Monday, February 3rd, 2025Posted by Jim ThackerTutorial: Creating a Character for Games Vol. 1html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"The Gnomon Workshop has launched Creating a Character for Games, a multi-part tutorial covering the process of sculpting a AAA-quality game character, recorded by Omid Moradi.Volume 1 covers sculpting the characters body and face, and creating 3D clothing, and provides over four and a half hours of video training in ZBrush, Maya and Marvelous Designer.Master industry-standard workflows for sculpting AAA game charactersIn the workshop, which is aimed at mid-level and senior character artists, Moradi sets out industry-standard practices for sculpting a 3D character suitable for use in a videogame.The tutorials explore how to break down complex designs into smaller, manageable parts, and how to prioritize each part of the pipeline successfully.Volume 1: sculpting the face and body, and blocking out clothingIn Volume 1, Moradi demonstrates how to sculpt the characters face and body from scratch, and how to block out the characters costume efficiently to prepare for future work.Moradi also explores how to create realistic materials, including fabric, leather and material, and how to sculpt folds and details on the clothing and armor.The workshop uses a commercial 3D scan of a male human body from 3D Scan Store for the characters hands and feet, and commercial textures from Texturing XYZ for the face.About the artistOmid Moradi is a Lead Character and Creature Artist with over 15 years of experience in the videogame, cinematics and movie industries.Franchises he has worked on include Diablo, Halo, Batman, Transformers, Gears of War, Magic: The Gathering, Hellblade II, Dead Island, Valorant and The Wheel of Time.Pricing and availabilityCreating a Character for Games is available via a subscription to The Gnomon Workshop, which provides access to over 300 tutorials.Subscriptions cost $57/month or $519/year. Free trials are available.Read more about Creating a Character for Games: Vol. 1Have your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.Full disclosure: CG Channel is owned by Gnomon.Latest NewsTutorial: Creating a Character for Games - Vol. 1Master industry-standard workflows for sculpting AAA game characters with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial series.Monday, February 3rd, 2025How Vine FX created a parasitic underwater forest for The RigDiscover how the VFX studio used procedural growth simulation to create the environment for Amazon Prime Video's supernatural thriller.Friday, January 31st, 2025Boris FX releases Optics 2025Photoshop plugin and standalone app for applying cinematic looks to still images gets AI mask generation, Looks and new Particle Brushes.Friday, January 31st, 2025Thinkinetic releases Pulldownit 6 for MayaDestruction plugin for games and VFX gets a new Edge Fracture Tool, and improvements to clustering and simulation performance.Thursday, January 30th, 2025Adobe launches unmetered access to Substance 3D AssetsSubstance 3D Texturing and Substance 3D Collection plans now include unlimited access to 19,000+ materials, 3D models and HDRIs.Thursday, January 30th, 2025Adobe releases Photoshop 26.3Check out the new features in the image-editing app, with the Frame Tool getting new shape options and generative AI integration.Thursday, January 30th, 2025More NewsCheck out free Android and iOS 3D scanning app RealityScan 1.6Free tool: Animation Render Time Estimator for BlenderChaos releases V-Ray 7 for HoudiniChaos releases V-Ray 7 for MayaAdobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.19Red9 ProPack gets new tools created for Sonic the Hedgehog 3JangaFX teases IlluGenCheck out the new features due in EmberGen 2.0Tutorial: Creating Runtime Cinematics in Unreal Engine 5PhotoLine 25 now reads Cryptomatte dataPolygonflow releases Dash 1.8.5After Effects' latest beta lets you preview HDR compsOlder Posts