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This tutorial is best suited for those who like to see a rough

model from the start and then refine into detail as you go.

Introduction

Hi, my name is Rishi and I am a 3d Character artist. In this

article I am going to take you through the making of Tidus ….,

my inspirational character. This tutorial is best suited for those

who like to see a rough model from the start and then refine

into detail as you go. Im not gona co!er e!ery step of the

creation process of this image. I assume you ha!e some basic

knowledge of "aya and #brush.

Inspiration

$sually I always like to put my own concept or story for

character but this is something I always wanted to do. I am

always impressed by the %uality of &inal &antasy Characters.

'o I thought to gi!e it a try but in a different way. This is not

my concept .I am making (Tidus which is from )issidia &inal

&antasy.

Modeling

&or modeling, I ha!e used "aya for base mesh and #brush for

detailing. *efore starting the model in "aya i always do some

research and collect as many reference as i can.

I usually model my characters from a cube. Its a %uick and

!ery effecti!e way of modeling. 'ome people prefer edge

e+trusion method which is also !ery good but a little bit time

taking.

I uploaded a simple line drawing of a character in "aya and

%uickly blocking out the basic shape. Right now am not

concentrating on the face details. I will correct the shape and

details in #brush.


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I start with a cube and through edge e+trusion and split faces,

i block the model to match it roughly with the image. I am not


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concentrating on the line flow for the body since this model is

not being animated.


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dding more lines and rounding of the shape

I always model palm, foot and head separate because it gi!es

me more freedom to add lines where!er i want.

I add some more lines and shape it accordingly.


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!ery basic palm modeling in "aya


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I am not modeling the foot because I plan to suit him with

boots.

*efore starting the face i thoroughly search the net for anime

and manga references. I ha!e taken references from the final

fantasy game also. 'o always spend some time in research

before starting any character. I ha!e taken human references

too for the e+pressions.

I am starting the face also with a cube.


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'imilar things also apply to face too. I ha!e front and side

references loaded into "aya and start to model the face

beginning by a cube.

)istinct lines are made and important land mark places like

mouth, eyes, nose and ears are taken care of by proper line

flow so that we get nice and smooth facial e+pressions.


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fter working on it a bit more, I got the shape am looking for.


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dding more lines, am fleshing out the face .)id some

topology ad-ustments too on the neck to match it with the

topology of the face. o need to merge the palm because we

are going to make that in glo!es later.


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'o, i ha!e a basic body in "aya. ow its time for the cloth

and props. *elow is the image used for reference.


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gain am going with a similar approach, am taking a plane

and thro edge e+trusion am building the base for the cloth

and accessories. *elow are a few images of the building of

cloth n accessories.


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This is one of the accessories that is on the hand of Tidus.

Here, I ha!e taken a sphere and selected alternati!e columns

of faces.


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The faces being selected, they are deleted to get something

like the picture below.

The faces being selected, they are deleted to get something

like the picture below.


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)uplicate the twisted ob-ect and again apply the twist

deformer, but in the opposite direction. ow mo!e the

!ertices of the ob-ects in the places of the intersection such

that they are interwo!en.


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"odeling all the accessories in similar ways, we get basic

accessories that need to be worked on later in #brush.


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*elow is a image of the sword of Tidus.


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'o, finally all the acce

sories and the cloth of Tidus are ready for detailing in #brush.


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s the below image shows, I ha!e imported e!erything


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including body as different subtools in #brush


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&or the body sculpting, we hide all the other subtools /in

cluding the palms0 that ha!e been imported into #brush e+cept

the body. "ost of the body is co!ered with cloth so I dont


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need to work on the full body, -ust hands, legs and face.


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1ets start adding some forms to the body. I ha!e used stand

rd brush with combination of clay and smooth brush for ad

ding muscles. &irstly, subdi!ided the body. Then start sculp

ting and molding it according to the references u ha!e collecte

d. 2lease make sure u fully utilie the e+tra polygons resulted


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by subdi!ision.


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I think it is sufficient for now and will add some more

details and tweak some more muscles when we pose the charact

er. 'o

Posing

I ha!e taken the pose from the game poster.

ow to go about the e+act method of posing. &irstly, I mask

all the areas that dont need the effect of transpose. Then

using the transpose tool, I pose the character in #brush.


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4ne after another, each part that need posing is selected and

transpose used on it to get the below pose. fter posing i

ha!e done some muscle correction on the body and scaled

down the neck because it was looking a bit long.

ow that the body is posed, cloth is also posed in a similar

fashion.

Heres the final posing with cloths on, and all the accessories


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imported including the sword.

CLOTH DETAILING


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&irst am going to shape the shirt according to the reference i

ha!e taken. I am using mo!e brush here with the combination

of standard /with gra!ity on0, slash 5, pinch and smooth

brushes. I ha!e subdi!ided the mesh. 6ill do the detailing in

each le!el one by one.

Here are some images of progresses on each le!el7


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fter detailing the small props and cloth, this is what I got.


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I ha!e sa!ed a rendered image of the character in #brush.


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Importing this image into 2hotoshop, I gi!e it some nice

colour effects and some hair too. 8ou could e+periment with

different styles and effects in 2hotoshop until you are satisfied

with the output.

'o, here we are with the finished image.


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Some suggestions from me!perience t"at I #ould li$e tos"are #it" ou gus%

6hen youre sculpting, dont try to subdi!ide it to high le!el

right after you put it in #brush, always try to get ma+imum

details in low le!el, when youll be %uite happy with that, then

-ust mo!e to another le!el and add more fine details.

)ont worry about the shape of the model in the beginning, u

can always change it later.

lways add some gra!ity when you are dealing with cloth

wrinkles.

9nowledge of anatomy is important but dont let this restrict

you to e+periment the different characters you want to

portray because you can always change the anatomy details

to make it more !isually enhanced. Thats the beauty of

working in 3d.

Hope you en-oyed this making as much as I did while making

it. Happy sculpting.

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