Creating a Stylized Character Turnaround from Concept

[@JohnCarbonArt]

i've killing myself with turnaround sheets never thought to do half of it then duplicate it and flip it around....you sir motivated me to come up with some new concepts for later

[@keltar2007]

Excellent work, master Jedi

[@petermheckel]

This is an excellent tutorial. Thanks so much for sharing your workflow!

[@TheToneBender]

As a 3D modeller, bless you.

[@simewn]

I really liked the character and the overall process!

[@MaSsiVeGaming1]

This is awesome and very helpful. I'm the opposite, I can do line very well but when it comes to getting original colour schemes specially when I do shirt work, I just can't do it. A few weeks ago I did a hooded and caped character and the line work was not bad at all, but when I took it to Photoshop for the colouring in I just couldn't. So I got my friend to do it for me, and he does really awesome colour schemes. Then I just worked on it... I haven't finished it yet and probably won't. It's one of those things you can't get past and lose interest. That's not to say I can't do colour, it's that I struggle in some areas.

[@maddiehad]

Great walkthrough !

[@offspringy]

Absolutely brilliant video and skills! - Thank you for sharing this!

[@SnowletteVA]

Great helpful turn around character!

[@sgtalexdrummer]

Great video love the art style

[@WarGamerGirl]

This was super helpful. Thanks!

[@pouleto1]

thank you very much mister. Very helpful

[@swaggerlomingo]

awesome! now might be able to do this

[@conceptcookie]

Yes! On Blender Cookie there is both a tutorial series on creating him and an exercise that was done in which many many people modeled him!

[@conceptcookie]

I run into the same problem sometimes when I create a character as well. Just make sure everything is lining up in the facial structures and imagine how the different shapes of the face would look like at a profile angle. Just keep trying, it sometimes takes me about 5 times to get it right ;)

[@devesh_chauhan]

Awesome... Exactly what i am looking for :)

[@MayaAsakura]

thank you for the tips! I learn a lot

[@alianajacobs5703]

Thanks for showing us I do also have a problem with line art I more confident with color!

[@obafan1477]

Great Tutorial

[@FruitPencil]

awesome xD thanks for the advice i really appreciate it! now i know that if its not right the first time the more times i retry the better it'll get :D

[@TheSims3Goddess]

Wow this is a great video :D. I think this will help me a lot for character design ;)

[@GuvnaGoeby]

CTRL+J is the hotkey for duplicating a selected layer =)

[@kaphonie]

I love watching videos on character creation cause I wish to one day do this with my original characters. :')

[@JoshApproved]

is the outline front view, the one without the clothes, that you showed at the end, required in the character turn around?

[@AngelSweety58]

how do you paint like that! It looks amazing. I want to do that!

[@vonnart]

I used a circle hard edge brush with both "shape dynamics" and "transfer" turned on.

[@jouebien]

One more thing to I'd suggest is that you should draw the character with both arms up (standing like a t with legs apart). - that makes it easier to add bones when rigging and their is less conflict with the bone weights. This is particularly important with 3dsMAX and Maya where the default bone weights take a fair bit of modifying (hours or days on high poly models) before the character can move without other body parts effecting the wrong parts of the mesh. Other than that you tutorial lines up with most graphic projection techniques and is very similar to what you would do when hand drawing scaled working drawings.

[@CiprianHanga]

+JOUE BIEN TECH good advice from an animator's point of view, bad advice from a modeller's point of view. that kind of turnarounds with the arms in a T form are responsible for a lot of characters in games look like they have shrugged shoulders. the modeler matches up the concept piece with the slightly lifted shoulder blades, and when they let the arms hang loose the shoulder blades remain fixed in the same spot, even though in real life the shoulder blades actually go down as well. this is more of a modeller's fault, really, but as far as I know that's why nowadays the arms in an slightly angled position (as seen here) are considered the norm.

[@zachl3763]

+JOUE BIEN TECH Depends what you're doing it for. Big video game companies tend to go through the extra effort to rig at an angle because the arms spend much more time in lowered poses, so there's less deformation required than if starting from T-pose, which is an extreme pose for their purposes. But you're absolutely right, T-pose is much easier to work with.

[@SteampunkResistance]

Stylized stuff has always fascinated me you know? Stylized characters, buildings, machines, etc. I just couldn't quite put my finger on a word to describe it before xD As a 3D model artist and pencil artist I've decided to pursue this style more vigorously!

[@frankellerbe9923]

Hello! What type of brush did you use to do the line art?

[@Orimthekeyacolite]

So, if you're doing both the drawing and modelling yourself, would you still go through every step (from reference to concept, from concept to turnaround, from turnaround to model) or cut a few corners and model right from scratch?

[@Bulldozebre]

Is it better to colorized every poses of the turn around for a portfolio ? or just one is enough?

[@PengiChyan]

have you provided a link somewhere to the modelled version of the character? Maybe even a video of the character being modelled?

[@undeadbrony6]

well well i found my new fav artist

[@ThatKid22101]

How do you go about generating the concept designs for these type of characters? I always seem to get stuck when it comes to designing a character, especially in styles similar to this.

[@adrianscott9276]

what software did you use to do your drawings?

[@PengiChyan]

Never realized before how you can just draw one side, duplicate it, flip it and then add it to the other side of your image. D: I always wondered how people were able to make their character sheets look so symmetrical.

[@sillyfanz3791]

lol

[@Gh0StSecurity]

looks good man

[@jimmercado4235]

did you use a wacom or something like that

[@cealmotion]

wich brushes are you using?

[@mariobernabe8529]

Amazing! Which SW are you using for this drawing?

[@FruitPencil]

i can do the front and back view however when i draw the side view to face looks like a different person... any help there?

[@neveradmitdefeat5751]

wow you're really good looking >.>

[@anguiba]

how do you use to take the measure when you're creating any character on that program?

[@EnergyxyzLightShadow]

what kind of tablet do you use?

[@YantramStudio3D]

nice stylized character

[@conceptcookie]

Keep practicing!

[@TheVeronicaVirus]

can you draw the image by hand and then use it in blender?, or is that not possible.

[@MayhemCause]

well, if you have a scanner, you can pop the drawing into the scanner, and then paste the image into Blender.

[@AndrewMaksym]

MayhemCause Or if you draw your concept digitally you can also save it as a digital file...Just a thought.

[@MayhemCause]

Delta Flyer Yes, but she/he was asking if its possible to draw it NOT digitally, and use it in Blender.

[@saxenart]

How do u make a straight line like that?

[@ukaszstasiun5886]

What tablet you use for this concept? I have Bamboo Pen and i cant achive this line quality, all lines have sharp edges and i cant get equal line.

[@nenemydog]

I have been drawing with a bamboo pen back in the days. But it has nothing to do with the tablet. I think what you are looking for are the brush settings in photoshop.

[@deedee8229]

Do you have any suggestion on the brush settings? I have the same question.

[@nenemydog]

yes, I do. sorry for replying so late. If you want your brush to draw like a pencil then you should turn transfer on in the brush settings. This will make darker lines when you press harder. This is good for sketching. If you want to make consistent black outlines then you need to turn transfer off. This will make that no matter how hard or light you press the color stays the same. This is good for doing clean line art. A simple way to use this is by sketching something with transfer on. Once you're done, you can turn down the opacity of the layer to make the drawing look transparent (like he does in the video). Then you make a new layer where you can trace your drawing with transfer off and end up with a clean line art. The good things about this is that you don't need to worry about the sketch looking bad. You can have lines that are off and stuff like that but it doesn't matter since when you trace it you can ignore those. Play around with it and see what you can come up with.

[@deedee8229]

〪 〪⃝ eigengrau Thank you very much for the suggestions I definitely will try them out! And have a great year in 2017!

[@nenemydog]

Hope it helps you! Thank you, a great 2017 to you too!

[@vonnart]

All the brush presets can be found on our brushes resources page =]

[@L1L8R0]

I will, thanks Tim :)

[@Crazy_Sue]

Very nice! Though one thing I noticed, you forgot to edit the hands on the back view, gotta make sure you remember those otherwise it looks weird with hands on backwards. lol

[@tevincampbell6412]

whats the name of the program you use to draw those

[@TheRealSiccSe7en]

+Tevin Campbell It's photoshop. If you couldn't tell from the look of it it says it in the top left.

[@muskiton1822]

+Tevin Campbell this program is photoshop dude

[@sushidilla]

What are you doing to the goggles at 3:20? How do you get to that?

[@MayhemCause]

There's no link in the description. I as a 3D designer would like to have a go at making a 3D model for this character, so a link to the download would be nice :P

[@agbarebecca3428]

Please were can I download blueprint characters

[@Naturecatchmaph]

I want to work with this style what is it called and anymore videos with it?

[@dnysgbs7214]

which program do you use?

[@MidnightFae375]

Possibly the recent adobe Photoshop or one below it, Not good with which CS it is but its Photoshop definitely.

[@Primape92]

Are turnarounds useless for non-3-D media? Comics?

[@MayhemCause]

for non 3D media they are very useful for reference.

[@das_bobster7384]

where are the psd downloads?

[@JoelleFaery]

was this character ever 3D modelled? I am dying to see it completed in 3D. (:

[@connorbrown9142]

What application is this

[@Cwesade]

New subscriber

[@lahelah9375]

which editing software is he using ??

[@briskstudent0]

+Lahelah Das photoshop

[@lahelah9375]

OK thanks!

[@danielhernandez-yq3kp]

Where is the link of the post to download? :/

[@giandimacali7789]

You Deserve It ! :D

[@annespwnz]

Yeah, turn up the mic volume. Good video.

[@flushyoudowntheloo]

I have a bamboo and i can never get the pens in photoshop to look like that.. ive even changed the pen settings. its always looks bad..

[@flushyoudowntheloo]

nope

[@zachl3763]

+flushyoudowntheloo make sure you have the correct up-to-date drivers installed, it needs it for pressure sensitivity, pen angle etc.

[@nenemydog]

He paints with the brush tool. Most of the settings for the brush are done in photoshop.

[@sammygeorgakopoulos8148]

What are the dimensions of your document (in inches)?

[@aceofkings3512]

How do u get so good at drawing

[@DarkChiiTheme]

What kind of brush did you use in the video? :o I trying to get into a school game education program, to get in I need to create a portfolio.. But I'm a newbie and I have no idea if I can make it! T^T When I don't even know what kind of brush I should use..

[@gary-jx9zj]

Meow Laksap this is SUPER late, and i dont know what brush he uses, but its kind of something you have to figure out for yourself. try lining some small designs with different brushes and see what looks good for what youre doing. his concept art has much softer brushes than the turnaround does- just experiment, really! it's a lot of fun.

[@DarkChiiTheme]

Lillian Casarico Np, I appreciate your reply as late as it is! xD Yea, I really like how his work tho. :D I'll give it a try.

[@skullbunbun]

Someone pls help me, I use Krita and no matter where I look I can't figure out how to copy, or duplicate something like an eye, and flip it to the other side!! How do y'all do it???

[@j.knuchel1129]

I have the same problemmmm

[@stever73]

Select the object, go to menu, transform, flip horizontal.

[@ageshero]

Doesnt look like pixar... and his hands and feet are almost absurdly tiny. But awesome none the less. WOO!

[@stash1142]

"his hands and feet are almost absurdly tiny." It's a chibi style character and they look like that.^^ Anyways as you said it's awesome! :)

[@miagifodder5599]

Dumb dumb it looks more like Anime than Pixar.

[@redrune4314]

Reminds me of Psychonauts. However, you missed the pockets from the concept art & the front view. Just something I noticed, other than that it's very well done.

[@dougieladd]

Very well done. Well taught. Audio too low though.

[@jarviscarr1645]

What's the name of this website?

[@CobusGreyling]

My line work is fine, but I struggle sooo much with colour :( I have no idea where to begin, what to use as base, how it will turn out if I add (x) or (y), how it will turn out eventually, etc. Any help, anyone?

[@Dnangel921]

im 22 years old planning to go back to school and finally want to do, i want to become a character design, I've been sketching to free drawing as i got older but my style of drawing is mostly like asian art u know ANIME and im thinking back about become a character designers here in california i dont know wat do any advice

[@LittleGameDev]

D: where is the PSD download?

[@RexArtTv]

animeloversakura101 it might be on his website.

[@L1L8R0]

Tim, i tryed to do a sketch and a line art but.... it looks like **** :´(

[@Halim_Artbook]

The anatomy you drew from the side looks wrong. maybe if the jaw and mouth alignment can be reconsidered, I think the result will be better. By the way, your video is great

[@Monty0699]

DAMMIT! there is so many resources on the internet to learn shit! I dont know where to start!

[@cartoonmystery6231]

It's a very beautiful thing haha

[@CryptPixel]

1 mistake... when you erased everything inside at 5:40 you forgot to do the leather straps of the goggles or hat but everything doesn't have to be perfect though.

[@MayhemCause]

ah, they are on the wrong side... YOU ACTIVATED MY OCD D:

[@zoelamp03]

damn I found my 2nd draw with jazza

[@MultiHeheboy]

back view's hand is in front view doesn't it ?

[@miguelmoura8199]

intuos 4 M?

[@humbirdmediaja]

Someone needs to invent a software that spits out turnaround characters from a single 2d image (with opportunity to edit of course). That would change the face of animation.

[@vampireknightloverrr]

i suck at doing the same character in different positions

[@MerlinDionisio]

you forgot the pocket on the side view.

[@koktszfung]

two band from the hat is in front of the shoulder :/

[@devasiprakash9898]

how you fill colours on chr bro

[@swaggerlomingo]

ohh you explained

[@Sorabladess]

Lovely video, but the mic's rather quiet. :/

[@homelessshrimp7390]

hey man, art isn’t my thing but i need a pic to use so i can add it to unity for my game. could you make me a character? If you could i would like it to be a tron alien type deal. I do want his chest to be wide doe, thank you if you could! Concept Cookie

[@leeperry7068]

Yeah, it doesn't really happen that way. Go check elance.com to find freelancers to hire.

[@homelessshrimp7390]

hire...

[@jimmboy93]

GreekGuyPlaysGames(G.G.P.G) Most works are not for free, sorry but that is how the world work.

[@rlf1989]

GreekGuyPlaysGames(G.G.P.G) i spat out my drink reading that! I can just imagine you with some confused look on your face lol

[@stel1000]

you are wrong on the front view. the gogles. and take a look athe bending of the knees

[@KoolKK-od8cl]

Audio way too low.

[@SDRockman]

Volume too low talking about an important concept in drawing, do you not check your sound levels before uploading?

[@SouvikKarmakar1]

I bloody hate videos with low sound >:(

[@xxcallousxx2571]

cant hear shit.

[@DbGamer-go8nl]

Which program do you use?

[@casuallegume]

Thats Adobe Photoshop CS6

[@DbGamer-go8nl]

***** Thank you does it cost a lot of money?

[@casuallegume]

D3b1724 Gamer Adobe has started up a new subscription based way of buying programs like Photoshop. I'm no master on it, so you would have to check out their website www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html?promoid=KLXLS From what I DO know, you have to pay a monthly fee of $29 (I think). There are /other/ ways of getting Photoshop of course, but there are a lot of cheaper programs too! A popular once amongst illustrators is Paint tool SAI www.systemax.jp/en/sai/ The earlier versions of Photoshop are good too. I'm sure you can find those much cheaper c: