Man that's some crazy fast improvement! This shows how much tutorial and guides can help put instead of just trying to figure out everything on your own. Really great stuff dude! :)

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I'd be lost in the weeds if not for all these youtube tutorials

@gexenterthegecko252

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been self teaching myself for like 10 months now. i’m not a good teacher.

@erik....

2 жыл бұрын

It's important that you actually follow along with the tutorials though for them to stick, not just spend the days watching all tutorials you can find without actually opening Blender.

@unusuariogenerico8382

2 жыл бұрын

@@erik.... more importantly, practice the information you acquired, on thing is following the tutorials other is understanding them and doing your own thing

@pengil3

2 жыл бұрын

Help put?

The speed of progress you've made is frankly absurd. You have WAY too much power. That said, this is of course is all super amazing!

@willtommo13

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, devs gotta nerf Bran lol

@kaypathy

2 жыл бұрын

Oddly suspecious

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@mafty_x

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaypathy Nah dude a good 2d background can speed up the process a lot if I you are just learning from 3d it's going to take much longer

@FTBR

Жыл бұрын

Hey mate! Whatta great explanation bout what you’ve been through this 3D learning process, I started my channel few months ago using illustrator and character animator to create my content it’s really basic yet but I do really enjoy doing it, I wish I could imigrate it to blender, but I’m not sure if I could handle the whole project by myself. My cartoon is in portuguese cause I’m from Brazil, There are 3 characters which the main one is my son, the second one is my cousin and the magic hat is me.

Most impressive is how well this man summarized a whole month of learning chronologically

@BranSculpts

Жыл бұрын

haha thanks!

I'm not an expert on Blender, but I know for the making of Hotel Transylvania, which can be described as "a team of automobile experts were tasked with making a clown car" because of how complex the animation was to do, the animators were used to making 3d animations, but they brought in a cartoonist who had them all learn cartooning to make it more like a 3D cartoon with exaggerated expressions. Essentially, they had to switch out entirely new models whenever they wanted a really weird expression, since it was impossible to do them otherwise.

@EmperorToast

Жыл бұрын

I think the 3D Phoenix Wright games use the same technique for exaggerated expressions. They don't completely have the same charm as the 2D games, but they are pretty darn close and I believe it saves the studio time in the long run.

The female polygon character is actually pretty cute! It seems like it can be used in a more simple, yet stylized video game. Also, thanks for leaving the links in the description. I'll be spending time learning how to use Blender as my Maya subscription expired and I wanted something free. I also like that you didn't like the weight painting xD I went to school for media arts & animation and weight painting is one of the processes we have to go through when rigging. Most of the students didn't like to rig, so most just graduated as an animator or an asset modeler. It takes patience and time. I think you did great :) Especially considering you learned this all in a month. I think if you wanted to create games you could. Even if it's a simple one with no story, it's possible. You can even make one with a simple objective and create obstacles to make getting to the object difficult

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't rigged a character in a while, but I'll be going into it with a different mindset next time. Now that I know that shape keys can do a lot of the heavy lifting, I won't be banging my head on the desk trying to figure out how to get things to deform perfectly with just weights :P

@tivvy2vs21

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of MegaMan legends

@AvatarNorra

2 жыл бұрын

@@tivvy2vs21 It does! That was such a fun game.

i always believed that art skills and knowledge are transferable between mediums. and this is such a powerful showcase of a very strong and solid background and foundation of art knowledge. plus the maturity and confidence on your own art style is chefs kiss. i aspire to be as skilled as you in the future

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! I agree that I think drawing for so long helped to translate some of my 2d ideas to 3d

@chudyie

2 жыл бұрын

@@BranSculpts no duh

@amv-printer354

2 жыл бұрын

@@chudyie yes duh

@ChauNyan

Жыл бұрын

@@BranSculpts I started drawing recently and it really does transfer.

I think the fact you admitted to taking long on a short tutorial (Mars' specifically) was and is reassuring to those of us still struggling to get to the same level of comfort as you. And I'm grateful you shared your own roadmap of the tutorials and things you did to learn from your own trial-and-error. Thank you again (i've been on and off again with learning Blender since 2019)

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

that's kind of the wild thing about a lot of these tutorials isn't it? the short ones seems like they'd be easy but since the person in the video already knows what's up, they can just blast right through it. I'm usually rewatching tuts 8 or 9 times just try try and grasp whets even going on :P

@DragonLore520

Жыл бұрын

A good tip for life is if you do something 10,000+ other people do that same exact thing. Its just how humans are we are all very alike in the way we act (of course there are outliers) Thats why things like the bystander effect exist, Humasn tend to do/react simular ways. If 1 person does something 100, 10000, 100000 other people in the world do that same thing. Id say its pretty much impossible to do something that no one else on the world does. Id bet money on it that atleast one other person in the world does something you think only you do.

@topy706

Жыл бұрын

@@BranSculpts lol i often end up rewatching a particular section like 10 to 20 times because i just dont get how they do it before it clicks

The simplest and most freeing advice I learned about animating in blender is never settle for one model. Rig a model for a specific moment, then make a different model with different topology specifically designed for that scenes purpose and so on, until you get your animation.

@callmedisappointment7374

2 жыл бұрын

So if i want a character to have expressive facial changes simmilar in like a cartoonish style i should rig multiple heads with different topologies for the character?

@dovos8572

2 жыл бұрын

@@callmedisappointment7374 you have a seperate head for each strong facial expression, so that you don't have to redo the expressions each time you need it. the animators for long movies have like 1-200 versions of one head saved in the end that they can use when they need it. but sure many versions come from having on a different hat/hairstyle or having wet/dirty verisons of the character. the goal is that you don't have to hand animate the head and just use a morph between two bone states that does the animation for you, so that you only have to do a cleanup sometimes when the morph doesn't work cleanly.

@32BitJunkie

2 жыл бұрын

Wait you're talking about pose libraries right, just recording different bone poses to help start scenes later? Because making 200 different meshes for different animations would be absurd. In fact I've never heard of multiple meshes per character in behind the scenes stuff (for the base body anyway).

@dovos8572

2 жыл бұрын

@@32BitJunkie yes and no. they have pose libraries for each model but you have to make new ones if they put on glasses or a hat or different clothes. the bones might be the same or similar but the waight painting (how the bones affect the body) has to be redone every time on the part where the mesh changes. but yea looking back at my comment, i might have worded it a bit unlucky and wrong.

@siresorb1419

2 жыл бұрын

@@32BitJunkie your model is a tool used to capture an idea. Not one tool can do it all, and shouldn't have to. You can do it with one model, but it's easier to just focus your topology on one action per scene, then retopologies on a new layer for the next scene. It makes things look cleaner and saves space.

I know you've already improved a lot, but that blocky model, despite all it's flaws, is actually amazing. Low poly models are some of my favorites. Maybe it's just nostalgic to me, but they are just great. Then you added cell shading to it! *chefs kiss*

@BranSculpts

Жыл бұрын

haha thanks!

You know, I go to college for these things, and sometimes I see people pick up ungodly difficult techniques like you in this instance and I wonder where my money’s going! Jokes aside, brilliant stuff, congrats on being insanely adaptable!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Well, you probably understand how this 3d stuff works waaaaay better than I do. I feel like I'm fumbling around in the dark most of the time. lol I'm also veeeery sloppy

Everyone else’s already said it but for a month the progress is insane it’s amazing!! But you are so so awesome for explaining your journey and process. I’ve been wanting to get into 3D art/Blender but never knew where to start, so tySM for giving us your own process and resources you used! :^)

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

NP! I've always read that Blenderguru's donut is where everyone should start, but I thought I'd find something focused more on character modeling to start out with. Besides that, the secret is to watch a lot of videos. Even when your not on your computer, just watching the videos on what you want to do from your phone while your out and about.

You improved super fast dude. A lot of people I know are trying to lern 3D full time for nearly 2 years now and are wayyy behind you. Keep going!!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm back to work at my full time job now, so all I really have are weekends now, but I'll keep going!

All the projects you did in a month as a beginner turned out really good! i gotta say as someone who's fiddling with 3D for 12 years, it took me longer to get good at modeling/animation/rigging

@aliabdulaziz8064

2 жыл бұрын

fr, as an armature modeler for 2 years now his works far exceed what I can do even now lol

@xaviermagnus8310

2 жыл бұрын

The tools have grown a ton too. But I feel the fight.

Love your style. As a blender hobbyist I love seeing new styles, they are very inspirational

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

From someone whos been in the industry for 10 years im SUUUPER impressed what youve done in your first month! You basically have got to the stage that took me a year or so to get to! Keep it up man!

3:10 "I thought, Hey I just made a froggy, I can make anything I want now" I feel you man, happened to me after watching my first tutorial 😔

The way you approached things is, in my opinion, the best. Following step by step tutorials all the time will never lead to much. You will be forever stuck in tutorial hell. You will become a master at following them. Following tutorials at first, but then making your own stuff and having tutorials just as reference in case you need it, is how they work best. Fantastic progress!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Thank god for everyone making tutorials and tips videos for blender. Could you imagine trying to learn Blender using only their reference manual??

@ckat609

2 жыл бұрын

@@BranSculpts i can imagine, actually. That's how I did it back in the mid 90s and failed miserably. When I came back to it with blender a few years ago, youtube was already around and it was waaaaay easier.

@nextlifeonearth

2 жыл бұрын

@@ckat609 to be fair; the reference documentation has vastly improved since then too. Blender has become easier to use with its more sane key bindings (right click select?), quality of life improvements, the documentation and last but certainly not least; the community. The Blender of even 5 years ago is nothing compared to the Blender of today. Let alone Blender of over a decade ago.

@ckat609

2 жыл бұрын

@@nextlifeonearth i completely agree! Blender educational resources have skyrocketed since 2.8. It's fantastic!

About the mouth thing you spoke of, the Faceit addon does have tools to easily create face/mouth rigs for stylized characters.

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

thanks! I'll have to give it a shot!!

learning about your journey is so inspirational, thanks a lot for your input to the internet.

Your ability to convert 2d to 3d is really impressive!! Love your work as always!

Great stuff - thanks so much for sharing about it! Your tweets about it inspired me to spend time on Blender this past month too - the tutorial content out there makes what feels like difficult software so accessible and fun!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, man! Any problem I've had over the last month was always easy to find an answer to! There's tutorials to anything you'd ever want to do in blender!

Blender was quite intimidating at first for me. Didn’t do the donut tutorial and skipped right into character modeling, followed tutorials similar to the ones showcased in this video like Evesculpts. I’m Working on an Armored Sci-fi soldier. He has a helmet which makes the modeling process less difficult since I’m not focusing on human faces currently. The body itself was difficult, but a tutorial pointed me towards a base mesh on CGTrader which had the ideal proportions, so that solved the issue and made my Original character’s anatomy more pleasant to look at. Blender is a lot of fun after you get through the basics, and once I make some more additions I’ll try rigging and animating it.

Thank you for giving suggestions on tutorials! Also, you're work looks great!

thank you for making this, it gives me a baselinefor when I really start checking out blender

From someone that has been using blender for years, you’ve done some incredible work I just a month! re sculpt tools if you drag them out you can see the names

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

ah that helps :P

Glad to have you back. Love the style, too!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll try and stick around for a while this time :P

literally first time i saw your channel and you inspired me to learn blender even more, judging by what results are possible for a month of learning thanks for the video!

Love you positive mood! and tbh I really love light in your scenes

unbelievable, one month of progress and you've already reached a respectable level. Great job man!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

thank you. I went back to work recently so I can only really play around in blender on the weekends, but hopefully I can still keep up the momentum

Thanks for sharing the tutorials you did and their amount of helpfulness they had. Part of learning on our own is sorting through the scattered information online to learn what is needed to get the quality we are reaching for.

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

I'm just glad there's so many people putting the information out there and genuinely trying to help

Thank you for the vid! As someone who wants to seriously learn Blender, this is really helpful both from hearing your experiences and (more importantly) getting a lot of resources to work with. You've earned yourself a sub. Keep at it!

Thank you so much for sharing your journey. Super inspiring

@BranSculpts

4 ай бұрын

I think it's nice to let people see that it all starts from somewhere and not every model comes out looking as perfect as you thought it would.

Just amazing how much you were able to achieve in one month! The characters you created are really great!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Thanks!

Man, you are incredibly talented, insane progress in just a month, I am totally blown away. I work in blender for nearly 2 years now, and I will not be able to make such a character... Very inspirational and good video, thank you!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm sure you can do it! Just gotta watch the right tutorials!

love your work. don't stop.

@BranSculpts

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'll do my best!

Awesome video man, thanks for sharing the tutorials!!

That frog tutorial is AMAZING! I started with it too one year ago. It was a life-changer, literally hahaha

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

It really is!

WOW! HONESTLY! THIS IS SO IMPRESSIVE!! Because when I first started learning using Blender, it took me multiple classes for me to finally understand how to make basic shapes and basic animation. But there are still so many difficulties other than knowing how to use Blender from my lowkey scuffed class….. I honestly don’t think you would read everything below, but the top is basically what happened and how I feel about Blender and my Animation class….. It was so hard for me because we usually need to submit our works every class, and some works would need two classes to make…. It was a disaster, since I don’t have access to Blender at that time, and so it’s really hard for me to even get one work done- finished- and turned in. And finally later on about two semester after, I finally knows how to use Blender at home, so I have to down load the file of my Blender work at school BEFORE THE CLASS ENDS……. And then surprisingly it worked for a bit, and then the disaster came…..My mom’s laptop charger is not working….it was already broken because of my little sister that broke it….and I have to endure the sadness and just fix the battery charger. So ya…..at least I passed my Animation II class with a very low score…and I KNOW that I can do so much better if the classes and the Blender download+google file uploading things aren’t to scuffed….I was honestly so pissed about why everything in our school and in the CCSD system is so bad…it could’ve been so much better if a group of people REALLY dedicated their work on making the Blender usage and file sharing better……

New to blender and seeing the amount of progress youve made in a month is wonderful to see. Makes me feel more confident about it myself good job!

I love that he is so good but humble on his progress... Dude! You are paving the road for beginner that wants to learn and I am one of them inspired by you.

Awesome video! Really inspired me to give Blender a good try this time. I've been slowly burning out from drawing, and I've been looking for new ways to feel more creative. And the technical aspect of Blender (and 3D in general) seems really appealing actually.

Wow!!! You're a fast learner and made some really great improvement!!! I think you should totally keep going with this stuff man! :D

@BranSculpts

Жыл бұрын

yo thanks! I'm still at it, trying to practice at least once a week!

That's pretty amazing man! Keep up the good work!

Thank you for the inspiration I'm going to try and start learning soon

I’m an animation student and because I learned in a paid program Blender is still so confusing to me but I love texturing and rendering in it. You’ve done amazingly! And have some awesome resources too. It’s cool what some time and drive will take you! You’re insanely inspiring!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This would take me a year to learn and I still wouldn't be as good lol. Great job man this really motivated me to get better at Blender and 3D stuff in general. Appreciate it!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

You got this, man! Just throw a little more time at it

Thanks my friend !!! Super cool know about your jorney into blender !!! I Will check the tutorials you recomended thanks

Amazing! Thanks for all the explanation and congratulations!

@BranSculpts

Жыл бұрын

thanks you!

This is awesome, I've recently starting learning 3d modeling myself just cause I'm interested in making model content games or whatever. I've been texturing and doing digital art in general for years. The sculpting part came easy to me once I figured out the tools and hit keys and stuff but I am struggling with rigging and weight painting. Ive been doing blender gurus tutorials but I'm going to check out these as well. Thanks for the information. Good luck on your journey. I truly believe there are going to be a lot of opportunities for 3d artist in the near future.

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

oh man, weight painting is the worst! Just keep in mind that your painting doesn't have to be 100% perfect because it won't. Whatever isn't deforming right can be finessed with shape keys!

@xaviermagnus8310

2 жыл бұрын

Look up Grant Abbit. Also Blender Secrets has some great stuff.

That is amazing progression in just a month! I highly recommend watching some FlyCat videos. They are not tutorials but he does show his entire workflow sped up.

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

oh man, flycat is insane!

That is some insane progress speed! Thank you for sharing your resources and experience with us!

@BranSculpts

8 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Great journey! Thanks for sharing!

@BranSculpts

Жыл бұрын

❤️

you've progressed extremely far in just a month. I've been on and off with belnder for a couple years now and I'm nowhere near where you are.

@FrostbitexP

2 жыл бұрын

Probably because youre on and off lol

@izzxix9703

2 жыл бұрын

it beacause he adh played with art few years back , n come to blender js to play with hotkey n how to use it , tht's all ... for those who zero in art ,of course it will take longer than people like him....

man i’ve tried to become a blender master maybe 4 or 5 times but i always end up giving up for a couple years. you need so much technical knowledge and skill before it becomes as expressive and communicative as drawing and the bar seems SO HIGH!! great video though, it’s making me want to take another shot at it!

FABULOUS VIDEO - on the value of PERSEVERANCE! Very encouraging and helpful!

@BranSculpts

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Looks Amazing!

I am stonished with the level of progress an commitment! A very productive month indeed. 13:35 for the cartoony style of your character work, I would recommend checking out the Toon Shaded Face Rig tutorial by Lightning Boy Studio, and their Toon Shading tutorial series. I think you'll find some valuable approaches there (: Also, I know you said you hated it, but I genuinely like how "Blocky Blonde" turned out.

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

I'm planning of giving that one a try. It looks really promising! And thanks :P I'd like to give her another try sometime soon

I stil need to get focused on Blender, I downloaded it but haven't touched it yet 😂 That aside, amazing stuff! Really improved from Day 1

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

You should dive in, Em!

I feel inspired! Thanks a lot for going through your journey!

Love your journey! Your work are already fantastic!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

on day 1 i made an cube :l like day one looks like a masterpiece here

This is pretty inspiring ngl. Quitting my part time job to focus on art soon and blender is something I want to learn more so if you could learn in a month then I can too :)

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

you can do it! just throw in the time!!

Excellent- thank you!

inspiring - thanks for sharing the journey

Fuckin' Hell! You just became the David Goggins of blender(3D in general) for me. I need to move my ass, very inspiring! Thank you for making this video.

Boy, seeing what you have accomplished in month makes me feel a piece of trash since I can't do a fraction of what you do in over 3 years.

Thank you for sharing your experience. 🙏🙏

tysm for recommending all those good tutorials. I'll be sure to watch.

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Yw hope they help!

If you want to get animation started yo can look into the Action Editor, it is just the keyframes (so kinda like the dopesheet - but less clutter) And then once you are basically happy finish curves for animation timing, secondary motion etc.

If you're looking more into rigging and animation I highly recommend the courses from P2Design

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll check it out!

@itsHiro

2 жыл бұрын

@@BranSculpts I just recently bought them myself and you won't find any more comprehensive tutorials than those, hands down! Highly recommend!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

@@itsHiro go for both rigging and animation??

@itsHiro

2 жыл бұрын

@@BranSculpts You can start with either, but they both sort of go hand in hand as each will help you problem solve for the other. Two sides of the same coin, as it were.

Can I just say, no other video has made me this excited to learn 3D modelling than this one. It’s amazing to see you improve so fast and the fact that you can translate your style into 3D so well gives me hope that I might be able to translate mine too. Fantastic work!

Impressive progress! Also, great info for people like me who are also on a learning curve with 3d modelling and sculpting. Feels like we are learning together and quite relatable.

imagine what he could do in a year with scripting

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I'll be sure to make a year end update vid

I just want you to know... if you find any face rigging techniques(especially cartoony expressiony style), please share with us. Because it's scarce to see those kinds of tutorials on youtube, really scarce. And I also have to say, you made some good progress, especially with that sculpting.

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I haven't tried it yet, but I'm thinking if we use the regular rigify face rig in combination with a couple of lattice modifiers, we should be able to get exaggerated expressions. I'll have to do some testing

this video is SO helpful! thanks so much for sharing

super incredible final product and super helpful advice/video

@BranSculpts

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad it helped!

Who dat? She kinda...

Thanks for your teaching!!!

I love how it looks

Been using blender for about 5 years, you’re 1 MONTH progress is absolutely incredible! Looking forward to more from you in the future!

yooo this is a great roadmap to reference, thank you

This is amazing!!

This is SO good!! You learn fast!

You have made an excellent amount of progress in a month. I've been using blender for 5 years now and I still feel like a beginner!

thank you for making this video!

This has become one of my favorite videos on youtube

So much in a month! Good Job!

This is SO inspiring! I get discouraged a lot with learning 3D but this has fully reinvigorated me, thanks Brandon! Keep up the incredible work!

@BranSculpts

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Keep at it and try to learn just a little at a time.

That was an encouragement in my life, thanks Brandon!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

Yw!

Incredible progress!!

@BranSculpts

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Wuuuooo!!! Te quedo súper padre 🥰

oh my goodness I remeber watching this vid almost a year ago and now you're so good I thought you had been modelling for years. It's amazing to really see the work you put in

this really proves that an artist really can make art with any tool, as long as they have some practice with it.

@BranSculpts

4 ай бұрын

Very true! Art can come from anywhere.

This was very helpful and makes me want to keep learning, thanks for sharing!

This is very inspirational thanks for doing this video

Super helpful mate!

The hair growing from curves instead of head is genius.

Dude ur insane at this great job

Thanks bro for providing the links. Awesome job! I hope to make the same progress for game development.

I JUST LOVE IT! thanks for the tutorials too!