Blender To Unreal Engine Character Creation

Model and Texture a Realistic Character and Play it inside Unreal Engine!

What you'll learn

Learn the basics of human anatomy and sculpting a realistic character

Learn the foundation of creating wrinkles and folds for cloth

Learn how to create organized UVs and create texture maps

Learn how to make hair maps for hair creation

Efficiently use resources while keeping visual fidelity for games

Utilize Unreal Engine Blueprint and Visual Scripting

Create a complete playable character in a game engine

Requirements

At least basic knowledge of Blender, Substance Painter, and Unreal Engine is required

Description

Instructor InfoCorazon Bryant is a professional 3d artist currently working for the government creating 3d models for military training. She has over 25 years of experience with art in the realm of both traditional and digital. What ignites her to wake up every morning is knowing that she will be able to use her artistic talent to help with protecting our country’s national security and she also finds fulfillment in teaching and inspiring students to surpass their own wildest expectations.Course InfoLearn to create a high-quality character, integrate it into a game engine, and explore it within a captivating environment in the "Blender to Unreal Engine Character Creation" course at Victory3D. Starting with sculpting in Blender, you'll create the character's full body and outfit, emphasizing anatomy, cloth wrinkles, and folds. Following this, the course dives into retopologizing to create a low-poly mesh, UV unwrapping, and texturing using Substance Painter to achieve realistic skin and fabric. Techniques for hair creation, technical checks, Unreal Engine setup, material creation, animation, and environment integration will all be covered. By the end, you'll possess the skills to render scenes and optimize 3D assets for performance, ensuring visual appeal while using resources efficiently. If you're eager to master the process of creating game-ready characters, this course is tailored for you.What You Will Learn:The basics of human anatomy and sculpting a realistic characterThe foundation of creating wrinkles and folds for clothHow to create organized UVs and create texture mapsHow to make hair maps for hair creation Efficiently use resources while keeping visual fidelity for gamesUse Unreal Engine Blueprint and Visual ScriptingCreate a complete playable character inside a game engine

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 References

Section 2: Character Sculpting

Lecture 3 Head Basic Forms 1

Lecture 4 Head Basic Forms 2

Lecture 5 Head Basic Forms 3

Lecture 6 Tweaks & Eyeball

Lecture 7 More Tweaks & Neck

Lecture 8 Paint Test 1

Lecture 9 Paint Test 2

Lecture 10 Light Test

Lecture 11 Accuracy Check

Lecture 12 Torso Basic Shape

Lecture 13 Arms Basic Shape

Lecture 14 Hands Basic Shape

Lecture 15 Lower Body Basic Shape

Lecture 16 Fingers

Lecture 17 Body Tweaks

Lecture 18 Toes

Lecture 19 Proportion

Lecture 20 Base Outfit

Lecture 21 Base Pants

Lecture 22 Pants Folds

Lecture 23 Boots Basic Shape

Lecture 24 Boots Ridges

Lecture 25 Boots More Shapes

Lecture 26 Vest Holster Base 1

Lecture 27 Vest Holster Base 2

Lecture 28 Vest Holster Base 3

Lecture 29 Vest Holster Base 4

Section 3: Character Retopologizing

Lecture 30 Real World Size

Lecture 31 Intro to Retopo

Lecture 32 Essential Loops Face

Lecture 33 Essential Loops Neck, Arm & Hands

Lecture 34 Essential Loops Shirt, Pants, & Shoes

Lecture 35 Retopo Face

Lecture 36 Retopo Head & Neck

Lecture 37 Retopo Shoulders and Ears

Lecture 38 Retopo Lower Arms & Hands

Lecture 39 Retopo Hands Full

Lecture 40 Retopo Shirt 1

Lecture 41 Retopo Shirt 2

Lecture 42 Retopo Shirt 3

Lecture 43 Retopo Pants Pocket

Lecture 44 Retopo Pants Top 1

Lecture 45 Retopo Pants Top 2

Lecture 46 Retopo Pants Bottom 1

Lecture 47 Retopo Pants Bottom 2

Lecture 48 Retopo Shoes

Lecture 49 Shoe Laces

Lecture 50 Retopo Vest Straps 1

Lecture 51 Retopo Vest Pocket

Lecture 52 Retopo Gun Holder

Lecture 53 Retopo Vest Straps 2

Lecture 54 Retopo Vest Edits

Section 4: Clean Ups, Shirt Edits, and Eyeball

Lecture 55 Low Poly Clean Up

Lecture 56 Shirt Edits

Lecture 57 Eyeball

Lecture 58 Caruncle & Tear Duct

Section 5: Unwrapping the Character

Lecture 59 Intro to Unwrapping

Lecture 60 Unwrap Character

Lecture 61 Unwrap Shirt

Lecture 62 Unwrap Vest Holster 1

Lecture 63 Unwrap Vest Holster 2

Lecture 64 Unwrap Vest Holster 3

Lecture 65 Unwrap Pants

Lecture 66 Unwrap Shoes

Lecture 67 Unwrap Caruncle & Tear Duct

Lecture 68 Pack UVs & Material Setup

Section 6: Details - Projection, Tertiary and Micro

Lecture 69 Head & Arms Projection

Lecture 70 Shirt Projection

Lecture 71 Pants Projection and Shoe Fixes

Lecture 72 Skin Mesh Clean Up

Lecture 73 Head Tertiary Forms

Lecture 74 Hands & Arms Tertiary Forms

Lecture 75 Shirt Tertiary Forms

Lecture 76 Pants Tertiary Forms 1

Lecture 77 Pants Tertiary Forms 2

Lecture 78 Micro Details Pores

Lecture 79 Micro Details Touch Ups

Lecture 80 Holster Details 1

Lecture 81 Holster Details 2 & Touch Ups

Section 7: Baking & Texturing

Lecture 82 Face Body Baking

Lecture 83 Outfit Baking

Lecture 84 Vertex Color

Lecture 85 Substance Setup

Lecture 86 Hair Paint Temporary

Lecture 87 Skin Texture 1

Lecture 88 Skin Texture 2

Lecture 89 Outfit Base Texture

Lecture 90 Shoe Texture Details

Lecture 91 Dirt Texture

Lecture 92 Stitches 1

Lecture 93 Stitches 2

Lecture 94 Export Textures

Section 8: Hair Creation

Lecture 95 Hair Creation 1

Lecture 96 Hair Creation 2

Lecture 97 Eyebrows 1

Lecture 98 Eyebrows 2

Lecture 99 Beard

Lecture 100 Eyelashes 1

Lecture 101 Eyelashes 2

Lecture 102 Fixes

Section 9: Unreal Setup & Render

Lecture 103 Animation Setup

Lecture 104 Materials Setup

Lecture 105 Hair Unreal Setup

Lecture 106 Animation Blueprint Setup

Lecture 107 Visual Scripting & Hair Bind

Lecture 108 Environment Setup

Lecture 109 Portrait Setup

Lecture 110 Lights & Cameras

Lecture 111 Render Views

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