Blender Speed Sculpt - Lapras

[@TimidKujira]

GEEZ. You really went up and beyond for Lapras. I'm starting off with Blender and I wanted to eventually be able to make my favorite pokemons: Mudkip and Swampert. So watching this helped with how the process will be and how I'll eventually learn sculpting once I'm more comfortable with the program, Really liked watching how Lapras came out. :D

[@JamieDunbar]

Thanks Dekusu. Lapras is one of my favourite Pokemon, so I really wanted to do her justice. Mudkip would be relatively easy and fun to do. But Swampert would definitely take some time! Good luck ;)

[@samdavepollard]

superb stuff when someone asks 'is blender any good for sculpting?' this is the kind of video they should be pointed towards many thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@JamieDunbar]

Naw, thanks heaps Sam, really appreciate it. And you totally have my permission to share it every time someone asks!! :P

[@bingbongbangbingboom]

This is way better than most speed sculpts, and I learned a lot from it. Thank you!

[@JamieDunbar]

Thanks Toaster. Great name by the way :P

[@bingbongbangbingboom]

@@JamieDunbar np, keep up the tutorials :)

[@NayanM0ri]

I am obsessed with watching your videos and I have little interest in sculpting myself, your models and videos are just really good and entertaining!

[@JamieDunbar]

Thanks Nayan. That means a lot 😁

[@andrewmoorehead9681]

you can always use a mapping node on the image texture input for the eye, meaning the eye doesn't need to move, because the texture is what moves instead, similar to the cartoon medium it was originally drawn in.

[@JamieDunbar]

Very true! For more realistic characters I've found using geometry is usually easier to set up, but this is extremely useful to know for setting up more 2D-style characters.

[@chubbydunkers78]

Thank you so much for walking us through your process!

[@JamieDunbar]

You’re most welcome 😁

[@OneFromEasternFinland]

I've studied these things myself a bit - I study in a University of Applied Sciences to become a game designer, and as a part of that I also took an elementary course of game graphics and I learned to use Blender there - and I'd say, that it's possible to "combine" these two techniques (create a lowpoly object first and then use sculpting tools to add details) and it could pay off to do so

[@iceseic]

At 0:44 you can just select the circle and press ctrl+f and choose grid fill

[@JamieDunbar]

Yes, you usually can. For some reason I wasn’t getting the polygon layout I wanted on this occasion. Still not sure why it didn’t work 🤔

[@CosmicComputer]

great breakdown, thank you!

[@sunnysunshine8897]

Amazing video and awesome model.

[@Avsword]

Learning INCREDIBLY MUCH, Thank you thank you thank you!! This will help me out a TON

[@papa.3d]

AWESOME!!!! Beautiful man! Can't wait for rigging also

[@JamieDunbar]

Thanks mate. Admittedly it probably won't be in depth rigging. Just enough to get Lapras into a pose. But the default rigs in Blender are really awesome.

[@fariszgh7361]

Fantastic work 👏

[@washdaslla5763]

Thanks for uploading great videos

[@JamieDunbar]

Thanks for watching!

[@afonsoalmada6945]

Really cool! Does anyone know where I can find reference images like that but for other pokemon? I'm trying to do Mega Sableye but can't find any side reference

[@JamieDunbar]

Hey Afonso. You can grab a lot of the game models from this website and make your own references: www.models-resource.com/3ds/pokemonxy/ I'm not sure if they have the mega models, but they've got a lot of them.

[@afonsoalmada6945]

@@JamieDunbar thank u so much!

[@Hitsujioyaji]

Amazing! Where did you get your alpha brushes? Also did you use single vert for the horns?

[@JamieDunbar]

Thanks Daniel :D Yes, the horns are a single vertex with the skin modifier. I've picked up a bunch of alphas over the years, so I'm not certain where I got all of them. But I know of 3 pretty good places to pick up good alphas: zBrush Alpha Library (all free): pixologic.com/zbrush/downloadcenter/alpha/ Bad King (some paid, some free. But the free stuff is awesome): www.badking.com.au/site/product-category/alpha-maps/ Texturing XYZ (these are paid, but they're amazing!) texturing.xyz/collections/animals

[@lvlnick1573]

Loved the video, where did you get your reference images?

[@JamieDunbar]

Hey Nicolas. If you're after some Pokemon models, check out: www.models-resource.com/3ds/pokemonxy/ You can download a stack of models from there. These models are great for games, but terrible for actually sculpting/animating with. So I downloaded the lapras model, then took screenshots of it to use as my reference.

[@עידןקוזי-ד8ו]

Thank you I learned a lot from this video and now I'm doing venom with your method and every time that you close blender and forget to save what you did go to file, recover, auto save and find it there

[@JamieDunbar]

For some reason the recover/autosave feature never used to work for me. But in the last few versions of Blender it magically does. I use it often now.

[@oblestic]

You are so good

[@JamieDunbar]

Feel the love! Thanks heaps Murat :D

[@boluwatiferaufu6502]

I love your work, but a quick question. How did you get the side references of Lapras? I've tried using screenshots from my 3DS but they don't line up correctly. Thank you

[@JamieDunbar]

Hi Boluwatife. I hadn't actually thought of using the 3DS to get screenshots. Clever thinking. I cheated a little, and grabbed the Lapras game model from this website. That made it really easy to get screenshots in Blender. That said, I did still need to do a little work in Photoshop to line them up perfectly: www.models-resource.com/3ds/pokemonxy/

[@manhong1574]

thanks for sharing！

[@annx7816]

This was super insightful! Question: when you're sculpting limbs/ears/horns separately and getting ready to connect them to the main body with insets, how do you ensure that the number of faces match exactly what you have between the main body and separate parts?

[@JamieDunbar]

Thanks Anna. Getting the face count right is...mostly guess work to be honest 😅 Over time you start to get a feel for it and your guesses will get better. You’ll also learn when to add or delete edges so everything will line up properly.

[@knucklesbyname]

niceee! subscribed!

[@JamieDunbar]

Welcome to the club!

[@clementsachot82]

Nice ! Where do you find the references for the body ?

[@JamieDunbar]

You can grab a whole bunch of Pokémon models from the games at this link. The models themselves are very simple and not the best topology. But they’re great to use as reference. I just took a couple of screen shots. www.models-resource.com/3ds/pokemonxy/

[@stevenguerra9613]

I'm new to blender and I wanted to ask if I should invest in a tablet for polygon modeling. I likely won't do sculpting or fine detail work so I wanted to see if you think it could be worthwhile

[@JamieDunbar]

Hey Steven. Welcome to Blender! A tablet is great for anything that mimics a pen/brush. So texturing and sculpting are much more fun with a tablet. But if you're looking to do polygon modelling, I'd definitely stick with a mouse for a while.

[@morkmov]

Excelente trabajo, solo que si son orejas, son del mismo color de piel. en caso de ser cuernos, seria otro material y color jejeje pero excelente todo

[@dayanblancosanchez2992]

Nice work, I love it! 😍 Where can I download the side and front views of Pokemones to use as a base, just like the one you use in the video? Thanks

[@JamieDunbar]

Thanks Dayan. This website has a bunch of Pokemon game models you can download. They're not great topology for sculpting on, which is why I built my own base mesh. But they're awesome for snapping a couple of screenshots for reference: www.models-resource.com/3ds/pokemonxy/

[@gonderage]

You mentioned you planned to 3D print Lapras, so how what method of printing will you use?

[@JamieDunbar]

Hey Gonedridge. I'll be using the "send the file to a friend who owns a printer" method :P I have fairly limited experience with 3D printing. This will only be the 3rd thing I've printed. My plan is to get my friend to test the model with his slightly older and cheaper printer and if it works, send it off to Shapeways or a similar service.

[@gonderage]

That's such a silly way of calling that method lol :P good luck with that, bro.

[@ИльяГовжеев]

Could YOU provide a link to the references of this Pokemon?

[@JamieDunbar]

www.models-resource.com/3ds/pokemonxy/

[@ИльяГовжеев]

@@JamieDunbar СПАСИБО!!

[@omagonzales]

@Jamie Dunbar, cannot find the image reference used. May you check if the URL is still valid, please. Ty.

[@JamieDunbar]

@@omagonzales The link technically isn't to a reference 'image'. It's to a 3D model of Lapras from the Pokemon video games. I downloaded the model and took a couple of screen shots. And yes, the link still works. You could just use the model itself, but they're designed for games and the topology is awful. I found it easier to just re-model it.

[@rockchunk9417]

👍would there be any chance you could do a tutorial on how to do the basics of this , just started learning to 3D sculpt in blender , it’s a steep learning curve so any help would be appreciated

[@JamieDunbar]

Hey Rock. I could be convinced to do some more beginner based lessons. Was there anything specific you had in mind?

[@rockchunk9417]

👍 Thanks for the reply in my personal journey next thing for me to learn and master would be to bring in additional spheres for eyes /teeth etc , but a basic explanation of how to do what you are doing in this video would be greatly appreciated

[@JamieDunbar]

@@rockchunk9417 No worries mate. I'm currently working on a few videos that will cover some of the more technical stuff - like how to extract displacement maps. Is that what you're looking for?

[@rockchunk9417]

Lol had to google that like I said only just started sculpting a week ago so yes a basic explanation of that would be cool

[@LukePettit3dArtist]

Nice job mate :-)

[@raptermaster4608]

I have a question. I’m trying to make alien like creatures for my companies video game and the style for them will Ben much like Pokémon. I’m having trouble finding the right work flow. Any help?

[@JamieDunbar]

Hey RaptorMaster (sick name by the way). There's not a lot of advice I can give in terms of workflow. Pokemon are relatively simple designs, so it's really just basic poly modelling or sculpting. What's amazing about Pokemon is that despite there being nearly 900 of them, they all look different with their own easily identifiable silhouettes! I think most people won't appreciate how much design goes into Pokemon BEFORE anyone opens their modelling software. So that would be my advice - spend a lot of time thinking about, planning and sketching your creatures before opening your software.

[@raptermaster4608]

@@JamieDunbar thanks and thats what i spend alot of time doing lol.

[@joaocesario284]

I feel like this would've been a model for the Detective Pikachu movie

[@JamieDunbar]

Thanks Joao. I was definitely aiming for a more realistic design, although I’ve probably still got a ways to go before matching the team at MPC 😁

[@jupiteradante7689]

Where can I find pokemon image reference just like you used in this tutorial?

[@JamieDunbar]

Hey Jupiter. This website has a bunch of the Pokemon game models. I downloaded Lapras, then took screenshots from the right camera angles to use as my reference. www.models-resource.com/3ds/pokemonxy/

[@Juri_Animation]

Hi, can I purchase 3D pokemons from you in several positions for the film I am editing?

[@FieryRed_BE]

Game Freak needs to hire you.

[@JamieDunbar]

Haha, one can hope! 😊

[@FieryRed_BE]

@@JamieDunbar i mean it. They use the same models for 10 years

[@johntrueblue]

Love your content. Hope Chris calls you up to do a collaboration :)

[@JamieDunbar]

Hey John! Thanks mate, glad you're enjoying it. Haven't heard from Chris yet, but it's still early days ;)

[@rexiemus]

we've strayed too far from god

[@mycreapro5703]

This lapras is awesome 🙂, I did a tutorial to model, texturize and lighting psyduck if you want to take a look.

[@JamieDunbar]

Thanks mate. And your Psyduck is very cute ;) Are you planning more videos?

[@mycreapro5703]

@@JamieDunbar Yes I’ll make a video about all the pokémon I modeled ^^

[@mycreapro5703]

@@JamieDunbar if you whant, this is my 3d pokemon work ^^ kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpLIp6VtqrOMm68 have a good day ^^

[@JamieDunbar]

@@mycreapro5703 nice mate! Keep 'em coming ;)

[@Ps-nv1gk]

Lol it takes u 4hours and me a noob it wll take me to do 30 days lol

[@JamieDunbar]

Give it ten years of practice 😅

[@LoMe64]

Nice work. But things go terribly wrong after 14:00 when you started to add details from real creatures. Lapras is a FICTIONAL creature. It's NOT supposed to have wrinkles and whale like fins. These details spoil the "rubber floater" look of the original Lapras. Missed the point. Nice demonstration of sculpting techniques though and a very good result and artistic interpretation. But not a Lapras - sorry. Anyway: Thumb up.

[@JamieDunbar]

I’m guessing you didn’t like Detective Pikachu then? 😜

[@LoMe64]

@@JamieDunbar :-) Never seen it, but I play the game. Don't get me wrong: You made a very good video which offers plenty to learn. Thank you!

[@JamieDunbar]

@@LoMe64 Haha, all good mate. I've always loved Pokemon and as I've got older it's a little disappointing the cartoon hasn't grown with me. It's still very much aimed at a younger audience. So the idea of a more adult version of Pokemon, with Pokemon actually walking around in the real world is extremely appealing to me - hence the more realistic versions of Pokemon I make. If you have a preference for the more cartoony version of Pokemon you may hate the movie. But I'd still recommend it!