I love channels like this that explain the process without stopping to talk about every basic shortcut. I know beginners will complain but it should be very clear that these are **not** beginner tutorials. More like intermediate
Great, now you just have to animate the face with bones or shapes to see how your normals go to waste, a mouth and eyes animation tutorial is needed right away.
Legit. I couldn’t even figure out how the hell to merge the square. I wonder if he took into account that some people might be legit super new to blender.
@@saikotamagachi7884 same. That's honestly how learning through the internet is with free content..trying to figure out how things are done from different videos because no one wants to give detailed explanations for free. It's time consuming. So at the end your knowledge and skillset comes from an amalgamation of the hundreds of videos you watched just for one thing lol. Still, this is super valuable. No one else from my search has done any of this with this much quality, especially for anime related modeling
Great knowledge although some big problems with this tutorial. 1. Far too quick, even when playing at 0.5 speed. 2. Jump cuts at difficult points, when creating the neck is a good example. 3. Obviously you are aware that turning off key displays was a problem and sadly this was sometimes at vital points. I'd rate the content very high although these problems are extremely frustrating especially if you are new to blender I'd imagine. I've subscribed though because as I said earlier you have a good style of teaching despite these issues.
I can't count the number of hours and attempts I spent doing this, and it never turned out right, I'll try it one more time with your tutorial, thank you!
Also, after the initial block-out with the verts, select all with Shift+A and click M, then By Distance. It will delete all unnecessary vertices that could mess up the model later.
Thx for showing this. I use Manga and animee as inspiration. But I don't follow it completely. I try to keep it my own drawing style. For anyone that is struggling, I had to redo it a few times. I settled on using a subsurface modified cube starting out. But my character is male. So, use what works for you, but keep in mind the same principles apply.
Hoho! Great work, friend! Very few tutorials are out there for proper anime head topology, and you mostly nailed it. The only suggestion I'd have is to make the "bevel" between the face plate and the rest of the chin/head (the chinstrap?) more defined, flattened, and set a bit further back since it heavily contributes to the characters' 3/4 view and determines whether the face will look elongated or not from the 3/4 view. You're still better than most of the other people I've seen on youtube though!
man please idk if you will respond but how/where did you learn this? im trying to follow along your tutorial but its kinda hard so i was just wondering how.
hey man, nice video, could you explain what do you mean when you say "3by 2 for the chin" and "2 by 7 line"? after some time i did understand but is possible that some people dont
Fantastic! Question though, when you said about having to reapply the custom normals after moving the vertices through shape keys, wouldn't the custom normals be messed up as well, when you turn off the shape key?
Actually looks like you're right. I will have to find some solutions for this. For now, if your project is solely in Blender you can: 1. Duplicate the face mesh 2. Add a Data Transfer modifier to your original Face mesh, Source is the duplicate mesh, Face Corner Data checked, Custom Normals selected and Mapping set to Topology. This will keep the original edited normals in place even when the face is edited for shape keys
@@2amgoodnight Ah ok, that's a good work around. I've been searching for a solution for almost 2 years now (also recently found out that the subdiv modifier has a custom normal option in the advanced option), and besides that method, aVersionOfReality does have series involving that, it's not complete yet, and it can be overwhelmingly technical, but in theory, could be a huge breakthrough for stylized shading.
I tried to do connecting of nose part and lip but when i do it with triangle shape they make too many shadows even after face orientation. I used rectangle shape and sculpting feacture to solve it.
im curiose on how to get this Running on a Game Engine... (the Normal Editing)... Haven't Spotted Any Tutorials Goin "in-depth" or "Basic" Quick set up for it...
really great and helpful tutorial but Im having one issue with the normal editing part. for some reason some of the normals along the center, where the mirror merges, has weird shading issues going on and nothing I do seems to fix it. I tried adjusting its vectors in other ways, tried resetting them to normal while leaving the rest changed, nothing seems to work.
3:15 how can you place a vertex from no where like that? is there any shortcut key to it? edit: I'm just found an alternated way to do it, just extrude the closest vertex then delete it to have a new vertext
subdivision is basically a bandaid solution for making things look smoother, but you lose a lot of control over the individual vertices when using it. plus it can make weight painting a lot harder when you have things mirrored as certain vertices will be crossed over to the other side of the mesh when you dont normally see them that way with the subdiv on. I actually recommend everyone learn how to model without the subdiv because I just dont think its worth it.
More than 16h hours are taken and a masterpiece is almost structured.
I love channels like this that explain the process without stopping to talk about every basic shortcut. I know beginners will complain but it should be very clear that these are **not** beginner tutorials. More like intermediate
Great, now you just have to animate the face with bones or shapes to see how your normals go to waste, a mouth and eyes animation tutorial is needed right away.
Shift + N is also a fast way to recalculate normals. Great tutorial!
thank you!
would love a version of this where you slow down and explain what you are doing a little more
Legit. I couldn’t even figure out how the hell to merge the square. I wonder if he took into account that some people might be legit super new to blender.
@@saikotamagachi7884 same. That's honestly how learning through the internet is with free content..trying to figure out how things are done from different videos because no one wants to give detailed explanations for free. It's time consuming. So at the end your knowledge and skillset comes from an amalgamation of the hundreds of videos you watched just for one thing lol. Still, this is super valuable. No one else from my search has done any of this with this much quality, especially for anime related modeling
@@saikotamagachi7884isn't it just select the entire square and merge it at center?
@@titoepfx4272yep. You press "M" and merge at center
Select the four dots that form the square then press F to fill it in
Great knowledge although some big problems with this tutorial.
1. Far too quick, even when playing at 0.5 speed.
2. Jump cuts at difficult points, when creating the neck is a good example.
3. Obviously you are aware that turning off key displays was a problem and sadly this was sometimes at vital points.
I'd rate the content very high although these problems are extremely frustrating especially if you are new to blender I'd imagine.
I've subscribed though because as I said earlier you have a good style of teaching despite these issues.
I can't count the number of hours and attempts I spent doing this, and it never turned out right, I'll try it one more time with your tutorial, thank you!
Also, after the initial block-out with the verts, select all with Shift+A and click M, then By Distance. It will delete all unnecessary vertices that could mess up the model later.
why is this so good yet only has 350 views :/ good luck ur very skilled and im sure you will have a great blender career
With vertex selected you can ctrl + right click on any place to extrude and skip dragging.
Your paint skills make it completely undestandable, no cap actually TY
NICE. HERE FOR IT.
Thx for showing this. I use Manga and animee as inspiration. But I don't follow it completely. I try to keep it my own drawing style. For anyone that is struggling, I had to redo it a few times. I settled on using a subsurface modified cube starting out. But my character is male. So, use what works for you, but keep in mind the same principles apply.
all these tutorials are worth the wait I'm looking forward to the next one!
Hoho! Great work, friend! Very few tutorials are out there for proper anime head topology, and you mostly nailed it. The only suggestion I'd have is to make the "bevel" between the face plate and the rest of the chin/head (the chinstrap?) more defined, flattened, and set a bit further back since it heavily contributes to the characters' 3/4 view and determines whether the face will look elongated or not from the 3/4 view. You're still better than most of the other people I've seen on youtube though!
oh my god thank you dawg, you're the only one making this sort of content while giving good commentary bless up brotha
man please idk if you will respond but how/where did you learn this? im trying to follow along your tutorial but its kinda hard so i was just wondering how.
Shonzo level technique plus Grant Abbitt level explanation. Fucking gold. Thank you very much for compiling this tutorial.
That "duplicate planes technique" for Normals editing is so intelligent ;) Thanks a lot for your work!
Just in time, thank you!
Been waiting a long time for a good video going into detail on face topology for anime shading
It's 2AM, time to watch another tutorial.
Thank you for making this free. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Now I just gotta learn how to make the hair. Great tutorial.
Great work! Looking forward for the next tutorial!
hey man, nice video, could you explain what do you mean when you say "3by 2 for the chin" and "2 by 7 line"? after some time i did understand but is possible that some people dont
note for anyone passing by: it is the grid visible in the blender "background"
And you, my friend, you are a real hero👍
Golden video!
Is the reason you don't use the subdivision surface because it will mess up the topology or is there another reason?
Yes, mainly it's so that it doesn't mess with the mouth topology.
Your tutorial is solid. Thank you for sharing :)
ctrl + numpad minus / plus to decrease / increase selection
Looks like you aren't using proportional editing (O). Proportional editing simplifies adjusting curves and large number of vertices a great deal.
Great job, man ❤
Good tutorial. Can you show us how to export it to a game engine like unity and unreal engine?
Yes, so in a couple of videos I will show an export to Unity.
hi bro! amazing tutorial! thanks a lot! btw what do you think about the abnormal addon?
No problem. Abnormal is great but takes time to learn and use. For simple normal edits it's not completely necessary.
thanks for ur amazing job pal@@2amgoodnight
with the eyes should i outline the eye lashes or just the eyeballs
Not me finding your channel and subscribing at exactly 2 am.
Really useful Ty
Thank you so much. This is awesome. Effective and simple to follow.
Hi im new to blender i was wondering if you could do one of these if you havent already with a button input so i could understand what your doing.
Fantastic! Question though, when you said about having to reapply the custom normals after moving the vertices through shape keys, wouldn't the custom normals be messed up as well, when you turn off the shape key?
Ok dokey, and thank you!
Actually looks like you're right. I will have to find some solutions for this.
For now, if your project is solely in Blender you can:
1. Duplicate the face mesh
2. Add a Data Transfer modifier to your original Face mesh, Source is the duplicate mesh, Face Corner Data checked, Custom Normals selected and Mapping set to Topology. This will keep the original edited normals in place even when the face is edited for shape keys
@@2amgoodnight Ah ok, that's a good work around. I've been searching for a solution for almost 2 years now (also recently found out that the subdiv modifier has a custom normal option in the advanced option), and besides that method, aVersionOfReality does have series involving that, it's not complete yet, and it can be overwhelmingly technical, but in theory, could be a huge breakthrough for stylized shading.
First step. Cube > Tab+M > Merge at center
My pc turned off while i was so close of being done and now i have to watch this video again
I tried to do connecting of nose part and lip but when i do it with triangle shape they make too many shadows even after face orientation. I used rectangle shape and sculpting feacture to solve it.
You sound like gunzblazing I used to watch when I played yugioh, could you be one and the same 🤔
I dont understand snnaping the vertex just follow the face and not the sphere and I dont understand how do your sphere instantly transparent
im curiose on how to get this Running on a Game Engine... (the Normal Editing)...
Haven't Spotted Any Tutorials Goin "in-depth" or "Basic" Quick set up for it...
11:37
how did you make it so ONLY the guide sphere was in wireframe mode....
Huge bro
My mounth triangle topology very messed up xd and shape of face i made like shit, but anyway cool video
really great and helpful tutorial but Im having one issue with the normal editing part. for some reason some of the normals along the center, where the mirror merges, has weird shading issues going on and nothing I do seems to fix it. I tried adjusting its vectors in other ways, tried resetting them to normal while leaving the rest changed, nothing seems to work.
Hi, is the mirror mod applied or not yet? The center vertices normals cant be edited until applied.
Is female and male anime face the same topology or are the topology different
Tysm
Why did you add indents for the eyes if it will just look flat?
when the shape keys for blinking are made, that's still important
@@2amgoodnight Thank you!
Урок классный(если это урок) но когда вы начинаете делать лицо то точки, которые вы делаете не очень видно
Thanks
I spent 30 minutes trying to find why the light wasn't working, when I noticed I was in the wrong viewport shading mode
có thể cho tôi biết bạn dùng phím nào để thực hiện không tiếng anh của tôi hơi tệ
3:15 how can you place a vertex from no where like that? is there any shortcut key to it?
edit: I'm just found an alternated way to do it, just extrude the closest vertex then delete it to have a new vertext
That one is - select a vertex, duplicate (shift D i think), drag it anywhere
very helpfuyl
is it me or I can hardly see gosh I need to fix my eyes.
Uhhhh i.. will better continue looking for a way to generate it.
Iam pure noob but I want to try this can anyone please say how he is drawing the lines pls
Add - Single Vert - Add Single Vert. Select this vertex, press the E key and drag the edge.
whatre the shortcuts at 4:12? the key thing has vanished
Alt + Left Click to select eye loop
E - extrude
F - create faces
watching 2am at 4am
i keep accidentally refreshing the video
Woow ! ! ! Arigato Sensei-san !
How tf do you merge a cube to one vertex??? Huh??????
Maybe he scaled it to zero, then merged the vertexes by distance.
Press A (select all) press M (merge) then select at center
Why no subdivide?
It will ruin the mouth.
subdivision is basically a bandaid solution for making things look smoother, but you lose a lot of control over the individual vertices when using it. plus it can make weight painting a lot harder when you have things mirrored as certain vertices will be crossed over to the other side of the mesh when you dont normally see them that way with the subdiv on. I actually recommend everyone learn how to model without the subdiv because I just dont think its worth it.
@@StriderWolf thanks, that makes a lot of sense
8:23
Alright be honest, show of hands of how many people reloaded this page while trying to make a loop cut?
i came here just to see how to make 2d eyes