Poly Modeling Faces NO SCULPT REQUIRED

Рет қаралды 354,734

Күн бұрын

In 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!
For source files feel free to check out my patreon @ www.patreon.com/dikko
(00:00) Introduction
(02:40) Preparation
(06:30) Why mesh loops are important
(09:40) Lining up image planes
(10:55) Blocking the profile of the Face
(13:55) Blocking the Mouth loop
(14:44) Blocking the Cheek Loop
(16:10) Blocking the Eye Loops
(19:41) Filling out the Cheek Mesh
(21:00) Adding Eyelid Loops
(25:33) Adding Lip Loops
(28:00) Blocking the Nose
(32:00) Nostrils
(40:00) Forehead
(41:00) Optimising mesh around nose and lips
(43:00) Filling the Jaw
(44:33) Adding Detail to Upper Lip
(46:56) Refining the Eyes
(48:55) Filling in the Crown of Head and Neck
(51:37) Modeling the Ears
(58:13) Conclusion
Special thanks to all the patrons that are supporting this channel!
BreadMan
BrianK
Sarah Pip
colin r
Sammi_Chi
gabriel
Rachel
Murf
Shourie Chetlur
Andy Liang
shirley lam
Drzigzag
Jesse Benjamin
Thane Brimhall
Trey Briggs
Kelly Johnson
Bunny Void

Пікірлер: 418

@Dikko Жыл бұрын

Love this video? Then check out my latest short film BLACK CURTAIN: The Fear. Out now! BLACK CURTAIN: The Fear kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftJoeNN6upnNgn0.html

@falitosis 2 жыл бұрын

for anyone wondering the 'F' key wont work until you enable it as an add on. search F2 and check the box for Mesh F2. edit>preference>add ons>search f2>check box = tada

@MoonLB 2 жыл бұрын

the f2 addon doesn't appear for me. Is it not available on newer versions of blender?

@anomalace 2 жыл бұрын

@@MoonLB you specifically have to search "f2" and not "mesh f2"! I'm using 3.0 so it's there!

@falitosis 2 жыл бұрын

@@MoonLB Hey sorry I just saw your message. I have blender 3.0, I'm not sure about other versions

@l3a3n31 2 жыл бұрын

@@falitosis 3 options are displayed auto grab adjust UV and enableextend vert, I suppose is the third one, but it doesnt create squares but triangles, and sometimes not evn that would someone pleas help me ? @Dikko

@north6935 2 жыл бұрын

I have this add-on enabled and the 'F' key still doesn't work :S

@Enigmata23 2 жыл бұрын

I tried every method of face modeling. Box, sculpting, and poly modelling and I can say without a doubt poly modelling gave me the most consistent results. Far easier to get the topology out of the way early than try to get perfect topology of a human face starting with a cube.

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I feel that once you begin to get a good understanding of mesh flow, it's still faster than sculpting imo. Well faster to get something functionally useful I think.

@Wandering_Watcher 2 жыл бұрын

I do find poly modelling to be quite therapeutic. But in defence of sculpting, you'd usually start with a base mesh. Then pair that with the multi-res modifier and you'll be set (I believe you can even bake normals directly to your lower subdiv!) A further advantage is that you'd be able to share shape keys between your head models (e.g so you can make heads morph into each). All being said tho thanks to Dikko for teaching us his godly topology. EDIT: he said this in the vid shouldn't have jumped straight in the comments :' |

@SrValeriolete 2 жыл бұрын

If you sculpt you will basically have to poly model anyway in the retopology

@Hugh.Manatee 2 жыл бұрын

@@SrValeriolete That is the standard workflow I use. But with the shrinkwrap modifier that step is pretty fast anyway.

@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890 2 жыл бұрын

yes!

@tuna_the_loser Жыл бұрын

For my needs thats the best fucking tutorial ive ever seen. I say it with full confidence, having 60k subs with this level of quality content is nearly insulting

@Dikko Жыл бұрын

Spread the word to pump it up! I wanna hit 100k by the end of the year!

@ryleypalmer 2 жыл бұрын

Everything just makes so much sense. You've articulated your workflow so well I am able to follow along and keep up. So many sculpting tutorials I'm pausing, rewinding and getting annoyed. And the topology is so clean. Dikko you are a legend!

@dominatorN4 2 жыл бұрын

Just want to say thank you very much for sharing the knowledge for free. This is a massive gift to the community. Especially as a beginner I find there is so much that goes into blender and this type of art in general that takes years to get decent at.

@mickyelmb 2 жыл бұрын

I love the methodology. It is so straight forward and simple compared to other modeling videos. I love the way you control the process as you work as opposed to modeling first and clean up later. As a newbie this is so helpful because it can be really confusing try to fix the mesh later and your process eliminates the need to keep backtracking. Thanks you for this.

@egmont5044 Жыл бұрын

This is fascinating. As a hard surface modeler, I would not have thought to construct the way you laid out.

@fercaba8 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, i just wanted to say thank you! U are really helping a lot of people, i would reccomend your channel to EVERY 3d modeling beginner

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

The more the merrier :). Thanks!

@hotcher2 Жыл бұрын

Incredibly well done video. So clearly and concisely explained. Best face topo tutorial I've come across.

@zollokidart Жыл бұрын

The lips study was honestly my favorite lesson learned . Thank you

@Krahkarq 2 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic. Thank you so much for explaining this beautiful method!

@adamgeorge37 Жыл бұрын

i really like your tutorials and the fact that you are orienting this too making animations is way better than so many others who just sculpt but there are sometimes in this tutorial where i wish you would explain a little more and maybe slow down.

@XHuntinatorX Жыл бұрын

This is almost identical to the approach we would use with “patch” modeling back in the day. It was tedious but we worked with what we had at the time. This is a really good explanation of where your edge loops belong and “why” they belong there.

@sweetsartcorner 2 жыл бұрын

best tutorial ive seen yet! Used this with 3ds Max and it worked really well

@tishang3286 2 жыл бұрын

I love this tutorial! Really helps beginners trying out animation for the first time!

@pedromonteiro9846 16 күн бұрын

This is awesome. And you are very brave for going so far without saving. Good job

@hammockmonk 2 жыл бұрын

Great series! You offer enough guidance but leave us to figure out some details for ourselves. Well done!

@divalea 2 жыл бұрын

Calling the eye loop(s) “the Incredibles Loop” is smart. For expressive characters, thinking of the space around the face as a mask helps artists convey emotions better. I thought of this as soon as I saw the loops image!

@HadasDrory 2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks man!

@Brotacon 2 жыл бұрын

I've been recently getting back into 3D modelling (thanks in part to your blender vids) and I've never really gotten the hang of sculpting - especially the retopo part - so a mix of poly and box modelling is how I still do it. I do use the sculpt tools in a non destructive way to nudge and smooth over things and I'm usually happy with my results. It might help that I draw all my character reference images so I have a pretty solid idea of what I want my character to look like from different angles and figuring out the loops etc. The advantage is clear - you tend to get much cleaner results out the box (heh) - which is especially useful for UV unwrapping and iterative animation testing. I also just like it the process of hacking away at low poly shit until it starts to resemble the character.

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

It's defs more efficient if you plan on jumping into rigging asap. Plus theres nothing to stop you scupting in details with a multires down the line

@dancingcaulk2656 Жыл бұрын

3:53 i love how he gives us ideas on how to make someone a friend or whoever to help us make references

@tenaciousstudios03051 Жыл бұрын

This was exactly what I was doing all along when I'm doing any sort of 3D modelling. Sometimes I have reference material at the ready, other times I just commit my character's look to memory.

@clanker8021 2 жыл бұрын

I love poly modeling, it feels much easier for me to make characters than sculpting, and as you said Dikko, it's pretty good for weak machines : ) Great video as always!

@Lionwoman 2 жыл бұрын

Same!

@ApolloOfTheSun7 2 жыл бұрын

So I learned of different way of modeling bodies, but this one is pretty good and mapped out with polygons how I was looking for it to be mapped out specially in the groin area because that's the hardest part for rigging. Thank you!

@TheSteveTheDragon 2 жыл бұрын

This is old school character modeling. None of this newfangled sculpting kids today are into. Dang kids.

@Hugh.Manatee 2 жыл бұрын

Bah, humbug! Your darn newfangled modeling software isn't old school. I remember sketching a wireframe on a piece of paper then doing hours of trigonometry to calculate where your vertices should be. And then you just type a lot of numbers into setedit...

@paddybanerjee9211 2 жыл бұрын

@@Hugh.Manatee That must be torture.

@malachiramel9516 Жыл бұрын

I'm a complete newbie, and I still find this easier. I do come from a drawing background though...

@sichibukailaw6418 10 ай бұрын

Sculpting is cooler😝

@tomondiek2839 3 ай бұрын

Old school all the way how we. We're taught down to fundamentals

@bitlong4669 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Nicole pace and breakdown of how to make good face tops from scratch. Much appreciated.

@elgeeie 2 жыл бұрын

For real, THANK YOU for making this. For some reason, modeling a human head is just impossible no matter what other way I try it. This method worked wonderfully. Keep up the amazing work!

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@gastonlefebvre2482 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial. very well explained. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

@camerpin 2 жыл бұрын

I love you Dikko. Thank you for this tut.

@SaltedMallows 2 жыл бұрын

This video has me going Dikko Mode with modeling. Good shit fam.

@Saunteringvaguely.downwards 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Most tutorials I’ve found for this are people who are very soft spoken or can’t speak clearly off a script and they confuse me because they will go “oh wait no I meant [command]” Very well spoken. Easy to follow, you got a sub from me 🙇‍♂️

@koigxiritb7ttgyuv Жыл бұрын

Oh my god, i needed it this weekend. Now i have to wait for next weekend to try it.

@user-gz1jh1ir7q Жыл бұрын

This is great stuff. I'm not 3D artist. I am just interested in. And I've got a great pleasure from so completed explanation of so complicated theme for me. It's really cool!

@ParibesGaming 2 жыл бұрын

This way of character design makes you not retopoligize it, very nice!

@MVARTZ 2 жыл бұрын

I't been a long time since I modeled a face like this! But it is a fundamental skill to be able to do it right😁 Nowadays I just sculpt in Zbrush, but that comes more down to habit and preference. You're absolutely right that its easier to get the topology out of the way and that makes sculpting a lot cleaner and easier. All in all fantastic video mate! 🤩🤩

@emmanuelkabila4594 2 жыл бұрын

i really want to learn sculpting, but I fail

@JohnyFront 2 жыл бұрын

great job Dickko! Love your vids. :)

@gaminha Жыл бұрын

Eu não falo inglês, mas a didática é tão que consigo absorver o conteúdo. Ótimo trabalho!

@yosh_io 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for these amazing tutorials, a huge help!

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@mappen614 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, it even works for more realistic characters. Thank you for making this!

@xylvnking 2 ай бұрын

coming from hard surface this and the body modeling tutorial helped so much, really appreciate it.

@xylvnking 2 ай бұрын

man the ears are tough lol

@jonyfanfan4126 2 жыл бұрын

exactly what i needed thank you dikko!

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure :)

@andrewbenson3714 2 жыл бұрын

Dikko university 💪🏾 you the truth man fr.

@lucas_s79 2 жыл бұрын

I really needed this video, thank you a lot

@Vimtematar32 2 жыл бұрын

True Christmas gift... thank you so much!! subscribed, and have a wonderful new year!!

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you for watching! And merry Christmas to you also :)

@Cielinac 2 жыл бұрын

I only have just gotten into the world of 3d blender, and your videos have helped the most from all the ones available on here. Also, i really enjoy you swearing a fuck ton in these videos, makes it feel more genuine lmao

@anasmughal8106 6 ай бұрын

i tried every other youtube video but id never helped, I loved this video..... it helped me a lot, by using all this videos methods and using some of my own I finally made an amaizing face. Thanks for the help.

@MiRoDevYT 2 жыл бұрын

The lips and the ears are always the hardest to get right imo I guess ill be watching and rewatching over and over hahahaha! great tutorial as always

@zacsamuel7295 2 жыл бұрын

Great! This is exactly what I needed! Thanks

@tapikoBlends Жыл бұрын

love poly modeling

@noahbrewer2476 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you I can poly model literally anything at all.

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@luxor9339 2 жыл бұрын

Someone gives this man a medal!!!

@cedricvillani8502 2 жыл бұрын

Ha WOW I can’t believe I never thought of this, awesome dude

@anssilehtimaki3841 2 жыл бұрын

These videos are great for blender newbie like me

@israelfranco9104 Жыл бұрын

You just added another subscriber here. Fantastic video!

@Cmetzgus14 2 жыл бұрын

Your character design vids are super useful, helping me to create my own high quality models. I think it would be really valuable to put this onto artstation, they just released a "learning now free for all" thing and they have no character design tutorials on there for blender, you could be one of the first, just an idea. Thanks for the high quality content!

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up! Let me look into how to publish there :)

@Sh4gzz 2 ай бұрын

I had to sculpt a character for an assignment that I had to complete for the first term. After we sculpted our character, we had to retopo it and I hated every single moment of it. Now in the second term I saw your video and decided to follow along, using my own references, and I can say without a doubt that poly modelling is A LOT more enjoyable and faster than sculpting, retopoing, shrink-wrapping the retopologized model to the sculpt and then fixing the weird deformations after shrink-wrapping. You've earned a subscriber, sir

@animatoonstv.2216 2 жыл бұрын

You are the best, thank you so much for sharing this technics for modeling.👍💕

@r0tt1ng 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic content !

@MrHemantbasantwani 3 ай бұрын

loved the video.

@fhinpus 2 жыл бұрын

I'm telling you all, thus guy is a god.

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

I wish :P

@emo10001 2 жыл бұрын

Best poly modeling video I've seen in a while. Used to be called box modeling right? Was never that good at it so I just gave up. This video is a nice work flow. +1 for starting with the default cube. You get a sub/like just for that ;-)

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks man. I always try to make use of that cube haha

@tat_marz 2 жыл бұрын

DIKKKOOOOOOOOO!!! 👏👏 .... THANK YOU FOR THIS 👏👏

@ozzycinema 10 ай бұрын

Great tutorial. Thank you.

@godfatheralexander 2 жыл бұрын

Is this part 1 of a future series? If so, I'm so looking forward to this.

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah part 2 dropping tonight in hoping

@chubbydunkers78 2 жыл бұрын

Still love your videos! Another great one.

@Atomic-toons00 8 күн бұрын

Thanks Dicko

@youssefyousry6164 2 жыл бұрын

Great work

@nubsnova Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing, can wait to try your method..

@Dikko Жыл бұрын

Hope it works out for you :) Good luck!

@LVC85costa 2 жыл бұрын

I think sculpting mite not be for me. So glad you made this one. I was trying to keep up with the last head tutorial. Thanks so much

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

Sculpting gets easier when to begin to get a better understanding of the 3d space. But doing it this way first, I believe it trains your brain into understanding it

@laesmeralda6586 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! don’t want to attempt sculpting lol. Instantly subbed.

@fishisnotfishfish2267 Жыл бұрын

I like the chill step music beat and you have it turned down enough where we can here you. Plus seem like your turturials make alot since. So thanks for this I think it be helpful In the future when ever I can get my hands on a laptop 🤔

@teabagNBG Жыл бұрын

very good material here :D thx

@TheCatMurgatroyd 2 жыл бұрын

Excuse me... Did you just extrude the nose!? O.o THIS IS GENIUS WTF.. my noses always look like crap (I've been modelling kinda like this for ages) .. going to watch this video later and yes it will save my butt!! Thank you 😍

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck I hope it works out :)

@GorblinRat 2 жыл бұрын

amazin' i hate sculpting thank you for this

@nametaken1532 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you bro ❤️

@blackyonbi 20 күн бұрын

youve taught me more about retopology than university.

@TheWr13r 2 жыл бұрын

the amount of loops makes me want to cry

@nalisten 2 жыл бұрын

This is Perfect For Me!!!, you got My Sub Friend

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@ethansnow7110 9 ай бұрын

Build the known, solve the unknown, thank you sir, got it!

@acexluv 2 жыл бұрын

This is awsome thank u

@artlammusic6758 2 жыл бұрын

This is so cool :) I will be waiting video part of body Thanks

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

Will hopefully come sooner than later :)

@divalea 2 жыл бұрын

The early parts of the sculpt giving me the big Hexadecimal in ReBoot vibe. 😜

@sergioflores5534 2 жыл бұрын

This is the way

@dt.abbywang 14 күн бұрын

Hi Richard, I were your RMIT classmate，🎉 so surprised to found your great tutorials here today when I was searching for a detailed blender character modeling tutorial all around the web, and I found yours and you did a really good video which exactly is what I am looking for！ 😊😊😊

@Dikko 3 күн бұрын

Hey! That’s so cool! What are you up to these days?

@dt.abbywang 2 күн бұрын

@@Dikko Absolutely! I have my animation studio doing commercial projects, but based on the industry marketing needs, I mainly focus on mechanical animations production while still want to make my character short animation for my dream. So I will follow your Blender character tutorials to see if I can learn more on character animation and produce my own short film. :)

@Dikko 2 күн бұрын

@@dt.abbywang that’s awesome! Have you got an Instagram account? Add me @dikko_art

@dt.abbywang 2 күн бұрын

@@Dikko Followed your Ins ~

@ashutoshsingh1514 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this tutorial.. it does it for me.. Many blessings to you.. grateful❤😇.. A positive attitude.. calm mood and determination gets everything done. smile 😸 hehe

@LemonSBugz 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I have been learning to do this since it's easier than sculpting for a beginner. That's why when I go to iPad 3d Apps like Nomad. It's really frustrating that it doesn't have a feature like this as in Blender.

@vishal3336 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊❤️

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@santitabnavascues8673 2 жыл бұрын

This is how dad did things! And it works effing miracles. 😁

@Dikko 2 жыл бұрын

Haha that's something I never expected to hear

@wilhelm992 2 жыл бұрын

this gives me PTSD from college ngl lol, LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MAN KEEP IT UP!!!!

@Rhemora 2 жыл бұрын

While this is very interesting it would really help beginners like myself if you stated what buttons you were using to do things as you were going through it, I have been learning them but I will freely admit I majorly screwed up and had to start over again a few times when I found one button you pressed that I had missed in a section.

@megancaruso8862 2 жыл бұрын

Diddo

@kiro253 2 жыл бұрын

If u are a beginner and u start with this?? Goddamn it must be a really hard journey lol

@ephemeralgod 2 жыл бұрын

@@kiro253 Yeah it's tough. A lot of us aren't super patient (i.e. me) and are just learning blender to make a custom model, for VR Chat or otherwise. It's a LOT to learn to make one little thing!

@DavidConnerCodeaholic 2 жыл бұрын

I hadn’t considered the topological features of the face. The parts of the face where loops are needed line up with some interesting regions: 1️⃣ anatomic regions where facial muscles are found, which correspond to areas with motion. 2️⃣ regions for which it is tough for the brain to develop a static representation (as the loops in the front of the face are where motion occurs) 3️⃣ regions that are hard for the brain to perceive because we never see the contours of these region (as the concavity/convexity of the face doesn’t allow a perspective that shows the curves of these areas like we see the curves in a jawbone) This would explain why these ares are difficult to model and why the loops would prevent someone from overworking their model.

@infotoons212 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again, this is perfect timing. I'm starting a new animated short story that's going to need at least three new characters. This time I think I'll use your rigging course and try and build the rigs myself. Good topology makes rigging so much easier.

@angeld7849 2 жыл бұрын

FINALY!!!!!! FINALLY SOMEONE DO NOT OVERRATE SCULPT MODE 😭😭😭

@angeld7849 2 жыл бұрын

But exists more easy methods to make a head, not only start with a Plane, look at Maya modelers.

@sahajaji5780 Жыл бұрын

Nice video

@dunkyism763 2 жыл бұрын

I did hear (Series) right? This is going to be fun!.

@georgetherat3345 2 жыл бұрын

I've learnt such from your videos. I re-watch them and practice often. Soon I will post the results. Thanks for all your hard work. 😍

@nicu227 2 жыл бұрын

I realised after trying other methods of poly that seemed easier at the start cuz i thought going from x axis to y axis to align verts was slowing me down...but now i realise u work in 2 viewports for this

@KalponicGames 2 жыл бұрын

Wow this is good. Poly modelling looks awesome. Any tips to keep poly count low for game characters?

@twilightmarauder 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! This video makes me excited to try face modeling, but I'm having a little trouble getting started. I hope you (or some other helpful person) is reading this and can answer my question. Starting at the modeling, you spend a while lining up the drawings of the two faces. In what way do you line them up? You're aligning the pictures so that you can get the front and side of the head to "cross", but I don't know what aligns with what. What I'm assuming you're doing is making it cross at the middle, but I think that I'm not on the right track.