Making an Anime character in 3D!

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Published 2023-08-28
So the goal for today, is we're going to try and translate concept art of Akko from Little Witch Academia to 3d, but in the end try to make it look like it's 2d and not 3d. This is my first attempt at something like this, so this should be fun.

Join us is discord! discord.gg/rMkeA3KmT8

Check out the .BLEND file for this sculpt (3.5+): nasakii.gumroad.com/l/Akko

Learn how I block out my characters:    • Blocking Out - Blender Character Scul...  

This channel helped a lot when trying to learn this stuff: youtube.com/@KumoBlender

Follow my wips on twitter!: twitter.com/Nasakii
I have a sculpting instagram account now!: www.instagram.com/bransculpts/
I'm also mirroring my tweets on Threads because, why not? www.threads.net/@bransculpts

Time: around 12ish hours
#blender 3.5
addons used: node wrangler, loop tools, rigify, extra curves

Specs:
i5-12600K 3.69 GHz
Nvidia RTX 3070
32gb ram
Windows 10
Sony Vegas 13
Blue Yeti
Wacom Cintiq 16
Photoshop CC
Lazy Nezumi
OBS Studio

Music by youtube.com/@qumumusic

#3Dmodeling #Blender #modeling #sculpting #blender #blender3d #akko #littlewitchacademia #anime

All Comments (21)
  • @StudioKelpie1993
    I really like how just shaping out the head with verts basically helped in retop, pretty cool trick and might try it out myself
  • @weebtrash108
    The little witch x fortnite collab is looking fire Jokes aside you did the original image so much justice, looks amazing
  • @Customfurball28
    She looks so great! I loved little witch academia when I watched it so long ago, glad to see Akko getting this amazing model! Love your work Bran!
  • @chronolecte4388
    The music, the voice, the person, the 3d model, the process... Everything was great
  • @sageforce9306
    As a professional animator I can't tell you how many times faking 2d has saved me from unnecessary work from clients. I'm like yeah sure we can do that hehe
  • @Gonsoi
    as always your work is really impressive... and the way you describe your work feels less intimidating than common 3D modelers guys out there
  • @W1zardRyan
    Nice, appreciate how high level the tutorial is rather than getting into the nuts and bolts of things you've already showed us/things we could Google
  • @Nikita-os6om
    I, as a gamedev 3D artist, got pain from the number of polygons, but as a viewer I’m happy with the result, it turned out very cool
  • This reminds of how Guilty Gear makes the models for its characters to look as closely to 2D as possible, theres an entire video explaining how its animation works and I really recommend it
  • @Cinnamowo
    I have not a single idea about 3d modelling, but I am inspired to start learning, this looks so great! Absolutely love this kind of style, it just pleasant to look at!
  • @takaw.d8486
    This is so insane man, youve earned my Sub and my Respect, youve shown me a easier way to make characters, your way seemed like it took less than 5 hours and its incredible, im trying to make a game and this type of content helped big time, i didnt even know you remesh opals together to form the body, thats awesome!
  • The ultimate question. How long did it take you to make her? It's always so easy watching videos like this, but I know this took some serious time, you're good and you make it look easy.
  • @acewantstodraw
    That looks amazing! Im getting started with blender and i really hope i can achieve your level of sculpting
  • @Rune3D
    Brother, you have no idea how useful this is to me! I literally just started making my first anime OC in Blender. I've never done this before, so naturally my instinct was to sculpt it first, but then I saw what other people were doing, so I thought "How do it do that?" Then after enough searching I finally found your video!! Liked, Subbed, and Favorited!
  • @xypher3ns
    I almost never comment on videos normally, but I'm going to break that rule of mine to thank you for this tutorial; this style of modeling is exactly the style I want to do when starting development on a game I've been wanting to make. I appreciate the clear and concise way you break things down, your workarounds, explaining some of your techniques you use and why they work, etc. Gonna save this video as one of the big inspirational videos for when I get a little time to start up working with Blender. Keep up the excellent work!
  • This is actually understandable! I've tried finding tutorials that seem to overcomplicate the most basic steps and features to where I feel like I am not even smart enough to know how to open the program. I already know I'm not very bright and that Blender has a pretty steep learning curve, but still! This tutorial doesn't try to reinvent the wheel in a way that makes you feel like you can never learn the basics and that gives me hope that maybe I could make something like this some day! Thank you!
  • @Peterio
    Hey, I found your model a while ago and tried to learn from it, so it's absolutely MINDBLOWING to see how it was made!
  • @schmecklin377
    holy crap this is informative. i love studying blender timelapse videos like this but your commentary brings it to a whole nother level
  • @AJxxLeonexx
    i love how you did akko from little witch academia
  • @MissElora
    Your YouTube channel is absolutely amazing.The content you create is both entertaining and informative,Keep up the fantastic work, you're doing a fantastic job.Your hard work and dedication are truly inspiring. Keep shining and reaching new heights 🙏🏻