I am only 10 minutes in and this is likely the first and only tutorial I have seen that shows you how to do basic navigation and object manipulation using the UI elements instead of just telling me a bunch of shortcuts that I am just gonna forget about the moment I am done. And I found a lot of other cool things just exploring all the other buttons. I wish I found this one a lot sooner instead of wasting days of making donuts over and over, wondering why nothing ever stuck.
i get overwhelmed with shortcuts aswell but they save like a lot of time. good to know the essential shortcuts like moving,rotating,scaling extruding etc. they are most of the time the firs letter of the action which could help you to memorize it
Yea shortcuts can be a pain, but it's meant to help you with speeding up the process. It's not really important for a hobbyist, but a company is going to expect you to be able to work fast and efficient. (which I hate because it's not like it's that much slower)
@@meoby It's been six months since I did this tutorial and at this point I am using shortcuts for pretty much everything that has one. But that should not be the point of a Beginners tutorial. The moment you start with taking shortcuts (literally), learning and fortifying stays on the wayside. Sometimes I can guess "'oh right this key selected every vertex", but then we go to key combos and I end up just following instructions unless I pause every 5 seconds to look up what the keys do. So I maintain: For tutorials, using the UI that show precisely what an action does is better. For using, sure, shortcuts are great.
The most modeling I'd done before this tutorial was a 45 minute intro seminar at a convention pre-covid where I was more skilled than most of the class but not good enough to understand how to do anything on my own. This girl was the first modeling project I've ever completed. And it looks GOOD. I changed the colors on mine just for fun, and it's so exciting to see just how different yet similar my results are. Thank you so much for this video. I do have one suggestion for future beginner videos, however: I regularly had to rewind multiple times to keep up when you were doing quick steps and button combos (namely, the cuff transition at the wrists, the adjustments of the head to make her face more face shaped, and several steps in the hair. My suggestion here is to just take a beat between the different hotkey combos, so the viewer actually has a chance to process what you've just said and try it! Not a long pause or anything, that would be too much. And who knows, maybe I'm the one who's not understanding at full speed here lmao.
i had the same issue but by the end of the vid i understood that i could have stoped following the vid mid way trough... at that point he showed the basics so finishing on ur own wouldnt be hard.. the reason i kept watching is to see if he would show more.. and he did.. the material the lighting the camera and rendering stuff.. im glad i didnt just go ahead and tryed to finish on my own. XD.. would have been at wits end..
I also discovered that you can press "9" on the num pad to go to the opposite side of the view point, like if you're currently in the front and press 9 it will send you to the back view. It works the same for the rest sides too. (I'm not sure if it works on computers but it did work on my laptop)
This was legit my first tutorial I EVER followed for blender, and I love how you gave basic step by step instructions, and all the keystrokes and general knowledge I didn't know I needed. Yeah it probably took me about 3-4 hours with all the pausing, backtracking and re-watching I did, but the fact that I was able to go from absolutely no experience to producing this in an afternoon was awesome to experience. Thank you so much for this tutorial, this gave me a lot of helpful knowledge, and having a finished project to look at made me see what I learned, and all the possibilities and things I want to learn next. Thanks again for the tutorial, you did some awesome work!
Something specific about this video I really appreciated was how quick the results could be visualized. Like it's all well and good to have a multi-hour video series explaining a huge step-by-step process, but the hour long length and low poly model did a lot to keep me feeling like I was making progress. Also, verbally saying the hotkeys paired with the visualization (Like saying "S to scale, G to move") did SO MUCH to help me remember the hotkeys and get them into muscle memory. Even after taking a break for a week I remembered all the hotkeys very quickly which felt satisfying. Looking forward to doing more in Blender and I absolutely have this video to thank for the motivation.
after 5 months of buying a laptop for blender and doing nothing with it but play games, this has finally gotten me out of the "screw around with cubes" phase! I turned her into an alien, gave her a pointy nose and big ol eyes, and silly little lollipop antennas just for fun :) Thanks for the amazing tutorial, dude!
It's amazing how easy I've been able to understand and learn blender and figuring things out on my own following this guide and not the almighty donut guide.
This tutorial was excellent. I’m training myself to be the 3D artist on ouf low poly video game for a game jam and this was so helpful and easy to understand. Thank you so much. Take care.
This video made me actually sit down and learn how to use Blender. I decided to use my own art as a 3D reference and it came out amazingly. Thank you so much for this detailed and informative video!!
So far, I have done the donut tutorial and a few others, but I didn't really learn much but some hot keys and how to make a donut. I would refer anyone to watch this video due the basics, the walk through of how the program works, you keep it simple, so it is easier to focus on a few things rather than jumping around. It's organized and learning how to model like this helps cover the basics for most designs. The most intricate design will have to come with practice, time and adjusting. Thank you for making this I am still a beginner, but I am transferring from Zbrush I used in college to something free to use at home.
If the reference image of the girl disappears when you try to move the camera out of orthographic view go to the "Data" menu and check the box labeled "perspective" some more words to help people find this: invisible, can't see, goes away
Perfect timing as I've been looking for someone who I can understand and the gods answered me by making me come across you just as you upload this video! Thanks for the great tutorials 💜🤙
I don't think you'll ever know how much you helped the people who watched this here. You can't imagine how happy I am with what I produced thanks to your tutorial. I took another concept as a reference and even with a different character, the tutorial was 100% efficient! Thank you very much, you have gained a new loyal subscriber 😁
This was so much fun! As someone who's been working with 2D pixel graphics for so many years it has been so refreshing to finally take my first little baby step into the extra dimension!!!
started following the tutorial yesterday, ended up freestylng the arms and hands, and finished following the tutorial today. im so excited!! it looks so good! its such a fun way of modeling! i always thought 3d stuff would be too complicated for me, but this video was so insanely helpful!!!
Brilliant Tutorial , I breezed through it and didn't get stuck or fustrated. I was was so discouraged by the Blender Guru donut Tutorial because I got stuck trying to solve the Snapping issue on numerous occasions. I'm so glad I decided to give your tutorial a shot. Your explanations are clear and spot on without distraction, and finishing with a character model is so much more rewarding . looking forward to the next tutorial.
this is by far the best beginners tutorial I have ever watched. I cannot even fathom how brand new I was and looking at other videos to learn that I haven't even gotten a clue on what I was doing. the details you go to to teach others for something simple for modelling for a low poly character. I quickly grasped on everything you said and had to rewind most parts that made me wonder if that can be extended on my own. Bro i hope you are have a great time doing the things you love. thank you very much.
Are there any tutorials that don't start with using an already existing model as reference? I would like an idea of how to start completely from scratch.
Planning on paper/software is generally how character modelling starts. If you're looking for starting from scratch, planning and sketching on paper is the first step.
For those who can't see their reference outside of "orthographic mode", On the right with "empty" selected press the "App Data" tab and check the "perspective box. :)
this is the best tutorial I have ever seen. after struggling stuck at a beginner level in blender for years, never being able to get past the confusion and overwhelm to actually make something, I finally got past the hump after 30mins of this tutorial. you made blender and 3d modelling easy, intuitive, fun, and fast, and your tutorial is straight to the point with all the information we never knew we needed, and no bs bloating the video/learning process. thank you so so so so SO much for making this!!! you literally changed my life. since watching this tutorial a week ago, I've made multiple original 3d models - sure, they're not the best, but it's the most I've ever made, and it's all because of you :) thank you!!!
this is actually a really awsome tutorial, im so fresh new to blender (got it yesterday) and even working with things with more poly counts you taught me alot of ways to form the shapes i needed without me attempting to manually add cubes and shape them each time!!! i got to follow ur tutorial and adjust things to what i felt was right and whenever i made a mistake i cld always easily look back and pay attention to whatever keys u did to adjust what i did and try again, awesome tutorial :3
Just wanted to say thank you, started with blender 2 days ago and done some minor stuff on my own but this taught me so many of the tools and the ways to use them better. Took me about 3.5 hours to do this but honestly really enjoyed every minute. Can't wait to start my own project next from scratch!
We just got internet down here and i've been into painting my whole life. My pawn found out about this and told me to download it, so i did and i saw your Tutorial while looking for guides. You are a Master of this! I am greatful for the knowledge you have passed on and in such detail. Because of this, i will let 30 souls go to heaven.
As someone with a ton of bad luck when it comes to programs and tutorials, this video and Blender worked flawlessy. Congratulations, and thank you very much!
I really appreciate you actually showing us how to navigate blender. I'm coming from a background of extremely rusty skills and some familiarity with 3DS Max, which is so incredibly different. It doesn't matter if you've got the fundamentals if you don't know where anything is. Thank you so much for putting this together and sharing it with the world
I just finished this and it was exactly what I was looking for. Something that showed the very basics to get started but tossing in enough intermediate and a few advanced things so you feel confident enough to try something else on your own. There are plenty of other Blender tutorials out there that are quite good but the issue I have with my learning style is that they start you off with some pretty advanced stuff right off the bat. They still do a good job of building up on things but I feel that they throw too much at you all at once which could lead to feeling overwhelmed with so many options and overthinking how to design your project. You remembered the most important thing for us noob by following the KISS principle: Keep it simple. Thanks
I’ve used blender for a while now, usually making highly detailed stuff, but I decided to just give some low poly stuff a shot just to see what it was like and it is so so fun. I can just crank out fun little low poly characters so quickly with this workflow and it has quickly become an obsession. If you gave me a whole free afternoon I imagine I could make a whole cast of characters. Also, using subsurface scattering to add a little glow makes it really pretty. And now I’m having fun using color gradients in the texture map for the colors.
This is AMAZING I have followed many, many blender tutorials for characters in the past and always got overwhelmed and gave up. This is literally the best tutorial ever and I can finally feel like I can model something!!! Thank you!
I'm discovering really nice tips with this tutorial series that I've never seen in other videos, they're making the learning process much smoother! Thanks!
I genuinely wish I could like this video more than once. It's taught me so much in such a short amount of time while giving me confidence to follow along while modeling my own project as well. Amazing video and I will most definitely be watching others from this channel. Thank you.
normally i am very skeptical of video tutorials because I find they don't explain things well enough or show practical scenarios enough to be helpful, but this tutorial was incredibly useful for me. I've never used any 3d modeling software before, and I managed to make a model im pretty happy with following this. I think a big thing that makes this tutorial super helpful is that it teaches you only a handful of highly important tools, and then reiterates how to apply those tools in various scenarios and really shows how those simple tools can be used to do more and more complex things. It was super helpful that you continued to repeat the keybinds (and also have them display on screen), because I felt it really helped reinforce for me how flexible those basic tools are. this is the first time I have found myself following a tutorial and felt so effectively that I was starting to grasp what was being taught that I would pause the video and continue way past what was being shown because I felt like I really knew how to use things from here. This comment is getting kinda rambly and long, but thank you for this tutorial, you would be a great teacher, if you aren't one already :p
I had a month searching for a good tutor, with this tutorial I finally made a pet-cat for my job with a decent technique. I enjoyed the process, and I think your learning method is just perfect. Thanks a lot.
I came here with zero experience, literally just downloaded the program, and this was SO helpful! I had no trouble following along and by the end of the video I had the keybinds memorized and was even adding extra reptos and playing with the mesh just for fun. Thank you so much for this beginner's video, I'm excited and motivated to keep learning how to 3D model.
I love that most of this only needed a few simple, repeated commands. It's easy to forget how important repetition is. I've seen a few 'beginner' tutorials that were anything BUT beginner. I'd say this is a perfect jumping off point for modeling and using Blender in general.
Thanks so much. Ive been interested in 3D modeling since I first tried (and failed ) learnimg lightwave a million years ago. Slow enough to undetstand but quick enough to not be boring. This porridge is just right.
Thank you so much for supporting me along the way to create my first blender character model, this has really blown me away. I never though this day would come but I'm loving 3D now, these are words from a 2D and Stopmo animator lol. Really feel like I've got a bit of skills now to be more confident navigating blender and taking on 3D in general, thanks again!
I used this tutorial as first timer user in blender, I done making anime style model with this tutorial, not perfect but the job is done and for first timer it is so easy to understand and very informative, 100/10 recommended. Thank you so much for your hard work
just wanna say, extremely comprehensive tutorial that is easy to follow. not only did i walk away from this with something cool to show off, but i feel like i gained a lot towards what i actually want to do, which is modeling people instead of donuts or whatnot. thank you so much for this!
This is genuinely the first blender tutorial I've been able to follow without succumbing to the existential dread. I super appreciate you clearly explaining all the hotkeys n tips- I was able to take notes and I know I'll actually use them in the future. I used to be too scared to touch anything since the UI's intimidating as hell but your chill demeanor made it way more approachable lmao. Thank you for your work, and all for free, too! This beats The Donut any day!!!
Friend sent me this tutorial and for someone that desperately wanted to learn blender this helped a LOT, I never touched a 3d modeling program in my life and I had to give it three days but I finally managed to make the girl model Thank you so much!
This is such a perfect tutorial. I've only dabbled in Maya in class, learning to make bagrounds and objects with primatives, but I wanted to learn Blender and go straight into character modelling with a specifically low poly aesthetic rather than that standard blender donut. My model is very different to the one you're showcasing but your teaching is excellent that I can follow along and apply your teachings to my model. Struggling a bit with the hair, but it's just a case of practice makes perfect. Thank you so much for this.
I was once a beginner, to me blender was so terrifying and heavy to learn but now I have travelled to the path of knowing modelling, rigging, animating and finally creating my animation video. I love this kind of beginner-friendly video.
This holds up PERFECTLY in Blender 4. The only issue I had was with rendering, cycles just didn't work correctly but eevee did. That could be something with my pc though, not 4. But EVERYTHING ELSE was spot on with Blender 4. Also, I loved your emphasis on hotkeys. I've learned audio production and video editing, hotkeys are crucial for productivity and jsut overall ease. 10/10 tutorial thank you!
I previously did a bit of modeling with Autodesk Maya during a course in college, but I never really did anything with it afterwards. For a long time, I feared I'd be too rusty to get back into it, but I recently decided to give it another try with Blender. I just wanted to say that your video really helped me get settled in Blender and get a hold of the basics quickly. I enjoyed the way you explained every step along the way and reiterated which keys did what to bolster retention. For a first project, I feel pretty good about how simple it was to learn and build. I still have a ways to go, but I now feel more confident about catching up to where I left off. Thank you for the excellent tutorial!
Good tutorial: good pace, clear and succinct. When adding the cylinder for the legs, I somehow got the middle point in the front, instead of in back, which proved a minor problem later on.
incredible, I never tought I could do this, because every time I started a blender tutoriel, it lasted forever, and I simply gave up. But this one as a particular touch and is very explicit and easy, so I made it !! Thank you a lot !
great tutorial, spent 2 days, started over and over, tried to learn and improvise along the way. i know how to low poly now thanks! this was a great beginner step for me.
This is an amazing tutorial, it really helped me do my first character in blender for my class and im so happy with the results, tysm for this tutorial
Thanks for the tutorial! It's especially appreciated that you repeat the hotkeys whenever you use them as it helps reinforce it as we follow along. Some tutorials give you all the information, but don't do anything to strengthen the knowledge that most useful when habitual.
If anyone is coming into this and worried the version will stop you, I was able to make this successful on Blender 4.0 Thanks for the guide, and probably learned the most I ever had in blender! (took me about 6 hours due to being completely new lol)
Thanks to this tutorial, I just made my first finished 3D human! The video's informative, easy to understand and helped me grasp some of the elements I was struggling with while working in a 3D space. Thank you, OP!
I learned a lot in this tutorial, I really recommend this type of tutorial to anyone interested in modelling characters. You'll definitely learn the basics here
BRO! the emulated numberpad thing! I GREATLY appreciate that, so many other tutorials don't even mention this! i have a laptop with no numberpad, this is huge for me! Thank you! :)
I used this as a guideline for my own model, applying what was talked about in the video with my own stuff as needed, and it looks much better than I thought I'd ever get to do in a few hours. Thank you.
Note that the reference image properties has "Perspective" checked, this is why your Orthographic image DISAPPEARS when you follow the instructions to move the camera after placing the image.
Found this to be extremely useful for learning tips, tricks and important key bindings essential for modeling. took around 3-5 hours making sure I understand a lot what was going on as well as adding extra bits of details to my own design and turned out fantastic for first starting out! Stuck with it to the end and was such a worth while experience. Thanks a ton!
I mean honestly I have 3d modelled before but never seriously and I've been through such a rut with art block that I've not touched blender in years so following this tutorial really shook off the rust and made me make a cute little thing I can be happy with. Thanks for this!
Can't believe how this tutorial made me do for the first time in blender thank you so much, you explained everything I needed to know I'm so thankful .
Thank you so much! It’s been my dream to be able to make my own characters and eventually my own games, but I’ve gotten so stuck on how to start! I really appreciate the time you spent to offer this to thousands of people for free! Again, thank you!
Thanks to this tutorial, today I was able to create my first humanoid 3d model. I was worried at first because I didn't have any proper "reference", but a low-quality front-facing full-body screenshot of the character ended up being good enough! Thanks so much!
Thank you for this tutorial! I've been dabble aimlessly in blender for quite some time since other tutorials I found are too lengthy for me. This gives me a good start to properly using the program. Also a mnemonic I rmb someone told me about for "move" command is to remember it as "Grab" ( *G* ) instead! Hope this helps someone to rmb the shortcuts :3
I haven't modelled in about 5 years and that was a one off module in 3DSMAX. Absolutely fantastic video honestly, got be right back into it, as if I was still fresh.
I just had to comment, this was the best tutorial on Blender for beginners ever! This was the first tutorial that I was able to follow easily/without pulling my hair! Thank you a lot!
This was so helpful!! Thank you! I attempted the infamous Donut tutorial before and COULD NOT grasp it - found your tutorial this week and it was so much easier to follow and really gave me the confidence to keep going!
I love how easy this was to follow, especially for someone impatient like me the chapters are easy to navigate, the instructions are explained clearly and there are no sudden jumps I love it! Also it's very customizable so if I wanted to like, idk, make some guy I could! I can! Yknow maybe I will (if I can figure out how to do curly hair that is)
If you need to make x-ray mode more effective you can do so by clicking the little drop-down arrow to the right of the xray button. There you can adjust the strength of the x-ray!
I have experience making cars, buildings, guns not the best but enough for my indie game dev journey and after this video i can finally use actual caracter mode instead of a capsule thanks a lot and i did learnt some really useful things which i didnt knew before
im currently following your tutorial and im really happy with it so far, this is my first try too and its amazing, i've learned a lot, i have even made my own pillow slides slippers, socks, skirt, horns, even really detailed hair with the help of this tutorial, tysm!
This is just what I needed to start working with 3D. I need to build the skill for my scale model hobby, since I have some ideas that are going to require 3D printing of my own designs.
The donut guy threw me off lmao. This was really easy to follow and I got a grip of the basic controls and shortcuts before the video even ended. Didn't get confused and all the intimidation I felt towards the software has mostly gone away. The keystrokes at the bottom right helped a ton.
I am only 10 minutes in and this is likely the first and only tutorial I have seen that shows you how to do basic navigation and object manipulation using the UI elements instead of just telling me a bunch of shortcuts that I am just gonna forget about the moment I am done. And I found a lot of other cool things just exploring all the other buttons.
I wish I found this one a lot sooner instead of wasting days of making donuts over and over, wondering why nothing ever stuck.
i get overwhelmed with shortcuts aswell but they save like a lot of time. good to know the essential shortcuts like moving,rotating,scaling extruding etc. they are most of the time the firs letter of the action which could help you to memorize it
Yea shortcuts can be a pain, but it's meant to help you with speeding up the process. It's not really important for a hobbyist, but a company is going to expect you to be able to work fast and efficient. (which I hate because it's not like it's that much slower)
@@meoby It's been six months since I did this tutorial and at this point I am using shortcuts for pretty much everything that has one. But that should not be the point of a Beginners tutorial.
The moment you start with taking shortcuts (literally), learning and fortifying stays on the wayside. Sometimes I can guess "'oh right this key selected every vertex", but then we go to key combos and I end up just following instructions unless I pause every 5 seconds to look up what the keys do.
So I maintain: For tutorials, using the UI that show precisely what an action does is better. For using, sure, shortcuts are great.
@Backtothegameplay oh no I don't disagree at all! I was just saying in all shortcuts are great for speed but oof a doozy to learn xO
Rip all the people who keep forgetting to click back in the project and pushed number keys in YT I feel your pain friend.
omg xD yes it was a pain
I have a third screen to take notes in Notion... There may be a few entries like "eeEEee" or "111" XD That takes this pain to a new level.
I hate it xd
Lmaoo not me on phone so that doesn't happen
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The most modeling I'd done before this tutorial was a 45 minute intro seminar at a convention pre-covid where I was more skilled than most of the class but not good enough to understand how to do anything on my own.
This girl was the first modeling project I've ever completed. And it looks GOOD. I changed the colors on mine just for fun, and it's so exciting to see just how different yet similar my results are.
Thank you so much for this video. I do have one suggestion for future beginner videos, however:
I regularly had to rewind multiple times to keep up when you were doing quick steps and button combos (namely, the cuff transition at the wrists, the adjustments of the head to make her face more face shaped, and several steps in the hair.
My suggestion here is to just take a beat between the different hotkey combos, so the viewer actually has a chance to process what you've just said and try it! Not a long pause or anything, that would be too much.
And who knows, maybe I'm the one who's not understanding at full speed here lmao.
bro really wrote a whole novel
I guess i'm like you. I learn slowly and better. I think you just could play at .75 speed.
@@muffin_studios_rebooted631 yes, praising and offering light criticism. What did your comment accomplish?
i had the same issue but by the end of the vid i understood that i could have stoped following the vid mid way trough... at that point he showed the basics so finishing on ur own wouldnt be hard.. the reason i kept watching is to see if he would show more.. and he did.. the material the lighting the camera and rendering stuff.. im glad i didnt just go ahead and tryed to finish on my own. XD.. would have been at wits end..
you know our generation is doomed when 9 sentences is considered a novel@@muffin_studios_rebooted631
I also discovered that you can press "9" on the num pad to go to the opposite side of the view point, like if you're currently in the front and press 9 it will send you to the back view. It works the same for the rest sides too. (I'm not sure if it works on computers but it did work on my laptop)
This was very helpful
Awesome, thank you!
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@@Shinyceps i didnt 🤷♂
@@Shinyceps i didnt
This was legit my first tutorial I EVER followed for blender, and I love how you gave basic step by step instructions, and all the keystrokes and general knowledge I didn't know I needed. Yeah it probably took me about 3-4 hours with all the pausing, backtracking and re-watching I did, but the fact that I was able to go from absolutely no experience to producing this in an afternoon was awesome to experience. Thank you so much for this tutorial, this gave me a lot of helpful knowledge, and having a finished project to look at made me see what I learned, and all the possibilities and things I want to learn next. Thanks again for the tutorial, you did some awesome work!
What is your progress so far? you should post your stuff to give hope to some other beginners.
@@karagosi what's your progress so far you should post your stuff to give hope to some other beginners.
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Something specific about this video I really appreciated was how quick the results could be visualized. Like it's all well and good to have a multi-hour video series explaining a huge step-by-step process, but the hour long length and low poly model did a lot to keep me feeling like I was making progress. Also, verbally saying the hotkeys paired with the visualization (Like saying "S to scale, G to move") did SO MUCH to help me remember the hotkeys and get them into muscle memory. Even after taking a break for a week I remembered all the hotkeys very quickly which felt satisfying. Looking forward to doing more in Blender and I absolutely have this video to thank for the motivation.
after 5 months of buying a laptop for blender and doing nothing with it but play games, this has finally gotten me out of the "screw around with cubes" phase! I turned her into an alien, gave her a pointy nose and big ol eyes, and silly little lollipop antennas just for fun :) Thanks for the amazing tutorial, dude!
My guy, you have created the absolute ultimatum in welcoming people into Blender 3D modeling! Congratulations
It's amazing how easy I've been able to understand and learn blender and figuring things out on my own following this guide and not the almighty donut guide.
This tutorial was excellent. I’m training myself to be the 3D artist on ouf low poly video game for a game jam and this was so helpful and easy to understand. Thank you so much.
Take care.
This video made me actually sit down and learn how to use Blender. I decided to use my own art as a 3D reference and it came out amazingly. Thank you so much for this detailed and informative video!!
So far, I have done the donut tutorial and a few others, but I didn't really learn much but some hot keys and how to make a donut. I would refer anyone to watch this video due the basics, the walk through of how the program works, you keep it simple, so it is easier to focus on a few things rather than jumping around. It's organized and learning how to model like this helps cover the basics for most designs. The most intricate design will have to come with practice, time and adjusting. Thank you for making this I am still a beginner, but I am transferring from Zbrush I used in college to something free to use at home.
If the reference image of the girl disappears when you try to move the camera out of orthographic view go to the "Data" menu and check the box labeled "perspective"
some more words to help people find this:
invisible, can't see, goes away
same here
Thank you!
THANK YOU
you're a life saver man
@@alovelydeadfish yay!!! So happy to help
Perfect timing as I've been looking for someone who I can understand and the gods answered me by making me come across you just as you upload this video! Thanks for the great tutorials 💜🤙
I don't think you'll ever know how much you helped the people who watched this here. You can't imagine how happy I am with what I produced thanks to your tutorial.
I took another concept as a reference and even with a different character, the tutorial was 100% efficient!
Thank you very much, you have gained a new loyal subscriber 😁
This was so much fun! As someone who's been working with 2D pixel graphics for so many years it has been so refreshing to finally take my first little baby step into the extra dimension!!!
started following the tutorial yesterday, ended up freestylng the arms and hands, and finished following the tutorial today. im so excited!! it looks so good! its such a fun way of modeling! i always thought 3d stuff would be too complicated for me, but this video was so insanely helpful!!!
Brilliant Tutorial , I breezed through it and didn't get stuck or fustrated. I was was so discouraged by the Blender Guru donut Tutorial because I got stuck trying to solve the Snapping issue on numerous occasions. I'm so glad I decided to give your tutorial a shot. Your explanations are clear and spot on without distraction, and finishing with a character model is so much more rewarding . looking forward to the next tutorial.
this is by far the best beginners tutorial I have ever watched. I cannot even fathom how brand new I was and looking at other videos to learn that I haven't even gotten a clue on what I was doing. the details you go to to teach others for something simple for modelling for a low poly character. I quickly grasped on everything you said and had to rewind most parts that made me wonder if that can be extended on my own. Bro i hope you are have a great time doing the things you love. thank you very much.
This tutorial is the only reason I've ever been able to make anything in Blender. Sincerely, thank you.
Are there any tutorials that don't start with using an already existing model as reference? I would like an idea of how to start completely from scratch.
I drew a reference image in Krita and made a model off it using this tutorial’s tips. That’s probably the best way to go about it
Planning on paper/software is generally how character modelling starts.
If you're looking for starting from scratch, planning and sketching on paper is the first step.
For those who can't see their reference outside of "orthographic mode", On the right with "empty" selected press the "App Data" tab and check the "perspective box. :)
this is the best tutorial I have ever seen. after struggling stuck at a beginner level in blender for years, never being able to get past the confusion and overwhelm to actually make something, I finally got past the hump after 30mins of this tutorial. you made blender and 3d modelling easy, intuitive, fun, and fast, and your tutorial is straight to the point with all the information we never knew we needed, and no bs bloating the video/learning process. thank you so so so so SO much for making this!!! you literally changed my life. since watching this tutorial a week ago, I've made multiple original 3d models - sure, they're not the best, but it's the most I've ever made, and it's all because of you :) thank you!!!
yeah, his tutorials are much more easier to follow than the others. probably the best on yt for beginners.
this is actually a really awsome tutorial, im so fresh new to blender (got it yesterday) and even working with things with more poly counts you taught me alot of ways to form the shapes i needed without me attempting to manually add cubes and shape them each time!!! i got to follow ur tutorial and adjust things to what i felt was right and whenever i made a mistake i cld always easily look back and pay attention to whatever keys u did to adjust what i did and try again, awesome tutorial :3
Just wanted to say thank you, started with blender 2 days ago and done some minor stuff on my own but this taught me so many of the tools and the ways to use them better. Took me about 3.5 hours to do this but honestly really enjoyed every minute. Can't wait to start my own project next from scratch!
We just got internet down here and i've been into painting my whole life. My pawn found out about this and told me to download it, so i did and i saw your Tutorial while looking for guides. You are a Master of this! I am greatful for the knowledge you have passed on and in such detail. Because of this, i will let 30 souls go to heaven.
thanks satan
As someone with a ton of bad luck when it comes to programs and tutorials, this video and Blender worked flawlessy. Congratulations, and thank you very much!
I really appreciate you actually showing us how to navigate blender. I'm coming from a background of extremely rusty skills and some familiarity with 3DS Max, which is so incredibly different. It doesn't matter if you've got the fundamentals if you don't know where anything is. Thank you so much for putting this together and sharing it with the world
I just finished this and it was exactly what I was looking for. Something that showed the very basics to get started but tossing in enough intermediate and a few advanced things so you feel confident enough to try something else on your own. There are plenty of other Blender tutorials out there that are quite good but the issue I have with my learning style is that they start you off with some pretty advanced stuff right off the bat. They still do a good job of building up on things but I feel that they throw too much at you all at once which could lead to feeling overwhelmed with so many options and overthinking how to design your project. You remembered the most important thing for us noob by following the KISS principle: Keep it simple. Thanks
I’ve used blender for a while now, usually making highly detailed stuff, but I decided to just give some low poly stuff a shot just to see what it was like and it is so so fun. I can just crank out fun little low poly characters so quickly with this workflow and it has quickly become an obsession. If you gave me a whole free afternoon I imagine I could make a whole cast of characters.
Also, using subsurface scattering to add a little glow makes it really pretty. And now I’m having fun using color gradients in the texture map for the colors.
This is AMAZING I have followed many, many blender tutorials for characters in the past and always got overwhelmed and gave up. This is literally the best tutorial ever and I can finally feel like I can model something!!!
Thank you!
I'm discovering really nice tips with this tutorial series that I've never seen in other videos, they're making the learning process much smoother! Thanks!
I genuinely wish I could like this video more than once. It's taught me so much in such a short amount of time while giving me confidence to follow along while modeling my own project as well. Amazing video and I will most definitely be watching others from this channel. Thank you.
normally i am very skeptical of video tutorials because I find they don't explain things well enough or show practical scenarios enough to be helpful, but this tutorial was incredibly useful for me. I've never used any 3d modeling software before, and I managed to make a model im pretty happy with following this. I think a big thing that makes this tutorial super helpful is that it teaches you only a handful of highly important tools, and then reiterates how to apply those tools in various scenarios and really shows how those simple tools can be used to do more and more complex things. It was super helpful that you continued to repeat the keybinds (and also have them display on screen), because I felt it really helped reinforce for me how flexible those basic tools are. this is the first time I have found myself following a tutorial and felt so effectively that I was starting to grasp what was being taught that I would pause the video and continue way past what was being shown because I felt like I really knew how to use things from here. This comment is getting kinda rambly and long, but thank you for this tutorial, you would be a great teacher, if you aren't one already :p
i was glued to this video from minute one and learned a lot. but when you duped the legs and brought them up to turn them into arms i was blown away
I had a month searching for a good tutor, with this tutorial I finally made a pet-cat for my job with a decent technique. I enjoyed the process, and I think your learning method is just perfect. Thanks a lot.
I came here with zero experience, literally just downloaded the program, and this was SO helpful! I had no trouble following along and by the end of the video I had the keybinds memorized and was even adding extra reptos and playing with the mesh just for fun. Thank you so much for this beginner's video, I'm excited and motivated to keep learning how to 3D model.
you dont know how proud i felt when i edited a shape even by a little lmao
i screamed cuz it aint cap , like we can shape a box fr ? fr fr ? crazy
I love that most of this only needed a few simple, repeated commands. It's easy to forget how important repetition is. I've seen a few 'beginner' tutorials that were anything BUT beginner. I'd say this is a perfect jumping off point for modeling and using Blender in general.
Thanks so much. Ive been interested in 3D modeling since I first tried (and failed ) learnimg lightwave a million years ago. Slow enough to undetstand but quick enough to not be boring. This porridge is just right.
about 30min through, you have instantly made modeling infinitly more accesable to me and enjoyable
Thank you so much for supporting me along the way to create my first blender character model, this has really blown me away. I never though this day would come but I'm loving 3D now, these are words from a 2D and Stopmo animator lol. Really feel like I've got a bit of skills now to be more confident navigating blender and taking on 3D in general, thanks again!
it realy made me happy at 33:44 when i saw my tiny progress
I used this tutorial as first timer user in blender, I done making anime style model with this tutorial, not perfect but the job is done and for first timer it is so easy to understand and very informative, 100/10 recommended.
Thank you so much for your hard work
just wanna say, extremely comprehensive tutorial that is easy to follow. not only did i walk away from this with something cool to show off, but i feel like i gained a lot towards what i actually want to do, which is modeling people instead of donuts or whatnot. thank you so much for this!
Just did the simple human one and I'm excited to take on this one now.
Took me 4 days, but I am super proud of my first actual human shaped creation. Thanks for the tutorial!
This is genuinely the first blender tutorial I've been able to follow without succumbing to the existential dread. I super appreciate you clearly explaining all the hotkeys n tips- I was able to take notes and I know I'll actually use them in the future.
I used to be too scared to touch anything since the UI's intimidating as hell but your chill demeanor made it way more approachable lmao. Thank you for your work, and all for free, too! This beats The Donut any day!!!
Friend sent me this tutorial and for someone that desperately wanted to learn blender this helped a LOT, I never touched a 3d modeling program in my life and I had to give it three days but I finally managed to make the girl model
Thank you so much!
This is such a perfect tutorial. I've only dabbled in Maya in class, learning to make bagrounds and objects with primatives, but I wanted to learn Blender and go straight into character modelling with a specifically low poly aesthetic rather than that standard blender donut.
My model is very different to the one you're showcasing but your teaching is excellent that I can follow along and apply your teachings to my model. Struggling a bit with the hair, but it's just a case of practice makes perfect. Thank you so much for this.
Probably top 5 best tutorials I've ever watched. Very professional and creative.
I was once a beginner, to me blender was so terrifying and heavy to learn but now I have travelled to the path of knowing modelling, rigging, animating and finally creating my animation video. I love this kind of beginner-friendly video.
THIS IS AWESOME! one hour - and the model is ready. From absolute nothing. Many thanx from Russia!
This holds up PERFECTLY in Blender 4. The only issue I had was with rendering, cycles just didn't work correctly but eevee did. That could be something with my pc though, not 4. But EVERYTHING ELSE was spot on with Blender 4.
Also, I loved your emphasis on hotkeys. I've learned audio production and video editing, hotkeys are crucial for productivity and jsut overall ease. 10/10 tutorial thank you!
I previously did a bit of modeling with Autodesk Maya during a course in college, but I never really did anything with it afterwards. For a long time, I feared I'd be too rusty to get back into it, but I recently decided to give it another try with Blender.
I just wanted to say that your video really helped me get settled in Blender and get a hold of the basics quickly. I enjoyed the way you explained every step along the way and reiterated which keys did what to bolster retention. For a first project, I feel pretty good about how simple it was to learn and build. I still have a ways to go, but I now feel more confident about catching up to where I left off. Thank you for the excellent tutorial!
Good tutorial: good pace, clear and succinct.
When adding the cylinder for the legs, I somehow got the middle point in the front, instead of in back, which proved a minor problem later on.
I learned SO MUCH with this tutorial, you opened so many doors in my brain and I can't thank you enough!! This was amazing!! THANK YOU ♥ ♥
incredible, I never tought I could do this, because every time I started a blender tutoriel, it lasted forever, and I simply gave up. But this one as a particular touch and is very explicit and easy, so I made it !! Thank you a lot !
You are AMAZING! For me who knows basic blender but forgot the shortcuts after years of break you are a legend for speedy revision!
this tutorial single-handedly taught me literally everything I figured out. If I ever forget smth I come back here and it reminds me how to do it
great tutorial, spent 2 days, started over and over, tried to learn and improvise along the way. i know how to low poly now thanks! this was a great beginner step for me.
This is an amazing tutorial, it really helped me do my first character in blender for my class and im so happy with the results, tysm for this tutorial
Thanks for the tutorial! It's especially appreciated that you repeat the hotkeys whenever you use them as it helps reinforce it as we follow along. Some tutorials give you all the information, but don't do anything to strengthen the knowledge that most useful when habitual.
Well explained. As a beginner i'm actually learning from this.
If anyone is coming into this and worried the version will stop you, I was able to make this successful on Blender 4.0
Thanks for the guide, and probably learned the most I ever had in blender! (took me about 6 hours due to being completely new lol)
Thanks to this tutorial, I just made my first finished 3D human! The video's informative, easy to understand and helped me grasp some of the elements I was struggling with while working in a 3D space. Thank you, OP!
I learned a lot in this tutorial, I really recommend this type of tutorial to anyone interested in modelling characters. You'll definitely learn the basics here
I can't express how much your video helped me to start with a blender
wow.. 1 hour for free. most teachers wouldn't give you 5 minutes for free.. thank you
BRO! the emulated numberpad thing! I GREATLY appreciate that, so many other tutorials don't even mention this!
i have a laptop with no numberpad, this is huge for me! Thank you! :)
i finished it, i can say, this is one of the most useful tutorial on youtube (as a beginner)
this is so easy, other tutorials are nowhere near as beginner friendly as this one and this one actually teaches you alot!
Thanks pixxo!!!!
I used this as a guideline for my own model, applying what was talked about in the video with my own stuff as needed, and it looks much better than I thought I'd ever get to do in a few hours. Thank you.
This was seriously the best tutorial I have ever followed. It took me about 2 hours but I learned so much and I feel proud.
Note that the reference image properties has "Perspective" checked, this is why your Orthographic image DISAPPEARS when you follow the instructions to move the camera after placing the image.
Found this to be extremely useful for learning tips, tricks and important key bindings essential for modeling. took around 3-5 hours making sure I understand a lot what was going on as well as adding extra bits of details to my own design and turned out fantastic for first starting out! Stuck with it to the end and was such a worth while experience. Thanks a ton!
I finished it. I had to redo the head multiple times, but it came out decent enough to my liking. I'm very proud of it! Thank you for sharing this~ 💕
Man, this is i think the best video for a beginnee EVER, thank you very much
3 Hours and I made it. Very happy. Thank you for this lesson!
I mean honestly I have 3d modelled before but never seriously and I've been through such a rut with art block that I've not touched blender in years so following this tutorial really shook off the rust and made me make a cute little thing I can be happy with. Thanks for this!
Can't believe how this tutorial made me do for the first time in blender thank you so much, you explained everything I needed to know I'm so thankful .
Thank you so much! It’s been my dream to be able to make my own characters and eventually my own games, but I’ve gotten so stuck on how to start! I really appreciate the time you spent to offer this to thousands of people for free! Again, thank you!
Thanks to this tutorial, today I was able to create my first humanoid 3d model. I was worried at first because I didn't have any proper "reference", but a low-quality front-facing full-body screenshot of the character ended up being good enough! Thanks so much!
Best tutorial I have found so far on modelling for beginners. Thanks for uploading.
Thank you for this tutorial! I've been dabble aimlessly in blender for quite some time since other tutorials I found are too lengthy for me. This gives me a good start to properly using the program.
Also a mnemonic I rmb someone told me about for "move" command is to remember it as "Grab" ( *G* ) instead! Hope this helps someone to rmb the shortcuts :3
I haven't modelled in about 5 years and that was a one off module in 3DSMAX. Absolutely fantastic video honestly, got be right back into it, as if I was still fresh.
This is the best tutorial I've seen now that I'm starting, I understand it entirely
I just had to comment, this was the best tutorial on Blender for beginners ever! This was the first tutorial that I was able to follow easily/without pulling my hair! Thank you a lot!
This was so helpful!! Thank you! I attempted the infamous Donut tutorial before and COULD NOT grasp it - found your tutorial this week and it was so much easier to follow and really gave me the confidence to keep going!
the best tutorial i've ever seen in my life :)
I love how easy this was to follow, especially for someone impatient like me
the chapters are easy to navigate, the instructions are explained clearly and there are no sudden jumps
I love it! Also it's very customizable so if I wanted to like, idk, make some guy I could! I can! Yknow maybe I will (if I can figure out how to do curly hair that is)
If you need to make x-ray mode more effective you can do so by clicking the little drop-down arrow to the right of the xray button. There you can adjust the strength of the x-ray!
Thank you! This was the perfect beginner tutorial for me!
I have experience making cars, buildings, guns not the best but enough for my indie game dev journey and after this video i can finally use actual caracter mode instead of a capsule thanks a lot and i did learnt some really useful things which i didnt knew before
im currently following your tutorial and im really happy with it so far, this is my first try too and its amazing, i've learned a lot, i have even made my own pillow slides slippers, socks, skirt, horns, even really detailed hair with the help of this tutorial, tysm!
one of the best tutorials I have come across for noobs.
This is just what I needed to start working with 3D. I need to build the skill for my scale model hobby, since I have some ideas that are going to require 3D printing of my own designs.
Without this video I would have never gotten started 3D modelling, thanks bro!!!
The donut guy threw me off lmao. This was really easy to follow and I got a grip of the basic controls and shortcuts before the video even ended. Didn't get confused and all the intimidation I felt towards the software has mostly gone away. The keystrokes at the bottom right helped a ton.
I'm just getting started with blender, and i want to say this truly is a tutorial for beginners! Thank y ou!
I’ve needed a tutorial like this for quite some time, I’ve had blender downloaded for over a year and never knew how to use it
great tutorial to quickly start on blender.