Creating Cartoon Characters in MODO 301
Learn an artist-friendly workflow to character modeling, texturing, and rendering with MODO 301. Software required: modo 301 and up.
What you'll learn
Learn an artist-friendly workflow to character modeling, texturing, and rendering with MODO 301. Contains over 6 hours of project-based training for artists learning MODO and the artistic processes of creating stylized cartoon characters as seen in animated feature films. Popular highlights include: Look Development; Exaggerated Proportions; Adding Appeal; Mesh Sculpting; Image-based Sculpting; Vector Displacement; Painting Textures in MODO; Utilizing Shader Tree; Global Illumination; Constraining to Background; Copying/Pasting Polygons; Reusing Geometry; SDS Subdivide; Sub-D Modeling Tools; Morph Maps for Facial Expressions; Deformers; Combining Falloffs and other Tools; Combining Images with Effects in Shader Tree; Organizing Item List; Pen Tool; Loop Slice; Mirroring Geometry; Modeling with Symmetry; Element Move; Selection Methods; Edit/Delete Message. Software required: modo 301 and up.
Table of contents
- Drawing out Facial Geometry with the Pen Tool 9m
- Drawing out and Shaping the Nose 12m
- Filling in the Facial Geometry (Part 1) 9m
- Filling in the Facial Geometry (Part 2) 9m
- Connecting the Face to the Head (Part 1) 13m
- Connecting the Face to the Head (Part 2) 10m
- Building the Eyes 10m
- Modeling the Eyelids (Part 1) 10m
- Modeling the Eyelids (Part 2) 12m
- Shaping the Mouth 12m
- Adding Wrinkles; Chin and Nostrils 14m
- Building the Ear 14m
- Adding Teeth 12m
- Building a Cage for the Hair 10m
- Filling in the Geometry of the Hair 9m
- Building the Body 16m
- Modeling the Pants 4m
- Creating Geometry for the Belt and Belt Loops 5m
- Defining the Leg Holes 4m
- Extruding out the Legs 7m
- Finishing the Legs 9m
- Adding and Shaping the Arms 7m
- Modeling the Hands 14m
- Starting the Cape 11m
- Finishing the Cape 10m
- Adding Eyebrows and Eyelashes 8m
- Basic Lighting and Render Setup 7m
- Layout of UVs for the Head 7m
- Painting the Head Texture 10m
- Setting up Materials for the Head 10m
- Layout of UVs for the Body 8m
- Painting the Costume 6m
- Setting up Materials on the Costume 8m
- Layout of UVs on the Hair 4m
- Sculpting Displacement for the Hair 8m
- Painting a Color Map for the Hair 8m
- Setting up Materials for the Hair 5m
- Setting up Materials for the Eyes 9m
- Shaping the Body and Head 6m
- Adding a Facial Expression with Morph Maps 8m
- Creating the Final Render 8m
About the author
Justin thrives as a lead modeling author at Pluralsight. Growing up, Justin found a deep interest for the computer graphics industry after watching movies like Jurassic Park, Toy Story, and The Abyss. His ambition would lead him to work at Sony Imageworks in Los Angeles on movies like Monster House and Surf's Up. Justin has also had numerous articles, tutorials, and images published in 3D World and 3D Artist. As an author, Justin enjoys collaborating with fellow authors, especially on project... more