Poly Modeling Bodies NO SCULPT REQUIRED
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Күн бұрынIn this video I cover how to model characters without a base sculpt. This is perfect for those who dont have a powerful computer but still want to create amazing characters. It may be old school, but it works just as well!
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(00:00) Introduction
(00:38) Sketching the Reference with Grease Pencil
(03:10) PLEASE WATCH THIS SUGGESTION!
(03:37) Important Mesh Loops!
(04:52) Blocking The Key Loops
(09:00) Hips
(11:15) Torso
(12:00) Shoulders
(12:54) Chest and Back
(17:41) OPTIONAL [Adding Volume to the Butt]
(20:00) Legs + Arms
(22:56) Hands
(37:00) Clean-Up and Polish
(47:00) Feet
(52:41) Fixing Mistakes
(56:00) Connecting the Head and Body
(58:33) Animation Test and Analysis!
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@Dikko Жыл бұрын
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@person-vi6dm Жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS VIDEO AND YOUR FILM! THANKS FOR THIS YOUR VIDEOS HAVE BEEN MASSIVELY HELPFUL FOR MY SCHOOL PROJECT. sorry about the all caps
@parallelhighway4191 4 ай бұрын
thank you for this vide i use it all the time. If i can ask is it bad that i am using it everytime i build a new base ? Or will it be better to try build it my self ?
@BRJoinGames 2 жыл бұрын
It's insane that this content is free. Extremely informative, definitely gonna use this knowledge soon. Thank you!
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
I believe in free education. Everything you see here is exactly that which you get with my patreon. The bonus material is mostly working files and other blender goodies. It always disappoints me when amazing learning content is blocked behind a paywall. Speaking of which, artstations learning videos are now permenantly free! How cool is that?
@DaveRG 2 жыл бұрын
@@Dikko Super cool!
@BRJoinGames 2 жыл бұрын
@@Dikko Unfortunately there's not much educational Blender content there, but still very cool.
@inujascha8311 2 жыл бұрын
That's the only way knowledge should be presented. You have not to pay for education. That's a fraud especially in america.
@Cloudy0w0 2 жыл бұрын
@@inujascha8311 Thats why you pay for college in every country ever
@outoforder8791 2 жыл бұрын
I consumed unbelievable amounts of character modeling tutorials and I'm pretty sure Dikko has to be some sort of Blender God. Every single thing he does is perfect set-up for the next step.It's so calculated. I'm following this tutorial at this very moment and I feel like a professional. THANK YOU!
@LongestYardstick 22 күн бұрын
after leaving college where all we used was Maya and zbrush (and no longer having free access to the softwares), I'm super grateful that someone like you is doing blender content
@Baekstrom 2 жыл бұрын
I like that you share the process with mistakes and all and talk about your thought process when trying to fix them. That is much more educational than a tutorial where everything is textbook perfect, because for sure when I try to model something, I'm going to make mistakes and get frustrated, and feel like a failure when I have to delete big chunks of my work and start over. This video will give me the confidence to try different things out and experiment a bit. It is good to have an idea about what details are important to get right and which ones can be glossed over a bit, because if everything has to be perfect, I'll never finish anything. Also, it is art, and art should be unique, so it makes sense that there is room for making decisions based on taste and style. Better to learn from your techniques and apply them to the art I want to make than to just copy your every move and hope that I can make the same model as you just did.
@TheTELproductions 2 жыл бұрын
Well said
@sulphurous2656 2 жыл бұрын
Me, still practicing sculpting anatomy weeks later: Interesting
@bassage13 2 жыл бұрын
You should never learn sculpting without learning this first. This video is the basis of all modeling. You need to know this to understand what is happening when you sculpt.
@sulphurous2656 2 жыл бұрын
@@bassage13 I mean, I did model the entire body out of polygons in the preceding tutorial series. It's just that I later decided do a remesh on it too and play around with it that way. Same goes for the clothes. Following this guide is just retopology for the body to me.
@road길 2 жыл бұрын
I have to model a character for my animation class, and all your tutorials have been such a great help! I'm nearly done already :)
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@thebetterbutter709 2 жыл бұрын
This is what I would call a truly informative tutorial. It doesn't go around important concepts to simplify things, instead he shows what he's actually thinking.
@HDx03 2 жыл бұрын
I never thought of doing drawing then main loops before fill with this kind of boxing out technique. You learn something new everyday
@lucianadominguez6096 Жыл бұрын
I started modeling like 2 days ago using meshes, subdivisions and reference photos and when I got to the sculpt part, my laptop couldn't handle it and I almost gave up. You're a life saver, thank you! 🤗❤❤❤❤
@kellyjohnson768 2 жыл бұрын
Dikko continues to deliver on the Daenaerys series....can't wait to see how he does the hair and the toon shading of the character
@thunderstriketrading 2 жыл бұрын
I watched people say base modeling is hard when creating human models, but you do this so effortlessly!
@AlexBlackfrost 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this content. Looking forward to seeing more from you! Specially about animation
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
I will be constructing the rigs over the christmas holiday, so im pretty excited about doing some animation tutes :)
@codysampson4768 2 жыл бұрын
You know, it wasn't until you said "happy accidents" until I noticed you have much more of a Bob Ross attitude in this series than your last. You're cool with going with the flow for the most part but still making everything make sense and having a good time doing what you're doing! Thanks for doing these tutorials man it really helps the workflow!!
@juanpablonieto5777 8 ай бұрын
this is great im already doing the "modelling fo animation" series this week and now i discover this, great thanks after years trying to understand 3d character creation, this are the more useful tutorials i ever made , you think in everything man , i feel every aspect is cover, animation topology , clothes, thanks man greetings from Bogota, Colombia!!!
@Termonitu Жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Thank you so much for making this
@emowallpaper 2 жыл бұрын
I love so much your tutorials! Aways make me inspired to start modeling my characters, and makes the process seem much simpler in my head🤲
@OliPewPewPew 2 жыл бұрын
My god, this is masterpiece tutorial, most people just do a very quick timelapse for modeling character without explaining and they didn't even enable the keyboard input ,it's like they afraid people would copy their work or something. For this single reason alone , you get a new subscriber from me ! Please make more tutorials like how to create clothes, how to color the model/clothes, how to create animation etc!
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! You can check out my previous character creation playlist to see how to make basic clothing. I'll also be making a new video on clothing for this character cos she will be wearing a dress. Animation series is next I think!
@OliPewPewPew 2 жыл бұрын
@@Dikko Can't wait!
@limbo5653 2 жыл бұрын
Dude your Blender tutorial in KZfaq is the best so far keep it up
@cezusbezus 2 жыл бұрын
I havent made it through 1/2 of your tutorials, but I drop in to smash the like button on every video you drop in hopes it pushes this awesome content further up the algorithm.
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
I think it might have helped with the last one! The face video got pushed hard by the Algo on monday.
@ps4broadbanddrifter281 2 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. I've been practicing sculpting, which I'll continue to do, but this gives me another workflow I can really get into. Thank you so much!
@meleemastermaa1449 Жыл бұрын
Used my own concept art and followed the tutorial with no character modeling experience(only had modeled few objects for practice), both the model and animation turned out pretty well. Thanks for the lesson, I've learned a lot.
@SAGERUNE 2 жыл бұрын
This is the type of Tutorial that was super common in the blender 2.6-2.7 days. If you started learning at that time you would have had a much more core understanding of topology because the sculpting and auto-topology methods didnt really exist outside of Zbrush, and even in zbrush, and even in modern auto retopology, you need to understand how to clean it./. This is S-Tier information that all of you need to understand as 3d artists, because it will set you free.
@Spec1alD 2 жыл бұрын
this blew my mind. i remember making models from scratch in milkshape 3d when i was a kid in the 90s lol... my models were messy and i built a lot of them one vertex at a time and manually added faces. im getting back into 3d art and topology is more important than i ever knew.
@Tutorial7a 2 жыл бұрын
Okay, so the face modeling video was the first approach that's actually worked for me in the 10+ years I've been using Blender, and that was just a 1st attempt. I am significantly more hyped for this video than for that new Spiderman movie. Watching ASAP!
@prodboyyy 2 жыл бұрын
sorry for my eng becouse iam from kazakhstan. thank you for yours job. your videos give me the motivation to hard work, i really love your tutorials. please dont stop, and i trust in future you will be popular!
@bassage13 2 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the famous Joan of Arc tutorial that EVERY modeler followed back in the day, early 2000's. All of us modelers who have been doing this for 20 + years definitely know what I'm talking about!
@jacobcoulter3705 2 жыл бұрын
Which one? I'm curious.
@poke_detta Жыл бұрын
my new favorite way of making hands the deformation is so much better and i love how it looks
@GugureSux 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting take on the old box- / Polymodeling. I definitely welcome more this kind of low-poly modeling content for the Blender! Less than a couple decades ago, this kind of boxing-out method was practically the only proper way to create 3D models for video games. That is the "back in my day" method, which often started with straight out extruding a box, often from the bottom of the leg upwards.
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean! It's clear though that this method still needs to be taught just looking at the comments. I feel that sculpting without understanding what's going under the hood has really confused newcomers to the art!
@tycho25 2 жыл бұрын
This is super interesting! I haven't seen this workflow before. It seems really useful. Thanks!
@benverschoor6521 2 жыл бұрын
Ahh, I was wondering why my model's number of spans going up the arm from the fingers and made the feet needlessly dense--I was making the arm with too many verts rather than extruding from the few and then containing all the subdivisions within the hand. Much appreciated!
@albiceleste101 2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! I love sculpting but sometimes I dont have time or will to sculpt, retopo, and resculpt on multires, and your character looks so good!
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way alot of the time :). Sculpting is a whole dissent whilst that some people just dont have the time to learn. With with method you can at least get something workable
@destructorestelargalactico7345 2 жыл бұрын
that workflow looks so easy to follow and so useful !! I feel now able to go a step forward !! thank you so much for sharing !!!
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Good luck!
@brettwilkin1161 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, heaps, for your content. I am going to introduce your vids to a grade 8 student who is working between blender and unity and wants to do her own models. She is showing a lot of potential and desire to learn so I think she will enjoy learning excellent technique.
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Keep a personal bleeper on hand when those profanities pop up in the vid! haha
@LeonBlade 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I'm planning on making mid-poly models for a game I want to make and I don't plan on sculpting one out. This video goes over everything I could ever want to know in regards to this topic.
@ocdfx 2 жыл бұрын
great content! very thorough and easy to understand 👍 keep em coming!
@Srcsqwrn 2 жыл бұрын
You are literally helping me get into this industry.
@bluemosquedesign 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve never understood the power of the grease pencil before this. Thank you!!!
@BaardigGeweld 2 жыл бұрын
These are the tutorials i needed. Great stuff!
@doublebeefstew 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a bunch! I've been waiting for this kick aaass tutorial! Lets goo!
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Im glad to accomodate. Good luck!
@Rurix48 2 жыл бұрын
this made me realize a lot that i didn't know i had to know. super informative.
@alexmassy 11 ай бұрын
Holy moly ! Ain't that exactly what I was looking for. Thx mate.
@Dikko 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the compliment and superthanks!
@Akuma813 2 жыл бұрын
You're quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. 🤘🏻
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks dude :).
@nutsachey 2 жыл бұрын
very good video dikko
@revenges8513 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Great video, ive been waiting for this one :)
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy it!
@blackyonbi Ай бұрын
I dont know you personally But I thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with everyone for pretty much free. why you do it? i wouldnt know, but im forever thankful for the quality and time you employed on educating my ignorant ass on this topic.
@fakecubed 2 жыл бұрын
I never even considered using grease pencil to make the model sheet. That's brilliant.
@thomasveierd9696 2 жыл бұрын
Love this video! Great content, man! I got stuck in love with sculpting, which turned my subsequent retopos to crap. You have got me back on track, man! Thanks. The only problem I have...is putting THREE fingers and a thumb on my character - cartoon style...a nut to crack in the future? Haven't found any vids on it yet! ;)
@antonio5868 2 жыл бұрын
Now this is a way I havent tried modeling before definitely gonna try it
@marisabotes989 2 жыл бұрын
So helpful! Thank you so much!!
@oswynfaux 2 жыл бұрын
Another awesome Dikko video
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you think so!
@xylvnking 3 ай бұрын
no intention of needing them to be nude but adding the cake was extremely satisfying my guy got motion now
@billygoatea7171 2 жыл бұрын
Love your work so much bro
@wordydird 2 жыл бұрын
There's something special about that profile view sketch with the head turned to face you.
@JS-ru6ph Жыл бұрын
wow you're talented, good vid!
@Dikko Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@naribvoodunder9159 Жыл бұрын
Wow, great video
@Binary_Omlet 2 жыл бұрын
Man, it's insane that 3d went from "Box model, quads only. Sculpting characters is a waste of time since you have to remesh anyway" to "Did you know you can make characters WITHOUT sculpting?" Incredible how fast sculpting things as a base came. Great tutorial as always!
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Also doesnt help that the best sculpting software on the market is prohibitively expensive for many people. Going back to basics is sometimes the only option for many
@Binary_Omlet 2 жыл бұрын
@@Dikko YEP. We were using Maya/modo/Zbrush back in 2005-6 or so in college and I remember the price tag of back then. It's STILL rough today even though it's much more affordable. Things like Sculptris and Blender including sculpting tools that actually worked would have been a godsend to us back then. I just hope Blender stays free of Adobe/Autodesk shenanigans in the future.
@regularname1825 2 жыл бұрын
@@Binary_Omlet rest assured blender is licensed under the gpl license, it cannot be commecialized and autodesk cannot buy it
@sydneybeaa 2 жыл бұрын
This video came out so quick, good on you. You see an opportunity and take it
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
I actually recorded it 2 weeks ago! I only had the chance to edit tonight (but yes, may as well ride the wave when you can)
@SincerestSawa 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, very helpful
@nullsmack 2 жыл бұрын
I'm never going to be able to do things like this, but I enjoyed watching you do it.
@bassage13 2 жыл бұрын
With that attitude, you never will.
@tomtrovert2339 2 жыл бұрын
So amazing, thanks for sharing
@mikkarondjamboy7877 4 күн бұрын
I want to dedicate my first 3D blender character to @Dikko and his awsome chanel ! It was not Ez to find that "thing" :the Edit(add-on)==>looptools stuff for the fingers, but I finaly finish the stuff with the hands today. Thank you a lot Dikko sensei ✨✊
@Dikko 4 күн бұрын
Glad I could help!
@DrummClem 8 ай бұрын
I'm barely starting in Blender and I have to say that I think I prefer this approach to the sculpting one... I should try.
@eldarreshitov6109 2 жыл бұрын
super great tutorial! Thanks!
@nitecro 2 жыл бұрын
using this now for retopology, thank you ♥
@bullabythecroissant2004 2 жыл бұрын
BRO YOU SAVE MY LIFE, THANKS !
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Happy to help
@alexanderg8466 2 жыл бұрын
This is God tier blender content
@belkinmitya Жыл бұрын
Thank you man! 🙏
@Create_o_raptor 2 жыл бұрын
Mind blown.. gonna give this a go
@wisnutvjaranan1 2 жыл бұрын
I liked, thanks bro
@GorblinRat 2 жыл бұрын
amazing video
@mmitchell10000 2 жыл бұрын
Dude, you are the golden egg
@sk8boarderkat 2 жыл бұрын
This is so so so so helpful!! Thanks so much!
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure :)
@WaterShowsProd 2 жыл бұрын
This is a great compliment to your previous series. And wouldn't the world be a much better place (to model) if there weren't hands and ears?
@dikaprasetyo3587 2 жыл бұрын
I'm soooo glad you changed the thumbnail, I can tell the old one is kind of a turn off for some people
@TomCAT_Character_Art 2 жыл бұрын
As a die hard box modeler, this video is awesome!
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Dude your models are mad :D
@constantasg1472 2 жыл бұрын
woaw a lot of thx man that helped me a lot !!
@jessiemillen9171 2 жыл бұрын
AMAZING!
@TheNei 2 жыл бұрын
Very Nice!!
@Test-iv4pm 2 жыл бұрын
The amount of times that I "CTRL + R" to make a new edge, but I accidentally still have this video in focus instead of blender, and just refresh the page.......
@wort3120 Жыл бұрын
Perfect, thanks, this really helped me focus on the really important parts. I needed a week to get threw this >.< and I think I will keep this body forever. But fixing spans... I hate this so much :,)
@Dikko Жыл бұрын
Yeah its a pain, but you get used to it then it becomes theraputic when you through a good podcast or music playlist to the mix :)
@wirbuss4849 2 жыл бұрын
Pretty good tutorial.
@takaramaka1024 2 жыл бұрын
thank you very much !!
@BlueGuise9 2 жыл бұрын
The bikini method looks pretty effective! Thanks!
@specialhouse 2 жыл бұрын
best one ever
@FurryMink 2 жыл бұрын
I got to how you did the hands and my mind was BLOWN
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Its a method that seems more straight forward than what ive seen online before I think
@nelsondelarosa5337 2 жыл бұрын
Very cool. I belive Toonboom harmony has that ability .. thank you for this great video
@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890 2 жыл бұрын
i finally found a good tutorial that didn’t cost me a kidney
@audriusmargasovas88 2 жыл бұрын
you can do same thing in all other software, but yeah that sketch feature, pretty cool
@ayasbangas 2 жыл бұрын
it's great tutorial.. now you get 1 subs, bro.. 👍👍
@user-ze5jg6rf6g 2 жыл бұрын
So cool
@itskius 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the super!
@ripsy 2 жыл бұрын
legend
@RyanMalmDesign 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the sharing your knowledge, these videos have been extremely helpful! At several moments during this and the head modeling no-sculpt video you use sculpt tools while keeping the mesh edges visible, almost like you're staying in edit mode. How do you do that? When I switch to sculpt mode, the geometry edges/points dissappear.
@montgomerylok1 2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU VERY MUCH....
@DanMcLaughlin 2 жыл бұрын
It looks like the elbows and knees don't have the extra volume geometry - "triple diamond" was it called? Anyhow just simple loops, any reason?
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Just for the sake of simplicity. Video was already quite long
@Manlike_J 2 жыл бұрын
Yoooo...can't afford the graphics tablet rn...this is gold
@tenaciousstudios03051 Жыл бұрын
With regards to what you said regarding the muscle men, pinup girls, yadda yadda yadda, I'm a big fan of mesomorphic (i.e. Athletic) bodies, so, this might be because of my liking for sports, but like you said, it's a redundant loop I don't really need. However, since most of the models I'll be making will sport various different outfits as the story progresses, with only a small number of them bearing only one, I might clothe my characters entirely in sportswear for one such outfit (form-fitting sports pants and suitable top wear, for example.)
@Dikko Жыл бұрын
If you need an extra loop to help define specific physicality, then add them as necessary :)
@amirulhafeez6282 2 жыл бұрын
uff, free knowledge.. inta sub!!~
@AlbertStrydom Жыл бұрын
Your progress from your last character tutorial to this one is not just amazing but inspiring. Thanks again Dikko. Out of interest, are you using a graphics tablet? If so, which brands/models do you like or suggest?
@Dikko Жыл бұрын
Thanks mate! Yeah in use tablets all the time. Xp-pen and Wacom are my go-tos but I know that there’s a lot more quality choices in the market nowadays. I like the ones with screens personally but you won’t be at a disadvantage all that much if you just start off with a basic tablet
@AlbertStrydom Жыл бұрын
@@Dikko Thanks Dikko, was considering a Wacom, you twisted my arm... keep up the awesome work!
@nikkotheonly 2 жыл бұрын
As a beginner in Blender, this is amazing to watch and learn from. Thank you so much! I do have one question though, this is quite a different approach from the "modeling for animation" series you created. In which case would you recommend this modeling approach in comparison to the approach you are taking in the "modeling for animation" series?
@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын
Both are valid :). My videos are never intended to be a "one size fits all" solution. I may show slightly different approaches or design in the meshes but the fundamental ideas are what's important. Design with your intent in mind
@nikkotheonly 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you for explaining! I look forward to trying this approach as well to see which fits the best for me 😁Thank you once again for showing the different approaches!