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Model, UV, and Texture a Complete Manga Character in Blender – Day 1

on Sep 22nd 2011 with 92 comments

Twice a month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Cgtuts+. Today we’re taking a look back at Karan Shah’s three part tutorial series on Modeling, UVMapping, and Texturing a complete manga character in Blender. Originally published back in October of 2009, this tutorial has proved to be one of the most popular Cgtuts+ has ever published. So if you missed it the first time, why not check it out now.

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This entry is part 4 of 9 in the Best of Blender Session

Model, UV, and Texture a Complete Manga Character in Blender – Day 3

on Nov 4th 2009 with 25 comments

Creating a 3d character that is equipped to be animated is one of the most challenging things you can do in CG, and to make matters worse, it has always been equally challenging to find any comprehensive tutorials on the entire workflow. Well not any more! In this 7 video long, intermediate to advanced level tutorial series, professional Blender artist, Karan Shah, will walk you through the complete creation process of a ready to animate video game character. From modeling, to UVs and texturing, to adding the final mesh topology for deformation, this series is a must see for any Blender character artist!

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Model, UV, and Texture a Complete Manga Character in Blender – Day 2

on Oct 27th 2009 with 23 comments

Creating a 3d character that is equipped to be animated is one of the most challenging things you can do in CG, and to make matters worse, it has always been equally challenging to find any comprehensive tutorials on the entire workflow. Well not any more! In this 7 video long, intermediate to advanced level tutorial series, professional Blender artist, Karan Shah, will walk you through the complete creation process of a ready to animate video game character. From modeling, to UVs and texturing, to adding the final mesh topology for deformation, this series is a must see for any Blender character artist!

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A Detailed Overview of the Blender Interface

on Sep 16th 2009 with 213 comments

In this comprehensive video tutorial Blender guru, Karan Shah, will walk you through a detailed demonstration of the Blender user interface. From navigation, to modeling, and even animation, this tutorial is a must for anyone who is interested in learning this free, yet very powerful, open source 3d application.

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Model, Texture, and Render a Photorealistic Kitchen in Blender and Yafaray

on Jul 8th 2009 with 136 comments

In this 96 step mega-tutorial, you will go through all the motions necessary to construct a complete, photorealistic kitchen scene in Blender, and then render it with Yafaray (a free ray tracing, open source rendering engine). Make sure that you have Yafaray and Python 2.5 installed. For more information on installation check out www.yafaray.org.

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‘Quick Tip’- How to Make a Shaky Camera Effect in Blender

on Jun 24th 2009 with 26 comments

Camera handling is one of the most important parts of animation. Using an arsenal of little camera effects and tricks, we can achieve very dramatic results.

In this tutorial we will learn a few camera handling techniques to make our animations more believable and have a greater impact on the viewer. We will also learn a bit about Blender’s particle systems too.

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