How I made Nima for UNREAL ENGINE 5

[@artofjhill]

Thanks for watching! You can check out the final images and render at my artstation www.artstation.com/artwork/B3VnBk

[@vibeimmagine]

Already saw it!😅

[@levidecalmer]

This was amazing! Great work!

[@sorenkair]

could you make a render of the thumbnail frame? (the one on art station don't got that smirk.) I'd love to use it as my wallpaper. you could even make a looped version for wallpaper engine!

[@seanuzumaki3651]

Impressive as always can we talk im really interested in game development and I need help with character development

[@zh9664]

wow that entire video and you completely failed in terms of lighting. a rectangle of light on her face? that's not how light emitting objects emit light at all. wtf.

[@RossDraws]

IM LIVVVVINGG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!! 🥰❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@artofjhill]

❤️

[@Balloonbot]

Glad you're living!

[@slashersc]

Good, now I want a nima game

[@Jake__Boll]

Holy shit, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 3D artist KZbinr have such a deep understanding of so many different 3D disciplines and workflows, seriously impressive!!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you and thanks for watching

[@ItsYeBoi]

maaaan this is epic! Well done

[@artofjhill]

Thank you man! Appreciate you :)

[@mhnoni]

Its Unreal.

[@TheAngelArrow]

aye! aye! is ya boiiiiiiiii ay.. ay, is ya boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[@chipperdrewski]

17:15 Man, it’s crazy how such a simple change can make such a big difference! This is where I feel like her final look starts to take shape… and it’s literally just from a head tilt and eye shift. So amazing to watch this whole process!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you. For sure moving the head and eyes makes it start to come alive

[@kingsainttv5645]

This is absolutely incredible! The time and the skills you put into this project shine brighter than the glow from the sword onto her face. Just watching this fired me up to work on my own characters. Words alone cannot express how amazing this is! Keep helping people turn their dreams into reality.

[@artofjhill]

Haha thank you for the lovely comment. Glad you liked it. Go work on some characters!

[@elektrokills4694]

I have never used unreal for a render, this really is impressive and I can't wait to try! Thank you for the quality videos as always

[@artofjhill]

Thank you. Try it

[@DarkoMitev]

Hey J that turned out very cool, great job! just a quick tip ( you probably know this already but) In animation production when we deal with blendshapes we do the blink first and then we set the blink to 70 percent closed and we unwrap the uvs for the eyes and paint the textures on that model. Then when you fully open the eyes the eyelid squashes a bit which is kind of accurate to what the skin is doing when compressing and when the eye closes, you feel the texture stretching a little bit to give you that nice feeling of rolling over the eye but not enough to stretch and blur the textures. Anyhow, keep cranking these projects up, cheers!

[@artofjhill]

Hey thanks. Yea that would look better for sure

[@CoolSmek]

Just what I needed to see today, I'm working on a character and just hit that "uh oh this doesn't look good" spot. This is so inspiring! You are a legend man, thanks so much for the video and amazing artwork!

[@artofjhill]

You got it. Keep pushing 💪

[@Heyti13]

This should be an animated background in wallpaper engine. It looks absolutely amazing!

[@fredarsenault7373]

Man, I gotta give you props for really going for it when it comes to taking on new things that challenge you. You are always wanting to grow and learn new tricks and it's inspiring to say the least. Mad respect.

[@papasalvo]

For anyone curious the image of the lightning comes from a video game called Spellbreak. It's a BR where you play as a wizard who uses magic gauntlets and runes to fight. Its awesome and totally worth a try cause its freee and it has a TDM mode as well

[@AMStudios22]

Wow, your workflow is amazing. I really had no idea how many applications are used to create such brilliant work! I just started with Zbrush and Nomad, I feel like I have only scratched the surface. Thanks for producing this video. Hey J, I appreciate you!!

[@giroe]

this is absolutely amazing, if i had to give one critique it would be that the petals and her hair dont seem to be acting the same way according to the wind

[@artofjhill]

🙏

[@peterchai58]

You took it so much further with the animation and particle effects. The final renders are so good!! thank you for documenting and sharing the process! Been following since your apex work

[@frich2k]

Man I never thought that I would watch this all the way through. I will be honest, I didn't understand a thing, but the process looked so challanging I couldn't stop watching it. And the end product is so amazing I can't believe it! Amazing work! :o

[@artofjhill]

Thank you so much for watching. Really appreciate your comment

[@tommyford1301]

Amazing man, I love seeing the back and forth of actual workflows. Don't see this sort of stuff on yt

[@blackcitadel9]

I like that you included that parts at the beginning that are rougher and not as pretty and emphasized that idea of "It's okay that it's not perfect right now, this is the base we improve later." I think a lot of would-be creatives keep getting stuck in the idea that everything should look perfect all the way through. It's also really fun to see it take shape, I think it adds to the finished product rather than taking away.

[@artofjhill]

Ty I’m glad you liked it

[@3DdomTV5733]

yes!!!! Dude I have been learning your character design workflow. Every time I complete a project I looks better and its because of you! So thank you for everything you do man. Seriously thank you!

[@artofjhill]

Happy to hear that. Keep it up

[@nilexh3476]

Great piece of art man, I like how you keep exploring and doing new stuff in every video, keep it up

[@artofjhill]

Thank you

[@Flikey]

AMAZING! You have an incredible talent

[@artofjhill]

Thank you!

[@ltpofficial7666]

I wish i was this good at modeling and cg in general great work

[@artofjhill]

Keep at it and you can be better

[@angelperezespinoza]

Not gonna lie man you brought a tear to my eye this was extraordinary!

[@ThePITNEY]

Ive only recently been using unreal so coming across this tutorial has really helped me

[@Ryan12458]

Dude your videos are super inspiring and make me pumped to get into digital art as well. Keep up the great work!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you! Happy to hear that. Make something cool

[@ludoesstuff]

That would be an insane background sequence for a menu!! Great use of Maya BTW.

[@jacekb4057]

Thanks this is just epic.

[@artofjhill]

thank you!

[@jacekb4057]

Please keep up what you are doing, it is really inspiring

[@kesura7273]

LOVE BOTH OF YOUR ARTS ROSSDRAWS & J HILL ♥️♥️♥️. KEEP IT UP MAN.

[@phoenix2gaming346]

This is my future i am doing my training as a student. I make this type of things one day.❤

[@artofjhill]

Keep at it and you can do better than this

[@phoenix2gaming346]

@@artofjhill ☺️ thx you sir 😭 i hope your sentence becomes real ❤️

[@CHITUS]

Great piece of art man, I like how you keep exploring and doing new stuff in every video, keep it up man

[@artofjhill]

Thank you dude, will do.

[@svenvanzijl7029]

This video was recommended by KZbin to me and I have to say It's amazing to see how creative and talented people are keep up the amazing work!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you for watching and for the comment. And ty youtube

[@MrYipYep]

Really love the format of this video ! Love to see all the workflow and the hardwork you put in ! Well done ! Clap clap clap 🙌🙌🙌

[@artofjhill]

Thank you! 🙏

[@pyre753]

This is just amazing. Your understanding of composition really shined in the final product, in my opinion - thank you so much for the wonderful videos.

[@artofjhill]

Thank YOU I’m glad you liked it

[@Zombie_13x33]

thats awesome man byt also crazy that you gotta use 3 diffrent programs just to do one small video. just starting out in 3d myself and im doing pretty good so far but im only using blender at the moment but its still great. love the work you do.

[@emackenzie]

I've used Blender before but I currently use the programs he uses in this video- it's a completely different feeling that can definitely help with productivity being able to move your work from one program to the next. No matter how big or small the video is, the workflow is still generally the same as a larger project

[@pixydis]

Thank you for talking thought this. Its really cool to see the thinking process and not just a timelapse.

[@softxs.r.o1666]

The work you have put into this character is amazing. it looks really really good. Altho, the movement feels unnatural but that is difficult AF. Good job man, looks amazing

[@artofjhill]

Thank you!

[@marirides7638]

This is just FIRE!!! You are so fking talented and the best thing is that you are learning so much from doing this! Cheers man!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you dude. Cheers!

[@0zux45]

This looks really good! One thing I'd do differently is to add some kind of idle breathing animation as it's to static in opinion which makes it look like a robot

[@ellis7658]

Those last few tweaks made all the difference 🔥 one of my new favourites of yours

[@artofjhill]

Thank you 🙏

[@BaseOptimal]

When J uploads, class is in session. Unreal 5 is so absolutely the future I love seeing artists go wild with every facet of it its like it does everything so well. gg's

[@artofjhill]

Thanks 🙏 gg

[@jeanlaurentfrancois4183]

Your work is just Woouaaou!! Your pipeline is so accurate!!

[@cesardavid5925]

Incredible, one of my favorites 3d art channels doing something from my favorites 2d. Amazing and unexpected crossover, Crazy result its amazing all the work and details put together on this. J you are amazing as always

[@artofjhill]

Thank you 🙏

[@thequicksketcher]

So so sick!!! Wow, so you just use a brush and draw the stitches? Like in Substance, Painter you can turn your paint brush into a normal map? How?!! Patreon? This is sick J, I'm like blown away. This is a great cover art of Nima.

[@artofjhill]

Thank you! You can do stitches in substance but I think it’s better looking in the model. I used a stitch brush in Zbrush

[@TeflonSega]

fire

[@artofjhill]

You two would make a cute couple

[@sajans3998]

26:30 where did you learn to attach the skelton to groom? Is there any youtube video available?

[@aakashchakraborty8186]

I love you dude for this vid!! Been searching something with motion for a while now. This is exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks man!! And keep up the Awesomeness!!!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you, will do

[@Mayankrajmani]

Just a little 🤏 mistake add something like breathing animation bcz it looks like moving statue. Btw love your renders

[@inbard2]

Amazing work! Would love to know more details about how you did the eye blinks animation, and how you make the eyelashes follow

[@artofjhill]

Thanks! blendshapes

[@inbard2]

@@artofjhill thanks 👍, but how the lashes follow the blendshapes? For me even though they are binded to the skeletal mesh they just stay in place and don't follow the eyelids when closing

[@adamodimattia]

The smirk is a little so so , just a little, but all in all, the process and the final result, yeah is quite epic, full pro! And very inspiring and motivating!

[@artofjhill]

Thanks? :)

[@adamodimattia]

@@artofjhill I said it the wrong way, I meant that it seems just a little bit artificial compared to examples of facial expressions in your other works, but it is absolutely great nonetheless!

[@hponeuser]

dude u made my day now ill be making mikasa in unreal 5 thnx for a bucket of motivation..

[@artofjhill]

hell ya, do it dude

[@phalcon23]

29:03 kind of skimmed over your video so I might have missed out on something... But as a photographer the lighting is really confusing me. is the glow over her eyes from the light off the sword? If so the light source of the sword would be omni-directional, it wouldn't focus on her eyes only in the shape of the blade. The only thing like this that might be plausable would be if there was a light source, in front of her, and lower, and then her eyes would be darker from the blade blocking the light.

[@sorenkair]

yea i had that thought too but it's a magic katana anyways so I'll suspend my disbelief.

[@ImANaidemoc]

this is such a cool collab!

[@Struct.3]

Dude, taking it really far with all the animation, blendshapes, hair physics, particle systems, the whole shabang

[@artofjhill]

💪

[@rebequilla_4889]

that's so freaking cool, next year i'm going to be doing Unreal, and wow I want to start now, love it

[@davidmorales4636]

Epic tutorial!! thanks a lot. I wanted to ask, what should I do to get the Base Color option in the Global Texture Parameters section? Iris Mask appears there and it doesn't allow me to change the base texture so easily. infinite thanks!!

[@SkyHighMelody]

Absolutely awesome work. If you made the head and arms move a bit intermittently it would look more natural. Her movements seems a bit robotic and too perfect right now. The eyes are excellent, just add more facial expressions with the mouth and maybe make her eyes look at her sword and pivot slightly as the sword is drawn :)

[@ChaosWolfNinja]

Soooo fricking cool!!! Thanks again J Hill !!!

[@artofjhill]

For sure

[@jhonnyvaldes3239]

i really enjoy watching these, man your art is a source of inspiration, just stunishing, i love the katana.

[@elysiumcore]

Insane amount of detais - love it

[@jakedamus111]

Great result! Thanks for the walkthrough! Will use this vid as my Bible to make something dope! 🙌🙌

[@rodxxvi]

I love your work and I will love to learn and adopt your proces it’s quite outstanding

[@ВалентинаК-п7и]

Absolutely mind blowing, thanks a lot for the tutorial!

[@wafi5576]

Really good in depth work flow for a character. And excellent use of each software strength points. . I know this is youtube but the credit also goes for all the powerful softwares used here.

[@artofjhill]

Agreed. Software is dope

[@abhilashkatta]

Every piece this man does is straight up 🔥. Awesome stuff man!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you man 🙏

[@russelljohnsonart]

Mad props! This is super inspiring!

[@manavgala2361]

This is my new favorite 3D channel. So damn tired of step by step tutorial channels at this point

[@ilSignorLimone]

Inspiring, I have no other words to describe your work!

[@Aikanaro-pb3mx]

Dude that's so amazing! I'm loving more and more your works and art :D

[@pointlessimon]

Bro, that looks sick!

[@artofjhill]

🙏

[@fredmarquis1105]

Wow, man that's reaaaaaally cool, maybe a little how to setup a simple scene for render a character should be nice. You are really great inspiration :) Keep the good work man.

[@artofjhill]

Thanks, I’ll see what I can do

[@anupambal2313]

Geeeeeeeee!!!!!! My mind has been blown away..🙏🙏🙏One of the best ❤❤

[@artofjhill]

🙏

[@realart8]

wow, you are a machine!! I love your videos and I'm super inspired now

[@artofjhill]

Happy to hear it. Make some cool stuff

[@HardikPadhiyarDesign]

Mannnnnn!!! Super cool 🔥 love your process and thinking behind small things! Too good ❤️

[@artofjhill]

Thank you!

[@RodanT102]

Recently saw your work on artstation! Great work!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you 🙏

[@Karisma_tic]

Man this is a lotta work, still the result is defenitely worth it ! I look at the final reveal and started smiling as if i was ross 😅

[@artofjhill]

🙏

[@javiersintascheca4712]

this is awesome! i hope that @Ross Draws give you a feed back because im sure he will love it!

[@andrewwoan]

absolutely insane skills

[@nj1255]

Insanely well done! As a total noob working with game engines (I've only worked with CAD software in the Swedish equivalent to high school) it's absolutely fascinating how just one person can create something that looks this good. Just one thing I noticed... isn't it called a flower petal? 😄

[@artofjhill]

Haha thank you and yes

[@marcussidonio8558]

Man, I really love your work. I have no words to describe how good it is. Thank you! BTW you're my favourite artist!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you 🙏

[@SerafinGrivel]

Wow, the end result gave me goosebumps! This was an epic journey. Thank you for the video!

[@artofjhill]

I’m glad you liked it!

[@brillant3090]

Man this is some really really crazy stuff

[@vedanttiwari6287]

Awesome as always, you really keep raising the bar higher and higher, mad skills!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you 🙏

[@sabrango]

Dude, these steps are great to observe!

[@likely2explode]

This is awesome to see. Do you have any tutorials that go over lighting in Unreal?

[@SlowMotionMan91]

Man this looks sick omg

[@lucaspellicer]

Absolutely amazing! Awesome work J. Congrats

[@artofjhill]

Thanks man

[@lucaspellicer]

@@artofjhill Sure! Also I loved the handheld and second angles of you working. Made me wondering about how you have everything set up... Made a set up video in the future?

[@unrelentingpest]

Looks amazing, very inspiring, thank you :)

[@matheussilveira1000]

Thanks for the video J! Your Nima looks gorgeous. I'm gonna try to use unreal for my future renders.

[@artofjhill]

Thank you, go for it

[@senior4153]

the animation made it so cool

[@animegeek-011]

Absolutely brilliant

[@Ali-ei3mg]

I didn't know about any of this stuff but I watched the entire video

[@artofjhill]

Thank you 🙏

[@aserodriguez1425]

She looks sick bro. The hair is definitely moving very unnaturally with big chunks moving together and just wierd looking n the light from the sword hitting the face wouldn't look like that at all, a bunch of minor things ayer those but all I all its awesome bro keep doing your thing because your great at it.

[@XiaoTan-d3u]

Awesome! Any tips about how to start on Unreal Engine 5 as a 3D modeller/artist?

[@artofjhill]

Just dive in. Plenty of tutorials on youtube and Epic has free education videos and courses online to learn unreal

Wow man! This is fantastic. Amazing. Congrats.

[@artofjhill]

Thank you, I’m glad you like it

[@KelvinNascimento014k]

DUDE! you are such a inspiration, this is amazing!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you dude!

[@blender2450]

I like your tutorial very much and have learned a lot of skills following me. I am more eager to learn how to set up the Unreal Engine environment and set up the final rendering to make the character quality more perfect.

[@rhemzleones6336]

This is so effin cool man. An inspiration!!!! I just think the light from the sword is not very natural. I guess what im saying is its too sharp. Keep doing great man!

[@wcherokee100]

Amazing dude, thats a lot of work well done

[@artofjhill]

Thank you 💪

[@chrisg7663]

Fantastic stuff! The only thing I would change is the 2D looking lightning on the sword. Everything is 3D and realistic looking so I'd switch out the lightning to look more like 3D lightning and less 2D anime style.

[@artofjhill]

Thanks :)

[@khoatieu1637]

so dope !

[@artofjhill]

🙏