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so you want to make a character well

there are a few ways to go about it I

prefer box modeling that's what I'm

doing in this video and it's basically

just starting with simple shapes pushing

points around and slowly adding detail

as you need it another common workflow

is sculpting and then retopologizing

with sculpting the upside is that you

can make whatever shapes you want

without worrying about topology but then

you end up with a really dense mesh and

that makes it not very good for rigging

and animating so you have to fix the

topology if you want to do those things

there's also something to be said about

style like if you want to make a more

realistic model then the arms and the

legs will probably be connected to the

Torso and you have to put a little more

effort into making things attach

properly but if you're all right with

how it looks there's nothing stopping

you from keeping all of the limbs as

separate objects which is what I usually

do and it's what we'll do to make this

character because it's a little more

beginner friendly but before we do that

I want to show you how quickly you can

make a low poly human model I personally

don't really like like making realistic

humans and I think if you plan on doing

that you should just find a free human

model to use as a base mesh and then

sculpt on top of it and do some

retopology there are plenty of free

models and retopology tools just for

realistic humans and Nagi over here

actually does this in a few videos but

for the sake of knowledge let's make a

low poly human and then you can make the

lethal company squl or something like

that so let's open up blender and this

is version 4.1 but all of this should

work even if you're using version 3.0 so

don't worry too much about that also

this is a beginner tutorial but if you

don't know how to move around blender or

if you want to learn a little more a

little or if you want to learn a little

about modeling first then check out

these two videos of mine to get up to

speed and just know that you might have

to pause occasionally to follow this

video so if you want a reference picture

you can drag it directly into blender

when you're in object mode and you can

change the opacity over here but I'm not

using one in this video so I'm just

going to delete it with X okay first

thing we need is a cube so if you don't

already have one in your scene you can

press shift a and add in a cube right

here and if you're wondering why my

colors look like this and you want yours

to look like this you can just go up to

the top right up here click this arrow

set it to mat cap and choose this one or

one of the other ones from the list and

I also always have cavity turned on and

set to both and this just accentuates

the edges and makes it a little easier

to see so this cube is going to be used

for the Torso I'm just going to press

one to look from the front right here

and tab into edit mode and this should

already be selected but you can also

press a to select everything G and Z to

bring it up just a little bit right

there and S to scale it down now you

might be able to see these squares right

here each one of these squares is 1 M

and people are typically under 2 m tall

so I usually use uh two of these squares

as like a reference for human height so

I'm just going toy try to keep

everything under 2 m press s to scale

and right now I'm looking for the width

of this I'm going to make it as wide as

I think the Torso should be so maybe

right about here s and Z to scale it up

gz bring it up now let's look from the

side and I want to make this a little

skinnier so s and Y to scale it on the Y

AIS right there now I'm going to add a

neck you can either press three to go

into face select mode or click this

button up here select the top face I to

inset just a little bit and I want this

to be a little more Square so I'll press

s and x and we can scale it on the x

axis G and Z to bring it up just a

little bit e to extrude to bring this up

e to extrude again s to scale this is

going to be for the head e to extrude e

to extrude and S to scale that down so

now we have a torso and a head and I

want a spot for the arm to come out so

let's press controlr to add in a loop

cut and we'll bring this up to right

about here I'm looking for something

that's kind of close to a square shape

right here now again press three to go

into face select mode or click this

button up here select that face right

there e to extrude just a little bit we

can press s to scale that down this is

going to be for the shoulder area now e

to extrude we're going to extrude out to

where we think maybe the wrist should be

scale that down now if you want to make

this more rectangular you can I'll press

s and Z we can scale it down right about

there this is going to be for the wrist

now we can e to extrude for the hand

contrl R for another loop cut this is

going to be for the thumb we're not

going to make all the fingers this is

going to be kind of Mitten style press

three to go into face select mode or

that button up there e to extrude out

for the thumb and we can scale that down

um I'm going to scale it on the z-axis

to make it a little skinnier at the end

now don't worry about the other side

right now because we're just going to

add a mirror modifier later so we're

only going to do one side right now it's

a good idea to add some loops for the

elbow so I'll press crlr we can add one

right in the middle with right click now

I'll bevel this with crl b and use the

scroll wheel to add another loop in the

middle right here this will make it so

the elbow deforms a little better when

we bend the arm now we need a spot for

the legs to come out so we're going to

add a loop cut right down the middle

right here with contrl r three to go

into face select mode select that bottom

face e to extrude and we can scale that

down just a little bit now we'll look

from the front with one and E2 extrude

down to right about here where we think

like the ankle is going to start we can

s to scale and I also want to extrude

down this is going to be for our foot

now if you want it to snap to the zero

point perfectly you can go up here to

snapping settings leave it set to

increment but we can turn on absolute

grid snap now when you're moving this

around with G you can hold control and

it will snap to the grid so we can snap

it to that perfect point right there and

you can even see over here that the Z is

set to 0 m so we know it works right now

I'll look from the side over here make

sure you're in face select we can select

this front face and E to extrude this is

going to be for the foot you know maybe

zoom out to make sure that it's the size

you want go into Edge select mode with

that button or two and we can bring this

top part down and if you want the foot

to be able to bend in the middle a

little better you can also add a loop

cut here press contrl B to Bevel it and

again you can use the scroll wheel to

make sure that there's a loop in the

middle also to shape the foot a little

little more let's press one to look from

the front alt Z to go into x-ray mode or

you can press this button up here one

for vertex select and I'll just select

the whole bottom of the foot and press s

and X to scale that out just a little

bit right here and I'll select these two

points right here and pull this out for

the heel now we can add a loop for the

knee with contrl r and again contrl B to

Bevel that and make sure that there's a

loop in the middle another thing I like

to do for the hip area is again press

alt Z to go in into x-ray mode select

these points right here and just bring

them up slightly like that now we should

probably mirror this to get the arm and

the leg to the other side so I'm

actually just going to select everything

on this side right here again I'm in

x-ray mode for this so I am actually

selecting all the way through press X

and delete all the vertices now we can

come over here to the modifier panel it

looks like a little wrench click the add

modifier button and you can either type

in Mirror just start typing mirror or

under generate you can add the mirror

modifier right there now if this isn't

working right for you it might mean that

your origin point is not actually in the

center so just select your model right

here press crol a and apply the location

and that should make this work now we

can also smooth this out with a

subdivision surface modifier you can

press contrl 1rl 2 or contrl 3 and

that's just going to change the viewport

level over here and now we can go into

edit mode again and start smoothing this

out so it's a little less boxy you can

see it's pretty flat in the front right

there so what I like to do is select the

whole Center Loop right here you can do

that with alt and left click and I'll

press seven to look from the top s and Y

and we can scale this out just a little

bit and you can see it's getting a

little more round and if you want you

can do this separately for the head and

for the body but I just did it for the

whole thing I'll make the head a little

bit wider also so again I'm in x-ray

mode for this with alt Z I'll just

select these two points right here and

we can bring it out so it's a little

more round and if if you want to mess

with any of the proportions you know

make the legs a little longer anything

like that you can make your character uh

skinnier now is the time to do that it's

also a good idea to press crlr and add

one or two Loops in the body right here

and that will make it deform a little

bit better as well this is low poly but

when you rig it up it will deform pretty

well isn't that [Music]

right if this is too low res for you you

can add more detail by applying the

subdivision surface modifier and then

you'll have more verts to work with

there are also ways of making the joints

to form better and you can find some

topology guides if you look around I

like searching on Pinterest but this is

definitely enough for a beginner video

so let's put this stylized character

together now the main difference with

this one is that all of the limbs are

separate pieces and I think this makes

it much easier to get complex shapes

because you don't really have to worry

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video so for the next character let's

start a new file just make sure you save

first so for this one I do have some

reference photos let's just make a new

collection by hovering over here and

pressing C so I have them right here I

have three of them and you can get these

by following the link in the description

I'm just going to press one to look from

the front and then I'll drag it in I'll

press three to look from the side drag

in the side picture and seven to look

from above and these are the numpad

shortcuts you can also just use this uh

widget in the corner from the top let's

just drag in the top right here and we

can select all of them press alt G and

that will snap them to the center now

from the front I'm just going to bring

this up G and z and we can scale it down

again I'm just looking at these two

squares so we can scale them down until

it looks about the right height and they

should all be the same size so you don't

really have to resize them now with all

of them selected you can press this

button over here and we can turn on

opacity but while you're checking this

hold alt and that will toggle it for all

of them at the same time now we can turn

this down slightly and again I'm holding

alt while I change this otherwise it's

only going to change one now just so

they don't get in the way of anything

I'm going to push them around and now if

we want to turn them on and off we have

all of them in the their own collection

up here and I'm just going to make it so

none of them can be selected by pressing

this button right here and if you don't

have that you can turn it on with this

button over here in the corner now let's

make a new collection and this is just

going to be for our cat which is named

bzo you can name it whatever you want

though and again we're just going to

start with some cubes so shift a add in

a cube right here I'm going to press

control 2 to add a subdivision surface

modifier as you can see over here now

from the front bring it up scale it down

this is going to be for the head we're

just going to get a lot of the shapes

started shift d bring this down this is

going to be for the body then I'll add

in a plane with shift a and this is

going to be for the arms and the legs

and I'm going to use the skin modifier

for this you can actually make a whole

base character with the skin modifier

and you can see that in this video over

here so let's go to the modifier panel

press the add modifier button and I'm

just going to search for Mirror you can

just start typing so we have the mirror

modifier I want the skin modifier enter

and a subdivision surface so the skin

modifier basically what it does is it

gives thickness to edges as you can see

here and then the subdivision is just

smoothing it out so now we can tab into

edit mode I'm going to look from the

front alt Z for x-ray mode and I

actually want to merge everything into

one point so M merge at Center like that

make sure you're in vertex select mode

select this point and press crl a and

that's how you scale it up and down or

you can mess with these values over here

so I'm going to scale this down until

the thickness looks about right and we

can just start moving this around again

I'm in edit mode for this this is going

to be for the leg so I'll bring it up

here e to extrude Z to bring it straight

down like that it might be hard to tell

in the recording but there is a circle

around this point right here and that

means that this is the route which is

important because if you have a line

that doesn't have a root the skin

modifier won't recognize it and it won't

make it thick so make sure that you're

duplicating the one with the circle

around it so shift d and I'll bring that

up right about here e and X and we can

bring it out we're not going to make the

hands right now we'll make those in a

little bit and just to show you how to

handle this if it doesn't have a root um

let's just duplicate this one right here

and to bring it to the center we can go

up here and for the X Type in zero and

we'll extrude that upward now this

doesn't have any thickness so let's just

select this point right here go over to

the modifier panel and press Mark rot

and now it will get thicker let's tab

back into object mode shift a and I'm

going to add in a cube and this is going

to be for the feet let's press tab to go

into edit mode

GZ1 that's going to bring it up one

meter tab back into object mode and that

just makes it so that the origin is at

the very bottom so when we scale it you

can see it's uh instead of scaling from

the center it's scaling from the bottom

of the cube so for this I actually want

a mirror modifier we can just press this

type in mirror and if we move it to the

side you can see it's not really

mirroring again that's because it

mirrors from the origin point so like I

said before you can press CR a and apply

the location and that will work but I

like being able to scale it from here so

instead of doing that let's go to this

mirror object and the modifier panel I'm

going to select the head basically you

want it to be something that's in the

middle because that's what's determining

the center point for the mirror modifier

so now we can move this to wherever we

want over here let's turn the reference

back on and just scale it to a point

where you think it looks good or if it

matches the reference now with

everything in place let's press a contrl

a and apply the scale this is important

important uh for modifiers cuz a lot of

modifiers look at the scale and this

will change how they act so it's

important to apply your scale right now

nothing is named over here you can uh

either select things over here double

click and rename it so I'll name this

head or you can do this in the viewport

by selecting and pressing F2 I'll name

this torso Limbs and feet and don't

forget to save so just like the first

model you can stop right here and use

this as a base for a bunch of different

characters let's keep going though so so

we can make this a little more polished

we'll start with the head I'm just going

to duplicate this with shift d and this

is what we're going to use to make this

mouth area that you can see in the

reference S and Y to bring this out a

little bit and we can just get this kind

of close look from the front SX and we

can bring this across if we want we can

scale this in slightly now again make

sure that you're applying the scale of

these so I'll select both of them crl a

apply scale so when we select the head

and tab into edit mode you can see that

it's still a cube and I want to make the

ears and the fur and stuff like that but

if I start adding more Loop Cuts with

controlr you can see it's changing the

shape pretty dramatically so before

going into edit mode Let's actually go

over to the modifiers and we can

actually apply this right here I like to

apply it with as little detail as I need

we can click this button press apply and

then we can tab back into edit mode and

we have all these squares to work with

now let's select these two fa is right

here I to inset I again for individual

right here and I'll scale this down

pretty small and now I want to bring

this out for this I like to use alt s

which is the shrink and fatten tool like

that look from the front and get this

pretty close and if we want we can

smooth this out back in object mode with

control 2 and we're going to use the

mirror modifier for this one so let's

tab back into edit mode alt Z I'm going

to press one to go into vertex select

select half X delete those now back in

object mode we can add a mirror modifier

you can see the seam in the middle

that's just because the mirror modifier

isn't first so we can just drag it to

the top like that and it should clear

that up now tab back into object mode

for the ears I'm going to select these

and extrude them but I want them to be

more circular so I'm going to press

contrl Z to go back and we actually want

to use an add-on for this but it's

already built in so you don't have to

worry about downloading anything just go

to edit preference is add-ons and you

can search for Loop tools make sure this

is enabled and then you can go to save

preferences if you want that to always

be on with these faces selected right

click Loop tools is at the top and you

can just select Circle and it will turn

all of these into a circle so I'm just

going to scale this up don't scale it up

so much so that you know these points

overlap over here but I'm going to scale

it up pretty big and E to extrude right

about there I'm going to scale this down

I want them to be kind of round at the

edge you can look from the side and I'll

bring this forward just a little bit if

you want you can also make this even

more round by going into x-ray mode

press one for vertex select we can

select these and just move them up like

that I'm also going to select this and

bring it forward now if you're having

trouble seeing where the points are we

have a few options uh over here on the

subdivision surface modifier you can

either turn this off in the viewport

this works for object and edit mode this

one right here turns it off only in edit

mode and this one Mak makes it so that

it kind of conforms to it so usually I

just kind of turn it on and off and

you'll see me do that quite a bit so now

I want to make the inner ear so I'm

going to select these two faces I to

inset I again so it's not individual and

we can scale that in quite a bit going

to select these three points right here

and drag them down bring them in like

that let's select these faces again and

just extrude that and if you want you

can also scale it up slightly let's make

these whiskers next so I'm just going to

select this right here and you can see

we're still working with a cube so I'm

actually going to apply this also and

I'll press control 2 in the viewport tab

into edit mode select these three faces

right here I to inset I again and if

these aren't Square enough for you you

can do a few things you can rightclick

go to Loop tools and change this to a

circle you only have four points to work

with so it's just going to turn it into

a square basically and if you want to

scale it down further but they're all

scaling at the same time like that you

can press period and change the pivot

point to individual Origins that's also

this option up here and then it will

scale the individual faces down now we

can press e to extrude these out and you

can see they're already being pushed in

the normal Direction but if they aren't

you can contrl Z to go back and you can

use alt e instead and then you have

these other options one of which is

extrude faces along normals which should

make that work and I want these to be

sharp right here instead of smooth like

that so going to press two to go into

Edge select mode and we can select this

edge with alt and left click and you can

see when I have the subdivision surface

turned on and I change this mean crease

option all the way up it becomes sharp

right there um the shortcut for that is

shift e so let's select this one with

alt and left click and press shift e

instead you can see it does the same

thing so we can do that for all of them

let's mirror this also so in edit mode

let's just go into x-ray mode and we can

select this half and I'll delete the

vertices you can go over here add the

mirror modifier and make sure it's at

the top for the nose we're going to use

some modifiers for this too so shift a

add in a plane press

rx90 to rotate at 90° drag it up and I'm

just going to start scaling it down and

getting it into place and I want to add

two modifiers one of which is the

subdivision surface so for that we can

do control 2 and the other one is to

give it some thickness and that is the

solidify modifier so I either under

generate you can choose solidify or you

can just start typing it in and to make

this smoother we can just bring the

solidify to the top and we can also play

with the thickness amount and I usually

like to set the offset to zero so that

it's extruding from the center like that

let's bring this a little closer to the

face look from the front and we can

start shaping this if it's too hard to

see you can actually just select other

objects and press h to hide them and

then you can press alt H to bring them

back so I'm just going to hide these two

we can select the nose and keep modeling

in edit mode so I'm just going to select

these top two points and we can scale

this out quite a bit scale this one down

so in object mode I'll press alt H

rotate it from the side to kind of make

it conform to the Head now if you want a

mouth that's a little more realistic and

is actually built into the head you can

use the method that I show in this video

over here it'll show you some topology

tricks to make it pretty easy but for

this one we're going to go for a more 2D

style mouth and it's basically using the

same method that I used for the nose so

we can just duplicate the nose right

here press alt R to reset the rotation

rx90 to rotate it 90° we can drag it

down into the side tab into edit mode we

can scale this down a little scale this

one up to make it a little more

rectangular select everything with a s

to scale Z we'll make this a little

thinner I'll add a loop cut in the

middle scale this select these two side

points bring it down a little and rotate

I want it even thinner so I'll select

all of these points on the bottom and

press GG to Loop slide now back in

object mode we can rotate this a little

now this looks a little too thick so we

can select it go to the modifier panel

and turn down the thickness um if it's

moving too fast you can hold shift and

that makes it move a little slower like

that and if you don't want to have to

like rotate This and like Snap to the

face manually you can turn on face

snapping so to do that go up to the

snapping menu up here you can turn on

face turn on Center and you can turn on

a line rotation to Target that's going

to make it rotate based on the face that

you're snapping it to um just make sure

to turn it off if you want it to stop

rotating so now when you press G and

hold control it will snap like that

let's go into x-ray mode and just line

this up a little closer we can also

rotate it a little like that if you want

you can scale it down do whatever you

want to make it look good to you if you

do scale it at all just make sure that

you're applying the scale afterward

again for the eyes we're going to do

kind of a two-dimensional method but if

you want something that's more realistic

you can watch this video over here I

talk about how to make three different

types of eyes and don't worry about

rigging and animating this cuz I'm going

to show that in the next video it's

actually really easy to rig a 2d style

eye like this so don't worry about that

so let's just select the nose again

shift d to duplicate and I'm actually

going to bring this back to the origin

first with alt G and ALT R we can tab

into edit mode I'm going to delete this

and I'm going to add a plane the reason

I'm doing this is basically so that we

can keep the modifiers that we already

have but I am going to add a new one

which is the mirror modifier just make

sure that's at the very top and we don't

want this to merge together unless

you're looking for something a little

more like a Sonic style eye so I'm going

to turn off merging back in object mode

I'm just going to uh set the mirror

object to the Head now I still have face

snapping turned on over here so I'll

press G and hold control and you can see

it's kind of snapping to the face we can

just scale that down over here so that

they're not like plates stuck to the

head like this I'm actually going to use

the shrink wrap modifier so again we can

go to add modifier shrink wrap which I

think is under deform it is right here

but you can also just type it in now

let's bring this again to the very top

and we can Target the head that cuz

that's what we want it to shrink wrap to

so it looks like it disappeared but it's

actually just inside of the head and

that's because it's only actually

snapping Four Points let's come into

edit mode right click and we can

subdivide once go to Loop tools and turn

this into a circle back in object mode

we can also press control a and apply

the scale and that's just going to make

it so that the solidify modifier is

actually reading an accurate thickness

right here we can make that thicker now

we can basically just scale this to

whatever we think looks good um I'll use

the reference and this is actually

pretty close already so to rotate it so

that they're not all diagonal like this

I'll press R ZZ and that's going to

rotate it on the local axis and we can

just get it a little flatter and back in

edit mode if you want you can you know

change the shape of these bring these

down a little I'll select the middle and

I'll bring that down now for the pupils

we can do the same thing I'm actually

just going to duplicate this and I'm

going to turn off shrink wrapping and we

can scale this down back in edit mode

just select everything right click and

turn this into a circle back in object

mode we can press G and hold control to

start snapping like this and and if you

don't like how the origin point isn't

actually in the very center you can

reset it by right clicking set origin to

center of mass surface like that using

face snapping with rotating um makes

this a lot easier because you don't

actually have to adjust the rotation so

I definitely recommend using that and

don't forget to apply the scale when

you're done with this because it's going

to change what the solidify modifier

actually looks like the eyebrows are

using the same method so let's just

duplicate the pupils right here we can

drag this up I'm just going to hide a

few of these with h press alt R

rx90 so that it's flat it's a little

easier to work with when it's flat in my

opinion now in edit mode Let's select

this Loop right here with alt left click

and we can press contrl X that will

actually dissolve it I believe if you

just press X you also get dissolve

options right here and I was in Edge

mode for that so you want to make sure

you're dissolving the edges now let's

just bring this a little closer over

here a little further out can scale this

down scale this down also scale the

center up and in object mode this is

where we can rotate it to you know get

it a little closer I am going to come in

here select these two press a g and then

x x and that will move it in the the

local orientation cuz I know these are

supposed to be a little longer probably

back in object mode alt H so we can

actually see everything and now we can

start rotating this and I'll snap it to

the pupils to match the rotation and we

can just drag it up like that and and I

also want to make this thicker the only

thing left is the hair and for that

shift a we can add in a cube in edit

mode gz one to Move It Up 1 meter then

back in object mode you can see it's

scaling from the bottom now I'll look

from the side and bring it up over here

to where the hair is can just scale it

down control 2 to give it a subdivision

surface scale it up on the Z and then s

shift Z to make it skinnier and I'm just

trying to gauge the thickness it should

be so the shape that I'm looking for is

going to be something like this in edit

mode make sure you're in x-ray mode also

let's just bring this down quite a bit

you can add one Loop in the center I'll

move this a little like that and for the

two ends I'll rotate them like this and

that's going to get us a shape that's a

little closer to this Arc over here can

also scale down the end and if you want

you can scale this up okay now back in

object mode we can actually get this in

place and start rotating shift d to

duplicate scale it down shift d one more

more time and we can bring it over here

with G scale it down rotate it you know

just line it up now let's make sure all

of these have the scale applied with crl

a apply the scale now in the reference

these aren't actually going

straightforward they're kind of sticking

off to the side a little so we can mimic

that by selecting the hair and rotating

on the z-axis like that bring it to the

side just a little and I want to keep

the hair looking like it's kind of in

the center so I'll just drag these few

now if you want to stay organized it's

probably a good idea to actually name

all of these things so I'm just going to

go through real fast and rename

everything next we can work on the coat

right here so for that I'm just going to

actually duplicate the body scale it up

a little and rename it with F2 I'll just

name it coat this is still a cube so

what I'm going to do is turn this down

one subdivision like that and then apply

it and then press control 2 to add

another subdivision surface back in and

I also want this to have a thickness to

it so I'm going to add a solidify

modifier and just make sure that this is

at the top so that it's extruding and

then smoothing that out now if I come

into edit mode look from the front and

I'm actually just going to delete the

bottom point right here you can see that

it does actually have a little bit of a

thickness to it but let's make it even

thicker like that I'll select the entire

bottom Loop

sz0 and that's just going to flatten it

out on the z-axis we can bring this down

to about here and scale it out if you

want this to be more circular you can

use the loop tools add-on for that again

to get this collar what we can do is

select the top Point press contrl plus

and that's just going to expand the

selection can press three to go into

face select mode and I'm just going to

inset this with I I don't want this to

be individual so I'll press I again I'll

right click go to Loop tools and circle

extrude that up and I'm actually going

to press X and delete the faces and

that's just going to make it Hollow at

the top also I want to select this top

Loop so go into vertex select and we can

just scale this out basically what I'm

looking for for is that so it isn't

cutting into the head really so I'm

going to look from the side we can

rotate it a little like that also maybe

scale it out a little more I'm going to

select some of these points and press GG

to Loop slide to make this crease a

little less sharp and I'm only focusing

on one side because we're just going to

mirror it after I'll bring this one down

too and before doing the sleeve or

deleting half and adding the mirror

modifier um I'm going to work on this

bottom part right here you can see in

the reference it looks like there's kind

of this um almost like an elastic

waistband so to make that let's go back

to edit mode I'll select the entire

bottom Loop e to extrude S to scale and

we'll just scale in and extrude down on

the Z axis I'll select this entire Loop

right here this middle one with alt and

left click and we can just drag that up

it will start to kind of uh cut through

and you just have to move things around

until it matches the shape a little

better the bottommost loop we can scale

that out a little bit also I'll select

all of them and just uh start moving

them around a little bit it looks like

we're pretty close to the reference so

let's go into edit mode xray mode and

then delete half of this and we can add

in the mirror modifier make sure that's

at the very top and that merge is

actually on now we can make the sleeve

over here so for that I'll go into face

select select these two faces I to inset

right click and use Loop tools to make a

circle right here I'll just scale that

down so nothing is overlapping now from

the front I don't really want this to go

inward like that so I'll drag it out and

I want to scale this down to be a little

bit smaller right here and just going

around where the arm is I'll press e and

then X to extrude it outward like this

sx0 and that will flatten it on the xais

contrl r to add some Loop Cuts so we can

get the shape of the sleeve a little

better and as we move it you can see

that the loop is changing shape so if I

want to match the shape of one side or

the other you can press e and to switch

sides you can press F so it's either

going to copy the exact shape of one

side or the exact shape of the other

right here so I'll put it right there

contrl R to add another loop right here

and I forgot I actually want to delete

these faces right here so that they're

open now I can select these loops and

scale them up like this if you want this

cuff to be a little sharper you can do

the same thing as I did for the

waistband and kind of make them overlap

like this this Loop right here I'll

scale on the z-axis like that and drag

it down a little you can do the same

thing for for this one too if you want

I'm also going to select this part and

drag it in a little just to uh make it a

little more triangular again make sure

that the scale is applied and if

anything changes you can adjust it to

look how you want let's do the hands

next so we can just select this right

here tab into edit mode look from the

top hands with the skin modifier is

actually pretty easy extrude on the

x-axis a little bit and then CR a to

scale it down quite quite a bit as you

can see I only have three fingers right

here if you want you can add four you

can add as many as you want really

basically all you do is just extrude to

the tip of the fingers right here or I

guess the bottom of the fingers and then

I'll select all of them right here I'm

just going to press s x and zero to

flatten them out on the x- axis and then

e and X we can extrude it out I'll bring

this out a little further and for the

thumb we can extrude from the same point

right about here and then e y press CR a

to start scaling it up and you can see

at some point it will start to actually

connect everything together now we can

just select all of the fingers so I'm

using box select right here click and

drag and holding shift and then crol a

and you can just scale everything up

until it's the thickness that you want

another thing to pay attention to is the

thumb placement so you can see as I move

it the topology is going to change

basically just try to avoid it um

kinking and overlapping and stuff like

this so that's it for the hands we can

tab back into object mode and we can do

the shoes next I'll add a subdivision

surface with control 2 tab into edit

mode face select I'll grab the front

face right here look from the side and

I'll just drag it out right about here

I'll select these points and drag this

out and I'm going to add a few Loops now

so let's add a loop cut right here with

crlr crl r again let's select these

points right here move them down a

little bit these ones right here and

pull them up we can and just try to kind

of match the shape of the reference over

here we can add a loop cut with r right

here another way instead of pressing E

and F and stuff like that you can just

bring it all the way to the bottom right

here and then move it back up like that

and it'll be flat also so this is for

the bottom part of the shoe right here

let's go into face select mode alt and

left click to select this Loop of faces

e to extrude S to scale and then shift Z

so that it doesn't scale up on the you

know the z- axis like that uh I also

want to turn merging off so that it

doesn't actually connect to the other

shoe and to make it a little more even

we can scale it on just the xais right

there two to go into Edge select mode

alt and left click right here and let's

turn the mean crease all the way up for

this like that now if you want you can

adjust the thickness of this again with

scaling on whatever axis until it looks

good to you let's select this whole face

loop again with alt and left click s and

X we can scale that out a little bit to

make these shoes a little chunkier I

know the shoes are touching each other

but I want them big and this is

something that we can remedy when it

gets to like rigging and uh setting

poses and stuff like that but if this is

bothering you you can go back into

object mode and just scale them down you

can also make the the character wider so

their legs are further apart but in edit

mode still I'm just going to select this

face right here shift d to duplicate I

to inset and we're going to delete this

face with x the shortcut to select an

entire separated piece of a mesh is L

we're in face select so we can just

hover over any face and press L and it

will select that whole piece that we

just made now we can just extrude that

upward right here L again to select the

whole thing we can scale this on the Y

let's also scale this up and I'm just

moving it into place right here if you

got the thickness wrong you can always

select this inner loop again with alt

and left click to select those faces and

then s shift Z and you can scale it all

however you want for the tongue of the

shoe right here I'm basically just going

to select this face shift d to duplicate

and I'll drag it up scale it down just a

little bit we can add a loop cut you

know to get the shape a little better we

can scale this in you know scale uh

individual edges right here I like to

scale the middle one out a little it

makes it much rounder then we can select

this top part right here and try to kind

of match this angle and the subdivision

surface is actually smoothing this out

quite a bit let's select these two faces

and E to extrude to give this a little

bit of a thickness like that if it's too

thick or too thin you can press alt s to

shrink or fatten it like that let's

select this and rotate it more I'll

press L to select the whole thing and we

can move it into place last are the

shorts and if you want you can skip this

and just change the color of the legs to

make it look more like tight pants but I

kind of like the shorts so for those I'm

actually going to use the shoes right

here we can just duplicate that I'll

press alt G to bring it back into the

center tab into edit mode a to select

everything X and we'll delete everything

and add in a cube scale it down quite a

bit and I'm just going to delete the

bottom face right here so we can press X

delete that face and I also want to add

a solidify modifier so type in solidify

and just make sure that that is above

the subdivision surface right here back

in object mode I'm just going to get

this into place and be the size that I

want before I actually apply the scale

and mess with the solidify okay I think

this is pretty close let's press contr a

apply the scale and then we can come

over to the solidify and we can change

the thickness to be a little thicker and

now we basically just have to move these

faces around until we think that it

looks good so let's just select the

bottom Loop scale it out can also bring

this up quite a bit higher all right

back in object mode we can select

everything rightclick and shade smooth

the only thing that isn't going to be

shaded smooth is what we made with the

skin modifier and we should actually do

duplicate this anyway so that we can

apply it mainly because it's going to

make it easier to texture paint when we

get to that so let's press shift d to

duplicate this and then we can find it

in the outliner and we can just hide

that right there let's select this one

that's visible and we can apply the skin

modifier right there so now if we tab

into edit mode you can see that you know

it's more than just a few edges we also

have a ton of faces and thickness and

whatnot now we should be able to right

click it and shade smooth if you want to

shade smooth with the skin modifier you

just have to use this button right here

the whiskers look kind of weird because

they're shaded smooth even where it's

supposed to be sharp right here so you

used to be able to rightclick and shade

Smooth by angle but now it's a little

different just select the whiskers go to

the modifier panel and under normals we

have Smooth by angle and that's just

going to clear it right up for you next

we can add some color there are a lot of

ways to add color in materials and I'll

be showing how to use this color palette

method but you could also use texture

painting you could make a separate

material for each color you want and

then select and assign those materials

to different parts of the model you can

find free textures from a site like poly

Haven then use the node Wrangler add-ons

shift controlt shortcut to set them up

fast or you can use a separate program

like substance painter now I'm not going

to cover all of these things but at

least you'll know what to search for if

you want to learn more so you can

download this color palette for free

from gumroad and then just come back

here to set up the color palette we

should go into the shading tab up here

I'll select the head and then we can

press new right here all we have to do

is bring in the image texture so let's

press shift a and you can just search

image and choose image texture then

press open and find the texture pette

that you just downloaded so it might be

in your downloads folder mine is over

here and then we can just press open now

just drag the color into the base color

right here make sure this is set to

closest you can also give the material a

name and that's it now we just have to

add this material to everything else so

with this still selected you can press a

contrl l and then you can press linked

materials and that should add it to

everything else now let's go over to the

UV editing tab up here just make sure

you turn on material preview so you can

actually see the colors properly and we

want to see our pallette over here so

press this button up at the top and make

sure you choose the pallette anything

that we made with the skin modifier

isn't going to be unwrapped so what you

can do is just select everything tab

into edit mode press a to select

everything over here in the viewport and

we can press U and for this method it

doesn't matter too much what the UV map

looks like most people will use Smart UV

project and I usually just set the

island margin to something like

0.5 and press enter and that should be

fine let's reset everything to White so

come over to the UV editor press a to

select everything s to scale and zero

and everything will scale down to this

single point over here and then you can

press G to move it around and you can

see as I do that all of the colors are

changing and that is basically how you

change the colors over here we can tab

back into object mode basically you just

select any of the objects tab back into

edit mode a to select everything and

then over here in the UV editor you can

just move this around to change the

color and whatever you put it on top of

that's the color that it's going to be

I'll put it somewhere around here you

can also select multiple things at a

time so I know I want some other things

to be orange I'm just going to shift and

left click on everything that I want to

be orange I'll choose the eyebrows and

I'll choose the body tab into edit mode

a to select everything and you can see

now we have a DOT on white and one on

orange because we already Chang change

part of it to Orange so what you can do

is just click and drag to select this

over here and then G and just move it to

the same spot I want the eyebrows to be

a darker color orange so I'll press alt

a to deselect everything I can hover

over the eyebrow and press l so now we

can come over here and press G and Y and

let's just move this up right there

let's select the pupil and the mouth tab

into edit mode press a to select

everything let's make this black back in

object mode I'll select this mouth part

with the whiskers I want to select only

the whiskers so I'll go into vertex

select and x-ray mode and I'll just

shift and drag to select just the tips

then Control Plus on the numpad to

select everything go back into face

select and then we can just drag this

down to make these black I want the nose

and the inner ear to be the same color

so I'll select the nose and shift select

the head in object mode tab into edit

mode alt Z to turn xray mode off we can

select the nose and let's select these

two faces right here over here I'll

press a s and zero to scale those to the

same point and we can put both of these

over to like a pale pink color like that

I don't like how the ear looks I think

this should be a little sharper in here

so we can go into edit mode press n to

open this side panel and instead of the

faces I just want the outer edges so

let's go into Edge select mode and we

can deselect this with shift click and

let's turn mean crease up until we like

the size so I think right around 0.5

looks pretty good and we can tab back

into object mode and press n to make

that panel go away let's select the coat

right here a to select everything let's

make this also a purpley color and a

little more pale tab back into object

mode select the shorts a to select

everything let's make this uh a little

darker back in object mode select the

shoes tab into edit mode I want this

part of the shoe to be the same color as

the coat so what we can do is maybe

let's select everything else it might be

easier to do that so in face select mode

all and left click right here to select

that Loop contrl plus to grow the

selection can hover over this and press

L and the same thing with the tongue and

now we can press control I and that

should invert the selection so we have

the bottom of the shoe also which is

fine now in object mode I'm going to

shift select this go back into edit mode

now we can actually see both so let's

just select the white part and move it

to the same spot I think this part and

that part should be white but maybe

let's select the tongue and make it the

same color as the nose back in object

mode select the shoe shift select the

nose like that and we can drag the white

part to this color over here so they're

the same and that's it for the color

this method is pretty easy for blocking

out solid colors with objects like this

but if you're texture painting it might

be a little easier if all of these are

joined together so let's just go back to

the layout tab right here and I'll show

you how to apply all of the modifiers at

once and join everything together what I

would suggest is turning down the

subdivision surface as low as you think

it can go so you could turn all of these

to one another thing you can also do is

press a to select everything and then

hold alt while you press this and you

can turn all of them down at the same

time obviously this looks too low poly

but we could turn it up by one maybe and

that actually looks all right then what

we can do is right click still with

everything selected we can go to convert

to mesh right here and that's kind of a

quick way of applying all of the

modifiers and to join all of these

together what you can do is just select

one of the objects again press a to

select everything and contrl J and when

you do that the actively selected object

the one that is outlined in like a

yellow lighter color that's the object

that all of them will be joined to so

you can see over here everything was

joined to the coat now if you want to

smooth this back out you can just press

control1 to add a subdivision surface to

everything again and that's why I think

it's good to set the subdivision surface

to as low as you think it and go because

you can always add one back on top sorry

what was that this isn't enough and you

want to see the character move well to

make that happen you'll have to learn

about rigging I actually have a whole

playlist about it and I'm planning on

making a video soon where I actually rig

the character from this video thanks for

watching and have a good one [Music]

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