Character modeling for beginners - Blender

[@JoeyCarlino]

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[@JoeyCarlino]

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[@AnimeFlex534]

​@@JoeyCarlino no one told me that simple ❤

[@kivabelmont2612]

Hey There Joey! I was having some issues on the newest edition of Blender, Version 4.2. At 18:33 in the video you enable a feature called "Mesh: LoopTools". This no longer appears in the current version to my knowledge. Please let me know if there is an alternative to the LoopTools. Thanks for making such an awesome video! -Kiva

[@silver_minecraft]

i love how many blender tuts there are out there for literally anything, the community is genuinely so good with this software.

[@Themotivationalmatrix8297]

yess

[@gamertcell8425]

Blender is legit lucid dreaming at this point

[@mattsharp6708]

I have to say in all my years of game development and modeling, this is one of the most perfectly paced and explanatory tutorials for anything. Amazing work.

[@daktoa00]

Absolutely, it was like watching good solidworks tutorial

[@neyenfilms]

I'm 2hrs into blender and 1hr into the donut video, Taking a break to just watch random Blender videos to get immersed in the language and uses. Im so glad i found this and can't wait to make my first person!

[@Sam_The_Game_Dev]

I was just starting to create my first OC for a game project I'm working on, this just dropped right on time. That's why you're the GOAT, Joey! 👏

[@abe6281]

Good luck dude!

[@TVheadDev]

Cool, do devlogs plsspsospsppsplspslspslpsslspsls

[@djk1288]

Weird, because same, and of all things, _he's a cat._

[@ashortsimp1255]

​@@djk1288I hope y'all continue the project, don't give up

[@djk1288]

@@ashortsimp1255 I am! Though kinda waiting for Joey's second video on animation atm...

[@HerrDoktorWeberMD]

your box modeling video lit up my imagination in such a whimsical way for the first time in a decade. This video is enormously helpful and not only carries on that imagination, but the editing is top notch and the humor is excellent. I'm actually crying from positive vibes, and feeling like I can enjoy the process for the first time since I started learning. Thank you, Joey.

[@jabberdoggy4444]

Just wanted to say I rewatched this video after I had not worked in blender for awhile and found it incredibly helpful for getting back itno the swing of things. I get a lot out of your channel, so thank you!

[@Mohumid]

Thankyou I've been looking for something like this that isn't just someone with a terrible mic trying to tell you how to make a character in a really boring way

[@Mohumid]

Update I just followed this tutorial and changed some stuff up to make my model unique then I rigged it and now I'm gonna use it in some videos!

[@HerrDoktorWeberMD]

This man is my hero for finally making Blender actually look fun again

[@JeffySparr0w]

This was one of the easiest guides to follow! I love the way you said everything you did because some guides leave out "unimportatnt" information and I get really confused.

[@jeremyaster7470]

9:03 christ i was not ready for that jumpscare

[@rickygraham6838]

What do you me-DAYYYYUUUUM

[@anyasilverash6053]

Double cheeked up on a Thursday afternoon

[@ShrineFox]

Your videos never disappoint. You do a really good job teaching by example and having it actually be fun to follow along. Especially like the creative approach to using modifiers wherever possible, definitely makes things a lot easier.

[@titanjammer141]

I’m extremely impressed, this is the most understandable blender guide I’ve seen yet. I might need to give it another shot!

[@Just_a_commenter]

Time to see what new things I can learn

[@hisanimations]

hello

[@Just_a_commenter]

@@hisanimations Hello to you too, fella that made and shared tools for Blender and funny animations.

[@Soroosh.S83]

I think using simple shapes are even in fine art or 2d art character design so it's cool

[@blackrubygamer3428]

You are here too, WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE??? WHAT SORCERY IS THIS??!?!

[@Just_a_commenter]

@@blackrubygamer3428 I've got a wide range of interests, fella. :b Don't be surprised to see me in the comment sections of other creative-themed channels like this!

[@alfredorourke8715]

Yo m8 just saying I think your the most comprehensive teacher on KZbin for getting started in blender. Bc of your classes I finally got up the courage to make my first commercial game.

[@TV-8-301]

Your sense of humor really makes your tutorials stand out from everyone else 😂 Keep up the good work!

[@hiimsolly]

This has to be the most comprehensive and easy to follow tutorial on KZbin. You did a great job vocalizing the keyboard shortcuts, which are very important for 3D modelling, and made sure to leave no gaps in explaining your progress. Very well done.

[@MedioCurtAtBest]

Amazingly done, Joey. I love how you incorporate a bit of humor and gags into your tutorials. Makes them entertaining and fun. Went ahead and signed up for playbook with your link.

[@virturii2571]

Please continue to do more tutorials!! No one else does it like you. 🙏

[@LA-wv6jo]

I was surprised that the first character was already good looking and you also explained exactly where additional cuts need to be made and why. I was also struggling all the time that the character had to be all merged and was worried that I couldn’t merge all the parts well or I always had problems with the rig after applying the subdivision surface (primarily with clothes).

[@Rawrlz]

hands down best tutorial, super simple to follow, not dragged out, I learned so much in this one video compared to others. Cheers man!

[@nathantheteacher]

These tutorials are unparalleled. Thank you Joey!

[@thenellydraytonshow]

I've given up so many times with trying to find a tutorial that works for me & I finally found one. THANK YOU

[@funeralatpizzahut]

that first minute answered some questions i have had for awhile thanks for the general overview

[@circutVR_]

this guy and doodley would be the best of friends

[@THEREALPOPTARTKING]

FR

[@Dacoljr]

You taught me like 16 new things in the first 3 minutes. Subscribed! 😤

[@tylerturner4928]

I actually cackled at 8:50 seconds that bit was way funnier than i was prepared for. Definitely earned my Like and subscribe wit dat one @joeycarlino you goofy bastard

[@forbiddenbox]

please make more of these I'd love to see how you do the other ones

[@levidarling5107]

This is good, I can highly recommend this video for other fellow junior artists that wanna create humanoid characters in blender.

[@Stuckathomemom]

NOTE: He switches from Vertex Select to Face Select A LOT! Also when you get to minute point 19 - none of the options work. So if it doesnt' work for you, don't worry.

[@fanofeverything21]

🙌my fav blender youtuber 🙌

[@alexkim3152]

This is so well explained and fun looking! I'm kinda a complete beginner and this is working hella good for me! Thank you very much for the tutorial :D

[@DylanJackson-ct4su]

Helped me out a tremendous amount, have been struggling with blender for a while, and this video finally showed me some good tips and keys to use.

[@Zolbat]

that cat looks so good!

[@galaxyznothere]

Love the videos hope to see more!

[@PastaMaster115]

Whenever I want to mirror something in the center I always add an Empty Plain Axis. That gives your mirror modifier a nice centered object to mirror from. And when it's all said and done, you can delete it.

[@mj2068]

wow... right now i'm at the uv single point assign materials part of the video. and i have to comment, this video blew my little mind multiple times. learned alooooot.

[@jamus1217]

Using a single texture as a colour palette!? Genius.

[@white_mochi]

I have never given something my full undivided attention for so long in a while

[@dinysk8]

Edgy scratch cat

[@YoshMelon]

Iuuujkoieiskskj

[@Adios-o1i]

But it looks like Blinx from Blinx:The TimeSweeper (XBOX Game that was a Failure)

[@Klick404]

Scrape cat

[@Luxuriousbreadbat]

"It's not a phase mom" ahh scratch cat

[@TheKingOfWaffles.]

I was thinking the same thing

[@lion_king9461]

great video. even i dont know anything about blender this videos gives me hope :) . subscribed

[@Its-Tim]

I know this isn’t for absolute beginners but WOW is this the BEST tutorial I’ve ever seen. Like not even for blender just in general. There’s never a question I had that wasn’t just immediately answered. Granted I’m not an absolute beginner at blender and 3D art so maybe that’s why. Either way, AMAZING tutorial

[@Jack_______]

I've learn a few niiiiice workflow stuff in this video,like the secondary things like just pressing f2 for changing the names of objetcs,pressing I 2 times for makinf it individual or set a collection cant be clciked in the viewport,that kind of things are very useful for having a better workflow and I appreciate that a lot

[@seanathonhooper]

Only at the human model part, but this is the best explained video I have every watched on this subject. Good job!

[@waterysubs9372]

im a complete blender beginner, i'm 4 minutes in. i said "making a character can't be that hard.. right?" turns out, it's quite simple if you find a tutorial that uses the same version by someone who explains things fast paced but easy. this is my first time doing anything 3d art related for a school project, and i really do hope this engraves the basics into my brain so i can slay this

[@TheRojo387]

Blender has inspired me to write my own CGI software AND my own graphics libraries and drivers. Mainly since Blender itself is afflicted with bloat rot.

[@JoeyPumpkin]

Hi, another joey here, I used this to make my animatronics and it kinda worked so thanks for the help Joeys helping Joeys

[@johne.7568]

This was INCREDIBLE, thank you for all your insights. :)

[@abe6281]

I haven't finished with the tutorial yet, but it's been very eye-opening and fun to follow! I'm technically still at 20:09, where you are explaining how to make the head, but since I go at my own pace it's been like one or two hours for me lol. I'm definitely checking your other tutorials, thank you so much!

[@Hakutara]

Thank you for this video! now i know how to make one for my animation and will be uploaded in youtube! I hope you deserve millions of subscribers because of this!

[@HampsterGirl]

I learnt how to make character because of your videos! Mainly because of the skin modifier video you did. :3 I really helped me

[@tedmcbur]

You made low poly modeling simple

[@Sniper_the_protogen]

If anyone is having issues with the eyes not being vertical. make sure too apply rotation and scale too the plane before moving it (you will have to adjust the thickness in the solidify modifier)

[@plutus2559]

I couldn't get the shrink wrap to work. But I did come across a tutorial by 3Dnot2D the other day about using a lattice modifier to get a clean shrink wrap. good thing I had saved it for future reference, because it did the trick.

[@plutus2559]

I spoke too soon. I noticed the eyes were a bit small but when I sized them up the lattice grabbed onto the top of the ears instead of the face. After a whole lot of fiddling with the shrink wrap, both with and without lattices, I gave up and tried it with just face snap and then I could finally get it right. I do enjoy problem solving, but at this beginning stage I can't tell why something works or not. It could just be me hitting some hotkey by mistake

[@shehranhcl]

If you are wondering why eyes are not snapping right on the face, then you need change the snap setting and select "center", mine was set to closest

[@Scamalasaurus]

Nice, this is different to the way I learned but I like it. The workflow is pretty disaster resistant once you practice it a bit, it's brilliant for 3D animation. I'm definitely going to use all of this for asset creation in general. I personally love to build templates within blender for myself like just base designs that can be reused like this one or whole environments.

[@LucasMatos-kp7mm]

this man is my hero

[@daveb7833]

excellent tutorial - so easy to follow along

[@stopicantaim6920]

"Presses alt z" NVIDA GEFORCE EXPERIENCE "ugh"

[@jabberjack404]

alt g is a similar story

[@chilledquack]

relatable

[@abe6281]

I finally finished the tutorial lol! Thank you so much, next step will be rigging, but holy cow, I need a break haha.

[@JoeyCarlino]

Congrats! It's a lot of work!

[@tallboy8768]

Joey you are the boss. Love your videos.

[@CJD-xm4ln]

After this video and the rigify video I will need to check out your other videos. New sub brother 🤟

[@IgnizAnima]

I just tried to pause Blender while you were talking to do something and it took me a moment to realize why it wasn't working. lol

[@Zartris]

Super good video Joey, thank you very much

[@jajoy_art]

Can you do a "clothing for impatient people" and "hair/fur for impatient people"? I look at your tutorials a lot and your explanation especially in short form helps me greatly!

[@Blakipino]

Great video. I really like the low-poly version of modeling you showed at the beginning. I always have trouble when it comes to rigging. It usually looks fine up until the point to where I pose my character to sit. Then the verts around the hips or bum area always look off, no matter how much weight painting I do :r.

[@lionkingmerlin]

i wish i could like it more than one time. so good

[@PastaMaster115]

I'm assuming you're using Blender 4.1 or 4.2. I am using 4.0. I don't have a "Smooth by Angle" option in the modifiers. But I was able to use Shade Auto Smooth and just mess around with the angle and eventually it showed a good result.

[@Stuckathomemom]

NOTE: If something goes terribly wrong with the nose and you have to make more planes for the mouth, and eyes - you're not the only one. Unfortunately when you get to minute point 26 none of the shrink wrapping or mirroring is going to work - everything works until you scale and then the eyes go shooting out of the head like a 12 year old boy drawing boobs in his textbook - anyway, after that there is nothing you can do to fix it. I tried 5 different times. created a new plane, using the same directions as the nose, then skipped over to the part about the eyes. Every time I have the same results - eye burst from the head and I can't fix them.

[@poorme1art]

I never thought I'd be laughing this much in a blender tutorial 😭 You're funny as hell

[@bradfab_fx]

Now thats how you make a video introduction. 😂 subscribed immediately

[@parkerellis5716]

Famous quote 1:37 "If you want to learn a little bor-a little bor-bir-bl-bleh"

[@RealMoneyMix]

My mirror at 7:27 is not working, Im pressing CTRL + A and setting location, with the selection tool out, in object mode, and theres like a big chunk in the middle of air seperating both pieces

[@stoneraptor45bk4]

Same here

[@omg1tsGriff]

Thank you for saying every shortcut you're using. There's showing them on the screen but honestly that sucks and it's way better when the lecturer says every key they press.

[@Paramud]

first time i've seen someone start a video by adding the default cube

[@Stuckathomemom]

NOTE: You need to be in Viewport Sharding to change the Opacity. That was 20 minutes of my life I won't get back.

[@BlinkyFn]

Another banger video to watch❤️‍🔥

[@whitefish-id]

Brilliant!

[@Gr3nMaster]

II finally know how to hand! 👍 Thx!

[@llizzxx]

the best, СПАСИБО!

[@FishyFlame12]

1:07 kills me

[@kevinochea]

new subscriber here!! make more video tutorial about blender, it helps a lot for student like me that want to learn blender. THANK YOU!!!

[@dogzrgood]

Hey man! great video. Will you make a rigging + animation video for this model in future? I'm a beginner and having hard time animating characters so that might help :) thanks

[@JoeyCarlino]

I'll make a rigging video but probably not animating. Check my animation playlist though, I have a few videos already

[@joannamblount]

Great video!

[@ZickyNee]

another great video by Mr. Carlino. Been following you for a while, and the quality of your tutorials has gone from good to great. I'm not a beginner but I always learn some new tricks from you, so thank you!

[@RebelCaws]

Thanks for the video! I tried watching how to make a game character on LinkedIn learning but unfortunately the course is outdated and I wasn’t able to follow along with the newer version of Blender.

[@violettracey]

Thanks!

[@wolfy8263]

really good video thanks a lot!!!

[@forbiddenbox]

also that was a very effective ad

[@princessjoy1931]

0:06 Black Hat!!🫶🎩🎩

[@PurpleeOfiiciall]

i prefer anim8or itself, it's less complex, rigging separate objects is easier, and i can choose which axis i want to move/rotate an object

[@juulus9117]

i opened blender and of course deleted the cube. then i spawned a new one for the meme. then i deleted that one too so i could finally start following the tutorial. the first step? spawn a cube... of course it was

[@Painple]

Nice video as always.

[@ButterCats161]

Thanks for this tutorial,, can you also please drop a tutorial on how to create a human character please, and slow down a little bit as you explain 😊

[@JoeyCarlino]

I'm glad you liked it. I show how to model a low poly human in this video, I don't plan on making more than that, realistic human are not my preferred style. You can also pause and use KZbin's speed option to slow the video down. I don't plan on going slower, the majority of people (including me) don't want slower videos.

[@SkkullMomentus]

9:04 NEURON ACTIVATED.

[@cpucat]

How do you like and dislike a comment at the same time

[@SkkullMomentus]

@@cpucat I dunno, That's not possible.

[@Disent0101]

Why do you use the skin modifier for the arms and legs? Im genuinely curious as It seems to only ad another layer of complexity to the process…

[@Disent0101]

Same question regarding the nose, why use a plan and turn into a rounded cube?

[@GeraldV-z8h]

24:38 when i apply the scale, the mouth and nose increase in length along the y-axis, the only reason i can think of is that after duplicating the nose, i shaped the mouth differently, but i snapped the mouth to the face just like the video says .

[@AMOGUS_is_SUS696]

why does no youtube tutorial for blender use the symmetrize function instead of the delete one half and mirror the other which is way easier

[@pn4960]

I like your long videos

[@Amy.Rose_fan]

Is this a good tutorial to make your own characters? like, can I get good results using this video to create my own character?