The ULTIMATE Guide for Creating Handpainted 3D Models [MODELING/SCULPTING + TEXTURE PAINTING]

Creating Characters while following a handpainted texture process can be an intimidating process for anyone looking to learn. There are only a few videos out there explaining the workflow, but each video seems to have a slightly different process.

Michael Frent has been kind enough to stop by Stylized Station to share an incredibly in-depth breakdown of his full workflow when creating stylized handpainted characters.
This breakdown/tutorial will act as a reference for all of your handpainting endeavors in the future, and breaks down each step in the process into easy to understand details.

Michael's goal was to create a breakdown that made handpainting easy to understand and make the character creation process seem less intimidating.

Michael is going to cover EVERYTHING you need to know, including References, blocking out, modeling, sculpting, texturing and presentation.

Software Used:
zBrush, Photoshop, 3D Coat, TopoGun, Maya

Feel free to check out Michael's work on Artstation:
https://www.artstation.com/couchcommando

00:00:00 - 3D Coloring Book
00:00:47 - Intro
00:04:19 - Our Aim
00:06:09 - Let's Talk about Stylized Art
00:12:07 - Gathering References
00:17:23 - Block Out
00:30:31 - Modeling the Big Shapes
01:06:31 - Modeling the Smaller Shapes
01:51:20 - The Final Sculpt
01:57:37 - Retopology
02:18:38 - UV Layouts
02:36:00 - Baking your Maps
02:44:11 - Photoshop Combining AO
02:52:27 - 3D Coat AO Clean up and Greyscale Painting!
03:25:15 - Gradient Maps
03:42:23 - Final Color

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