Beginner's Guide to Creature Creation for Games

Learn the complete pipeline to create a fully textured character ready for Unreal Engine 4.

4.05 (89 reviews)
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English
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3D & Animation
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32 hours
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Aug 2020
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$64.99
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What you will learn

Sculpting

Retopology

PBR Texturing

Rendering with Unreal Engine 4

Description

Student Reviews :

MARWAN AMMAR says : Really an awesome course! the instructor Abraham Leal explains all aspects in detail I really like his teaching method, the course deserves more than 5 stars.

Prathamesh Suresh Jadhav says : Learned a lots of new things, great teacher, great course . just loved it, Thank you


Are you a beginner and want to create a game character from scratch and take that to a game engine ?

If that is the case then I welcome you to Nexttut Education´s Begginers Guide to Creature Creation for Games.

Instructor : My name is Abraham Leal, I am 3D Artist and producer and I have 8 years of experience in the industry. Currently I lead my own studio Critical Hit where we design and produce projects for the entertainment Industry.

What you can do at the end : At the end of this course, you will able to recreate a 3D Character from a concept. You will understand all the necessary steps to create the Anatomy, Props, Animation Ready topoloogy, UVs, Textures and Materials needed for a final professional look in Unreal Engine 4.


In this Course, we will be covering:

  • Maya Modelling

  • Zbrush Sculpting

  • Anatomy

  • Retopology

  • UV Mapping

  • Texturing

  • Rendering with Unreal Engine 4

  • Cinematic Lighting

  • Post Production

I will start the course by teaching you the basics of Maya and Zbrush. We will then jump into creating our high poly Character as well as all the props and weapons. We will then jump to Maya and Retopologize everything to meet the game engines guidelines. After that we will texture our character in substance painter using several of my favorite techniques. To finalize we will create a small scene using Unreal Engine 4 and we will add some cinematic lighting to our project.

Who should enroll : I have designed this course for beginner level students and artists who want to learn the complete pipeline that we use to create a character for games. However if you already know the basics i am sure you can learn a lot of useful tips and tricks along the way. In this course i will be using Maya, Zbrush, Substance Painter, Photoshop and Unreal Engine 4, so be sure to have all of them installed to follow properly.

Enroll now and take your 3d Character skills to the next level!

Content

Introduction

Intro to the Project
Introduction to Maya
Modelling Basics Part 1
Modelling Basics Part 2
04 Modelling Basics Part 3

Introduction to Zbrush

Introduction To Zbrush
Sculpting Basics Part 1
Sculpting Basics Part 2
Sculpting Basics Part 3
Modeling And Sculpting Workflow

Starting our Project

Project Description
Understanding Proportions
Zspheres Base Mesh
Working With The Base Mesh

Sculpting Anatomy

Block In Of The Chest Muscles
Block In Of The Back Muscles
Anatomy Of The Arm
Sculpting Of The Arm
Anatomy Of The Legs
Sculpting Of The Legs
Creation Of Feet And Horns
Block In Of The Face
Creation Of The Wings
Subdivision Method

Refining the Sculpture

Sculpting Of The Face Part 1
Creation Of The Teeth
Sculpting Of The Face Part 2
Sculpting Of The Horns Part 1
Sculpting Of The Horns Part 2
Refining Chest And Neck
Proportion Fixes
Sculpting The Spikes
Refining The Arms
Refining The Forearms
Sculpting The Hands Part 1
Sculpting The Hands Part 2
Refining The Legs
Refining The Lower Leg
Creating The Plating
Refining The Wings

Modelling the Props and Weapons

Modelling The Skirt Part 1
Modelling The Skirt Part 2
Modelling The Skirt Part 3
Modelling The Skirt Part 4
Modelling The Skirt Part 5
Modelling The Skirt Part 6
Modelling The Bracer Part 1
Modelling The Bracer Part 2
Posing The Bracer
Finishing The Skirt
Modelling The Dagger
Modelling The Staff
Creating The Wing Membranes
Exporting To Zbrush

Detailing of the High Polys

Sculpting The Dagger
Sculpting The Staff Part 1
Sculpting The Staff Part 2
Sculpting The Staff Part 3
Sculpting The Staff Part 4
Sculpting The Staff Part 5 1
Sculpting The Skirt
Sculpting The Bracer
Sculpting The Bandages
Sculpting The Mouth
Detailing The Horns
Detailing The Skin
Detailing The Hands
Detailing The Plating

Retopology

Preparing The Objects For Retopology
Understanding Retopology
Retopology Of The Dagger
Organizing The Main Character
Retopology Of The Face Part 1
Retopology Of The Face Part 2
Retopology Of The Face Part 3
Retopology Of The Face Part 4
Retopology Of The Chest Part 1
Retopology Of The Chest Part 2
Retopology Of The Arm
Retopology Of The Hand
Retopology Of The Leg Part 1
Retopology Of The Leg Part 2
Retopology Of The Leg Part 3
Retopology Of The Foot Part 1
Retopology Of The Wings Part 1
Retopology Of The Wings Part 2
Finalizing The Demon Retopology
Retopology Of The Staff Part 1
Retopology Of The Staff Part 2
Retopology Of The Staff Part 3
Retopology Of The Staff Part 4
Retopology Of The Staff Part 5
Retopology Of The Bracer
Retopology Of The Skirt Part 1
Retopology Of The Skirt Part 2
Retopology Of The Skirt Part 3
Retopology Of The Wings
Retopology Of Tongue And Teeths

UV Mapping

Understanding Uvs
Dagger Uvs
Staff Uvs Part 1
Staff Uvs Part 2
Main Character Uvs
Understanding Texels And Uv Organization

PBR Texturing

Introduction To Substance and Materials
Understanding Bakes And Maps
Texturing The Dagger
Texturing The Staff Part 1
Texturing The Staff Part 2
Preparing The Props For Bakes
Texturing The Props Part 1
Texturing The Props Part 2
Preparing The Body For Bakes
Body Base Layers
Texturing The Skin Part 1
Texturing The Skin Part 2
Texturing The Skin Part 3
Texturing The Mouth
Texturing The Horns
Texturing The Wings
Exporting The Textures

Unreal Engine 4, Materials, Lights and Post Production

Intro To Marmoset Toolbag
Creating The Eyes
Introduction To Unreal Engine 4
Downloading Assets From The Marketplace
Creating Our Scene In Unreal Engine 4
Lights And Cameras In UE4
Posing Our Character In Zbrush
Finalizing The Scene In UE4
Photoshop Post Processing
Bonus Fixing Issues In The Pipeline
Bonus Opacity In UE4

Conclusion

Project End

Screenshots

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Reviews

Abhilash
August 26, 2023
learnt a lot of things from this course. thank you abraham leal sir. you are the best I've been following all your courses and looking forward to new more. keep uploading new courses i am always looking upto them.
Mongi
March 6, 2023
he is very good instructor. i hope he makes new course for human game character course like 'Male Character Creation - Complete Game Pipeline -from victory3d (also he teaches)'
Erol
February 17, 2023
Enjoying it! Thanks a lot Abraham. I really didnt know that I can model or sculp. I am character animator doing modelling for fun
Kanishk
November 7, 2022
This was my first proper and finished 3D character model. The tutorial helped a lot in understanding the proper workflow. The teacher went above and beyond to teach us about 3D modelling and texturing which was extremely helpful. Thank you so much and keep up the great work!
Janna
October 21, 2022
Great course, great teacher!The course is well structured, contains no water, everything is prepared for lectures. It helps me a lot during my studies on a more expensive course in one of online schools. Abraham is an awesome teacher, I highly recommend his courses!
Ahmed
June 25, 2022
This course contains not only demon sculpting but a little bit of male and female head along with all the props. a fantastic guide through the full process of game character creation
Gerbeson
March 24, 2021
Good course, learn a lot mainly in the part of substacepainter and Unreal thanks for sharing, I posted on Artstation the final result. https://www.artstation.com/gersouzaa
Peter
December 25, 2020
very good instructor, nice explaining, expected something like fast-moving, but it is beginner friendly, even with blender it is nicely explained and you can fallow along
Rhajandre
October 1, 2020
Curso ideal para quem quer aprender de forma organizada, os exercícios que ele passa de treino durante me ajudou bastante principalmente no maya
MARWAN
August 26, 2020
Really an awesome course! the instructor Abraham Leal explains all aspects in detail I really like his teaching method, the course deserves more than 5 stars.

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