downloaded your files so that you do not have any benefit but I let your 3-minute add-on play completely so there is some benefit too...

[@dannydechesseo1322]

Great video

[@SouthernShotty]

Thank you, glad you control it.

[@logosimian]

Robot pig? Love child of Wall E and Eva.

[@SouthernShotty]

haha I referenced a picture of an old apple monitor, next gen, and wall-e tank tracks :)

[@gari0nyx645]

Is there a way to import all of the face images at once? When I shift click them all it only brings in the last one?

[@HannesDollinger]

Thank you!

[@hunternoahmartinez9701]

Hello that was easy to follow very informative thanks. will there be a 2nd part or is it going to be on patreon?

[@SouthernShotty]

No second part yet but everyone keeps asking, so I may 😊

[@leonangulo2838]

sooo… i’m trying to use the pixel matrix material, but i can’t seem to figure out how to actually download the thing. any help would be nice

[@457Deniz457]

Wow awesome, thanks ! :)

[@SouthernShotty]

Glad you like it!

[@SinnerD2010]

Having another issue has me confounded, Trying to animate my lil robot, portion of the animation calls for a rotation of the bot on its Y axis, however when doing this the Right tread(the duplicated one) deforms proportionally to the amount of rotation applied to the "Robot Control" mesh circle, whats even weirder is its path does not :/ I'm not sure what could have happened, but its ruining my animation. Ideas?

[@EdLrandom]

You actually can press t over on the timeline too and get the same menu as in graph editor

[@Kensidan]

спасибо за видос!!! я пересмотрел его раз 100, когда делал танк)

[@TOXWORKS]

Good stuff, thank you dude. You referenced your description to see how you did the texturing, did you by chance have that video uploaded?

[@SouthernShotty]

Yes, it's the video with the onion

[@dykedzunanmkhabela3526]

Bro faces are not moving/visible .. Even on render mode.. Help a fela out here

[@SouthernShotty]

Make sure you have the image sequence and not the guide selected. Try rendering and seeing if it appears. The video is 60 FPS, watch it in slow mo and make sure you did the right order of events, there's a lot of small steps easy to miss

[@TheBratscin1]

same wit me

[@SouthernShotty]

@@TheBratscin1 read Conor's or my reply

[@TheBratscin1]

@Connor_Pixel how do i use the alpha out. Or where do I go to find it?

[@TheBratscin1]

@Connor_Pixel fuck it i'll just photoshop the images white

[@TheGreenFern18]

Hello awesome tutorial! Can we use a robot that we model with the face textures that you created in a videogame? I'll provide attribution of course, I just wanted to check to see.

[@TheWr13r]

i tried to do the face thing but when i imported the textures i got just a pink color.

[@SouthernShotty]

that means a missing texture - not sure why it would do that if you're importing it directly, might need to report a bug on blender dev

[@trickmanshot5554]

When I try to animate the face, and add a keyframe, I can’t change the offset to a other face? How can I fix this?

[@CARDINAL-FRACTAL]

Having the same issue, wont change not sure what to do.

[@SouthernShotty]

make sure you're in cycles and have auto refresh turned on

[@trickmanshot5554]

Did both, stil not Working

[@TheColinStein]

Looks like this is a 2.82 bug. Update to the newest version and that SHOULD fix this offset issue.

[@CARDINAL-FRACTAL]

How do you update? Do I just download the latest version and everything merges together or do I have to transfer all my files over? Just don’t want to mess something up.

[@Bagdashka]

Много неточностей. Зачем использовать глобальный модификатор фаски (bevel) для небольшой складки и кнопки, если к ним можно фаску (bevel) напрямую? В момент разметки швов (25:20) UV от уголка матрицы было отделена одно ребро (так разве нужно?). В моём случае глобальная фаска (bevel) применилась к месту пересечения матрицы и корпуса и была разница с видео . Из-за этого я пересматривал видео 3-4 раза, дабы понять почему у меня так получилось. Да и вообще внутри рамки не нужна матрица. Можно просто переключится на вид спереди и применить Project from View, тогда UV экрана будет развёрнут ровно, а внутри рамки будет ровная проекция если один пиксель касался края. В анимации при повороте гусеницы (tank tracks) робота движутся в противоположном направлении. Я мучался с этим туториалом 2 дня. Есть ещё много замечаний по поводу мелких деталей. Может это я тупой, но у меня было очень много запутанностей. Да и на картинку не похоже. И про симметрию забыли.

[@ginescap]

spectacular, thanks

[@Giga_Hood]

@SouthernShotty how do you get tab to display a context menu cause for me it just defaults to object and whatever mode i'm in but if i hit ctrl tab then it brings up the menu. ctrl tab is a little awkward a shortcut and i want to be able to just hit tab and bring it up quickly, you seemed to have gotten it right so what do i swap in the settings?

[@SouthernShotty]

It's under preferences and keymaps

[@Giga_Hood]

@@SouthernShotty thanks but I know where to change it but not what to change...

[@Giga_Hood]

like what do I look up in the key mappings cause I looked up tab and it brings up a lot of results as well as ctrl tab so I have no idea what will or won't break if I swap it...

[@SouthernShotty]

@@Giga_Hood I use tab for pie menu and spacebar to search, it's a personal preference, it won't break

[@hemayetkabir1331]

you are the boss! no doubt.

[@mrgg416]

You can also use AnimAll addon

[@SouthernShotty]

thanks for sharing

[@Ike3d]

Sorry guys, when I apply the second bevel in 5:13 it only affects the edges of my cube and not the small crease and button. Any ideas why? Thanks!

[@jumbledfox2098]

Hey, i cant seem to find a texture thingy in the material editor. im not using the crt material so that might be why

[@SouthernShotty]

yeah, that's probably why

[@simonkendrick4613]

My render screen in the view port is dark grey how would I go about changing it so it looks like yours with the object bright white and the back ground that checkered black display.? Many thanks

[@SouthernShotty]

Check pinned comment for troubleshooting

[@chuyaking]

when i wanna make this cute face its everything green but when i change to this matrix face its looks normal what i have to do ?

[@Chmicken.]

I’m having this same problem ??

[@dhineshkumard9512]

I like this one