Ultimate Free AI Workflow for Anime 3D Character — Transcript

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1. 0:00Can you believe this
2. 0:01anime character was created
3. 0:02in less than an
4. 0:03hour?
5. 0:04Yes, that's possible and
6. 0:06all tools are absolutely
7. 0:07free.
8. 0:08In this video, I
9. 0:09gonna show you what
10. 0:10reference images I use,
11. 0:12how I create 3D
12. 0:13models from them, how
13. 0:14I combine parts and
14. 0:15fix small issues, texture
15. 0:17it in best free
16. 0:18AI tool, quickly rig
17. 0:20that in Mixamo, and
18. 0:21then apply toon shader
19. 0:23in Blender and in
20. 0:24game engine like Unity.
21. 0:26Alright guys, this is
22. 0:27time for a video
23. 0:28that many of you
24. 0:29asked.
25. 0:30And we gonna create
26. 0:32Zelda, but we gonna
27. 0:33create her in anime
28. 0:34style.
29. 0:35So, first step, as
30. 0:36usual, we gonna need
31. 0:38right reference.
32. 0:39And here's what I
33. 0:39prepared already.
34. 0:40So, my initial character
35. 0:42should look like this.
36. 0:43And if you missed
37. 0:44out, I already have
38. 0:45a video to explain
39. 0:47how I do this,
40. 0:48like with full explanation,
41. 0:50check this video.
42. 0:51So, in this case,
43. 0:52I have character with
44. 0:53long hairs, and it
45. 0:54make absolute sense to
46. 0:55separate head, so we
47. 0:57can control hairs separately.
48. 0:59So, I have head
49. 1:00in three views, and
50. 1:01I do have body
51. 1:02in three views.
52. 1:04I have hands separately,
53. 1:05because usually, fingers might
54. 1:07be tricky to do
55. 1:08at once with the
56. 1:09body.
57. 1:10So, I recommend to
58. 1:11make them separate and
59. 1:12combine later.
60. 1:13Hopefully, at some point,
61. 1:14it will be good
62. 1:15enough and we don't
63. 1:16need to do that.
64. 1:17And of course, I
65. 1:17need bow.
66. 1:18Optionally, you can also
67. 1:19create arrows if you
68. 1:20want to use it
69. 1:21within game.
70. 1:21And the best option
71. 1:23to create 3D is,
72. 1:24of course, Oonion.
73. 1:25We gonna use it,
74. 1:26a Chinese version of
75. 1:27website.
76. 1:28We gonna use Oonion
77. 1:293.1. We gonna
78. 1:30go with multi images.
79. 1:32Here we gonna need
80. 1:33to drop them in
81. 1:34the relevant places.
82. 1:36No magic here, just
83. 1:37add the images.
84. 1:38Make sure the poly
85. 1:39count is selected.
86. 1:40We don't need it
87. 1:41extremely high poly.
88. 1:42500K is enough for
89. 1:44this case.
90. 1:44And I also show
91. 1:45you how to do
92. 1:46optimization, not inside Blender.
93. 1:49And let's hit generate.
94. 1:50I did exactly the
95. 1:51same for another objects.
96. 1:53And let's review the
97. 1:54results.
98. 1:54So, here is the
99. 1:55body and I like
100. 1:57it.
101. 1:57I mean, the reference
102. 1:59has sort of anime
103. 2:00textures.
104. 2:01And you can see
105. 2:02it actually created really
106. 2:04decent texture.
107. 2:05You can see it
108. 2:06here.
109. 2:06As expected, the hands
110. 2:08are a little bit
111. 2:09problematic.
112. 2:09You see, the fingers
113. 2:10are merged sort of.
114. 2:11That's not okay.
115. 2:12It will be difficult
116. 2:13to rig.
117. 2:14But we have a
118. 2:15solution for it.
119. 2:15So, of course, I
120. 2:16created hands separately as
121. 2:18well.
122. 2:18Okay, and here is
123. 2:19the hand.
124. 2:19Well, way better.
125. 2:21I mean, all fingers
126. 2:22spread exactly as we
127. 2:24need it.
128. 2:25And a little bit
129. 2:25sort of toon shader.
130. 2:27And we're gonna go
131. 2:27with head.
132. 2:28And here is the
133. 2:29result.
134. 2:29And the result is
135. 2:30beautiful.
136. 2:31I mean, some problem
137. 2:32with the neck.
138. 2:33But we're gonna address
139. 2:34that in sculpting.
140. 2:35And the bow as
141. 2:36well.
142. 2:36Looks good.
143. 2:37Okay, so now let's
144. 2:39download all the models.
145. 2:40And drag and drop
146. 2:41them in Blender.
147. 2:42And guys, I really
148. 2:43want to remind you
149. 2:44that there is top3d
150. 2:45.ai. The website I
151. 2:47created for you.
152. 2:49Where you can find
153. 2:49best 3D AI.
154. 2:51And actually compare which
155. 2:52one is the best.
156. 2:53We recently updated website.
157. 2:55Now there is like
158. 2:56low poly on the
159. 2:57arena.
160. 2:57You can blind test
161. 2:59them and vote.
162. 3:00Check the leaderboard to
163. 3:01find out who is
164. 3:02the best for geometry,
165. 3:04low poly and segmentation.
166. 3:06Yeah, we also added
167. 3:07segmentation.
168. 3:08Since more and more
169. 3:09models support it.
170. 3:10You can review how
171. 3:11they perform.
172. 3:12You can check it
173. 3:12in explode stage.
174. 3:14This might be actually
175. 3:15very useful for some
176. 3:16cases.
177. 3:17And of course it's
178. 3:18absolutely free.
179. 3:19I just ask you
180. 3:20to hit that like
181. 3:21and subscribe button.
182. 3:22And that will motivate
183. 3:23me to create more
184. 3:24tutorials.
185. 3:25And bring more knowledge
186. 3:26to you.
187. 3:27And here's what we
188. 3:27have.
189. 3:28We're gonna hide bow
190. 3:29for now.
191. 3:30We're gonna need to
192. 3:30combine hands and body.
193. 3:33And also position head
194. 3:35and do fixes to
195. 3:36the neck.
196. 3:37Okay, so there is
197. 3:38no magic.
198. 3:38I just gonna position
199. 3:39it.
200. 3:40Now before we start
201. 3:41connecting hand.
202. 3:42Let me explain the
203. 3:43logic how I gonna
204. 3:44do that.
205. 3:44And why I decided
206. 3:45to make hand look
207. 3:46like this.
208. 3:47So in original hand,
209. 3:48I'll cut it on
210. 3:50this line.
211. 3:50So I keep this
212. 3:51part and it's easy
213. 3:53to connect new hands.
214. 3:54And for the new
215. 3:55hand, I'll cut it
216. 3:56here.
217. 3:56And that will make
218. 3:57it easy for me
219. 3:58to connect it seamless.
220. 3:59Okay, so let's continue
221. 4:01positioning in the right
222. 4:02place.
223. 4:03Now when that's done,
224. 4:04let's hide everything.
225. 4:05And just focus on
226. 4:06the body.
227. 4:07In the body, as
228. 4:08I said, I'll need
229. 4:08to just disconnect this
230. 4:10part.
231. 4:10So there's few ways
232. 4:11to do that.
233. 4:12I really like the
234. 4:13LASO mask.
235. 4:14Also you can use
236. 4:15a mask brush.
237. 4:16And if you never
238. 4:17tried sculpting, trust me,
239. 4:18it is extremely simple.
240. 4:20I do have a
241. 4:20dedicated video about it.
242. 4:22You only need to
243. 4:23know few tools to
244. 4:24be able to achieve
245. 4:25up to 90%
246. 4:26of what you need.
247. 4:27You can do it.
248. 4:28I gonna select it
249. 4:29with the brush.
250. 4:30I can actually disable
251. 4:32texture for now to
252. 4:33better see the masking.
253. 4:34You can see the
254. 4:35bubble on top.
255. 4:36Switch between solid mode
256. 4:37and textured mode.
257. 4:38It's easier to see
258. 4:39mask in solid mode.
259. 4:40So here's what I
260. 4:41do.
261. 4:42I just selected mask
262. 4:43brush.
263. 4:44And I just painting
264. 4:45the area that I
265. 4:46need to remove.
266. 4:47Note, when hold CTRL,
267. 4:49you can inverse the
268. 4:50action and deselect the
269. 4:52masked area.
270. 4:53All right, I did
271. 4:54that for one hand.
272. 4:55And I gonna do
273. 4:55the same exact thing
274. 4:57for another.
275. 4:58When that's done, we're
276. 4:59gonna go to mask
277. 5:00menu and select mask
278. 5:02slice and fill holes.
279. 5:04What it's gonna do,
280. 5:04it's gonna cut that
281. 5:06part and cover the
282. 5:07hole with the new
283. 5:09mesh.
284. 5:09Now we can actually
285. 5:10unhide new head.
286. 5:12And now we're gonna
287. 5:13select hand, go to
288. 5:14sculpt mode.
289. 5:15And we're gonna need
290. 5:16my favorite brush called
291. 5:18elastic graph.
292. 5:19It's basically like working
293. 5:20with clay.
294. 5:21You just drag and
295. 5:22move some parts around.
296. 5:24So here's what I
297. 5:24do.
298. 5:25I just move that
299. 5:25part inside like this.
300. 5:27Just to make sure
301. 5:28we don't see these
302. 5:30problems.
303. 5:30And we keep that
304. 5:31original stuff like this.
305. 5:33All right, now when
306. 5:34that's done, let's hide
307. 5:35body.
308. 5:36And how about we
309. 5:37cut this unused part?
310. 5:38So now we know
311. 5:39that we extended hand
312. 5:41as much as we
313. 5:42need.
314. 5:42Now I'm gonna select
315. 5:43laser mask again.
316. 5:45Also one of my
317. 5:45favorite tool.
318. 5:46Just select it like
319. 5:47this.
320. 5:48Make sure you selected
321. 5:49it from the another
322. 5:49side as well.
323. 5:50We can combine it
324. 5:51with mask brush like
325. 5:53this.
326. 5:54When that's done, gonna
327. 5:55use the same tool.
328. 5:56Go to the mask
329. 5:57menu and select mask
330. 5:59slice and fill holes
331. 6:00again.
332. 6:01All right, don't forget
333. 6:02to clear mask.
334. 6:03Otherwise, you'll not be
335. 6:04able to change that
336. 6:05mask area.
337. 6:06It will not move
338. 6:07until it mask.
339. 6:08So yeah, just clear
340. 6:09the mask.
341. 6:10Gonna enable body again.
342. 6:11And now we can
343. 6:12go to the sculpt
344. 6:13mode and finalize the
345. 6:15geometry here.
346. 6:16So I'm gonna just
347. 6:17move it a little
348. 6:17bit like this.
349. 6:18Okay, and now it's
350. 6:20time to actually mirror
351. 6:22the hands.
352. 6:22So how are we
353. 6:23gonna do that?
354. 6:24I'm gonna use mirror
355. 6:25modifier.
356. 6:25But before I use
357. 6:26it, we're gonna go
358. 6:27to object mode.
359. 6:28And we're gonna see,
360. 6:29you can see this
361. 6:30small dot here is
362. 6:31basically where the hand
363. 6:33origin.
364. 6:34And usually every modificator
365. 6:36takes that into account.
366. 6:37To mirror it along
367. 6:38the body, we need
368. 6:40to press on the
369. 6:41hand, go to object
370. 6:42set origin and set
371. 6:44origin to 3D cursor.
372. 6:46Usually 3D cursor is
373. 6:47in 000 coordinates.
374. 6:50Which means that if
375. 6:51we go now and
376. 6:52add the mirror modifier,
377. 6:53nothing gonna happen.
378. 6:54Because we also need
379. 6:56to apply the rotation
380. 6:57and scale.
381. 6:58You can see them
382. 6:59in the item menu.
383. 7:01And you see like
384. 7:02the rotation has some
385. 7:03values and scale.
386. 7:04We need to apply
387. 7:06that to make sure
388. 7:07that the current transformation
389. 7:08is the final transformation.
390. 7:10It's very simple.
391. 7:11Just select the object
392. 7:12and press control A
393. 7:13on the keyboard and
394. 7:14select rotation and scale.
395. 7:16By the way, you
396. 7:17can see all the
397. 7:17buttons I'm click here.
398. 7:19When that's done, you
399. 7:20can see our mirror
400. 7:21modifier working just fine.
401. 7:23And then we have
402. 7:23our hand mirrored on
403. 7:25the left side.
404. 7:26Okay, we can actually
405. 7:27apply the modifier.
406. 7:29And now we can
407. 7:30go to the sculpt
408. 7:30mode.
409. 7:31And why not we
410. 7:33adjust this part as
411. 7:34well.
412. 7:35I'm gonna also fix
413. 7:36the thumb a little
414. 7:37bit with the grab
415. 7:39brush.
416. 7:39Similar to elastic grab.
417. 7:41And we are actually
418. 7:43done.
419. 7:44We do have hands
420. 7:44and body pretty much
421. 7:45ready.
422. 7:46So now we're gonna
423. 7:47go to the head.
424. 7:48I'm gonna use the
425. 7:49same brushes pretty much.
426. 7:51But here I also
427. 7:52gonna need a smooth
428. 7:53brush to fix this
429. 7:55artifact on the head.
430. 7:56You can either select
431. 7:57it in the menu
432. 7:58or you can press
433. 7:59shift on your keyboard.
434. 8:01And while holding shift,
435. 8:02any brush is converted
436. 8:03to the smooth brush.
437. 8:04So you can combine
438. 8:05them with any other
439. 8:06except masks.
440. 8:07Okay, so using the
441. 8:09smooth brush, I'll just
442. 8:10fix it a little
443. 8:10bit.
444. 8:11You can always choose
445. 8:12the size of a
446. 8:13brush by pressing F
447. 8:15and moving your mouse
448. 8:16around.
449. 8:17Or you can do
450. 8:18that in the top
451. 8:19menu.
452. 8:19Also controlling the strength.
453. 8:21We don't really care
454. 8:22about textures right now
455. 8:23because we're gonna address
456. 8:24it on the next
457. 8:25step.
458. 8:25So just care about
459. 8:26nice geometry.
460. 8:27And maybe for you
461. 8:28it will be easier
462. 8:29to see problems in
463. 8:30the solid mode like
464. 8:31this.
465. 8:32I'm gonna just make
466. 8:32eyeballs a bit more
467. 8:34round.
468. 8:35Also, I'm gonna use
469. 8:35grab brush and move
470. 8:38the hair a little
471. 8:39bit forward to not
472. 8:40intersect the body.
473. 8:42So I'm gonna do
474. 8:42that like this.
475. 8:43And now let's hide
476. 8:44the body and do
477. 8:46something with the neck.
478. 8:47It's really funny.
479. 8:48I don't really need
480. 8:49much.
481. 8:49I'm gonna go and
482. 8:50select blob brush and
483. 8:53just add some volume
484. 8:55to it.
485. 8:55Because it still will
486. 8:56be hidden.
487. 8:57So we don't really
488. 8:58care about it.
489. 8:59Okay, so this will
490. 9:00be the final result.
491. 9:01I think that's actually
492. 9:03fine.
493. 9:03What do you think?
494. 9:04Okay, so now we're
495. 9:05gonna need to export
496. 9:06it and start texturing.
497. 9:07Depending on the file
498. 9:08size of your model,
499. 9:09you might need to
500. 9:10split it object by
501. 9:11object.
502. 9:12In my case, it
503. 9:13was a bit too
504. 9:13heavy, more than 100
505. 9:15megabytes.
506. 9:16So I decided to
507. 9:17just import it one
508. 9:18by one, export it
509. 9:19as FBX with packet
510. 9:21textures.
511. 9:21Okay, and here we
512. 9:23have all the objects
513. 9:24in the motif.
514. 9:25So motif is an
515. 9:26amazing tool for texturing
516. 9:28from the projection.
517. 9:29And I don't know
518. 9:30really the tool that
519. 9:31can give you that
520. 9:32much options.
521. 9:33And everything I show
522. 9:34in this video, you
523. 9:35can do absolutely for
524. 9:36free, unlimited.
525. 9:38But before we're gonna
526. 9:39texture in motif, you
527. 9:40can optimize models.
528. 9:42Since you notice that
529. 9:43the models that we
530. 9:44created are quite high
531. 9:45poly.
532. 9:46So what we're gonna
533. 9:47do, we're gonna select
534. 9:48each model.
535. 9:49And here we're gonna
536. 9:49press three dots, simplify.
537. 9:51I'm gonna choose custom.
538. 9:52And for bow, for
539. 9:54example, I'm gonna go
540. 9:55with 5K.
541. 9:56And I'm gonna keep
542. 9:57generate normal map, which
543. 9:58will basically bake details
544. 10:00from high poly model
545. 10:01to my low poly.
546. 10:02And this is amazing.
547. 10:03It actually saves quite
548. 10:04a lot of time.
549. 10:05So we're gonna hide
550. 10:06the original bow.
551. 10:08We're gonna do the
552. 10:09same exact thing for
553. 10:10the head.
554. 10:10For the head, I'm
555. 10:11gonna go with 15K.
556. 10:14I tried a few
557. 10:15times and it seems
558. 10:16like 15K gives the
559. 10:17best result.
560. 10:18Ideally, you're gonna need
561. 10:19to target it as
562. 10:20low as possible until
563. 10:22you're happy with the
564. 10:23details level.
565. 10:24All right, and for
566. 10:25the body, I'm gonna
567. 10:26go with just 20K
568. 10:27preset.
569. 10:28Okay, and here's the
570. 10:29result.
571. 10:30Lastly, we need hands
572. 10:31and I'm gonna go
573. 10:31with 10K just because
574. 10:33of fingers.
575. 10:34We want to keep
576. 10:35them detailed for the
577. 10:36animation.
578. 10:36All right, and when
579. 10:38that's done, we're gonna
580. 10:39select the body part
581. 10:40we're gonna paint.
582. 10:41And we're gonna go
583. 10:41in texture tab here
584. 10:43on the top.
585. 10:44Now here, I'm gonna
586. 10:44go to the single
587. 10:45view.
588. 10:46And I'm gonna drop
589. 10:47and add all the
590. 10:48references here.
591. 10:49You're gonna do that
592. 10:50with the plus button.
593. 10:51The workflow is very
594. 10:52simple.
595. 10:53You select one image,
596. 10:55select the view and
597. 10:56press generate image.
598. 10:57There's option to generate
599. 10:58it completely and copy
600. 11:00the layer or patch
601. 11:02something.
602. 11:02We're gonna start with
603. 11:03complete your texture.
604. 11:04So to make it
605. 11:05work, make sure you
606. 11:06disable the current layers
607. 11:08like I have right
608. 11:09now.
609. 11:09And when that's done
610. 11:10and the right reference
611. 11:11is selected, we can
612. 11:13actually press generate image.
613. 11:15And here you can
614. 11:15see I already created
615. 11:16image.
616. 11:17And here's the magic.
617. 11:18We're gonna press add
618. 11:20as layer and upscale
619. 11:21or add as layer.
620. 11:23And here we go.
621. 11:24Look how cool is
622. 11:25that.
623. 11:25I just actually copied
624. 11:26on the texture.
625. 11:27It also can do
626. 11:28upscaling and look how
627. 11:30it will improve further.
628. 11:32Boom, that's amazing.
629. 11:34That's immediately gives like
630. 11:35better quality than it
631. 11:36was in Huion.
632. 11:38And I just gonna
633. 11:38copy this flow and
634. 11:40do that again from
635. 11:41another view.
636. 11:42Press the same button
637. 11:43and here we go.
638. 11:44For the back view,
639. 11:45I'm gonna select the
640. 11:46back view reference here.
641. 11:47Do which one I
642. 11:48already added and do
643. 11:49exactly the same.
644. 11:50Press generate image.
645. 11:52When image is generated,
646. 11:53add as layer and
647. 11:54upscale.
648. 11:55When majority is textured,
649. 11:57you may see this
650. 11:57black lines or some
651. 11:59other imperfection that we
652. 12:00can address with the
653. 12:01patching.
654. 12:02So you're first selecting
655. 12:03these tools and select
656. 12:05the area that you
657. 12:06don't like.
658. 12:07So yes, I'm gonna
659. 12:08paint this area with
660. 12:09all these lines like
661. 12:11this.
662. 12:11And now when this
663. 12:13mode is activated, make
664. 12:14sure you created new
665. 12:15layer by pressing this
666. 12:17button.
667. 12:17Because all patches need
668. 12:19a layer.
669. 12:20One new layer is
670. 12:21enough.
671. 12:22And now you can
672. 12:22actually select the reference
673. 12:24and generate image.
674. 12:25But this time we're
675. 12:26gonna use patch tool
676. 12:27to actually paint on
677. 12:29top of the area.
678. 12:30Just like that, you
679. 12:31go patch some stuff,
680. 12:32generate image with right
681. 12:34reference.
682. 12:34When you're happy with
683. 12:35the generated image, patch
684. 12:37it with this tool.
685. 12:38So I painted body
686. 12:39and fixed the body.
687. 12:40Then I did the
688. 12:40same with hands and
689. 12:41the bow.
690. 12:42And lastly, I'm gonna
691. 12:43need to fix eyes.
692. 12:45Okay, so I got
693. 12:46the image.
694. 12:47And yeah, here's the
695. 12:48workload basically.
696. 12:50You set the view,
697. 12:51generate image, patch the
698. 12:52area that you want
699. 12:53to fix.
700. 12:54Okay, and lastly, I
701. 12:55need to fix this
702. 12:56eyelashes.
703. 12:58The backside of the
704. 12:59eyelashes.
705. 13:00Wow, I mean, look,
706. 13:01it gives like really
707. 13:01nice shade.
708. 13:03And yeah, I fix
709. 13:04it some small lines
710. 13:05there and there.
711. 13:06And just like that,
712. 13:07I'm pretty happy with
713. 13:08the result.
714. 13:08When all objects are
715. 13:09textured, now it's time
716. 13:11to export it and
717. 13:11bring it to Blender.
718. 13:12You can export it
719. 13:13as GLB, but I'm
720. 13:15gonna use FBX export
721. 13:16because it's most stable,
722. 13:18but it only available
723. 13:19in pro tier.
724. 13:21Or you can even
725. 13:21just export texture image
726. 13:23and replace it in
727. 13:24the Blender if you
728. 13:25know how to do
729. 13:25that.
730. 13:26Okay, so now it's
731. 13:27time to bring all
732. 13:28objects in Blender.
733. 13:29Yeah, they're positioned in
734. 13:30the same way they're
735. 13:31positioned in Modif.
736. 13:32So I'm gonna need
737. 13:33to combine them all
738. 13:34together back.
739. 13:35Should not be a
740. 13:36problem.
741. 13:36Just gonna position them.
742. 13:38And here we go.
743. 13:39We are halfway done.
744. 13:41Now the next step
745. 13:43is rigging.
746. 13:44To do that, I'm
747. 13:45gonna select everything but
748. 13:46bow.
749. 13:47Go to export and
750. 13:48choose OBJ.
751. 13:49And make sure you
752. 13:50have selection only and
753. 13:51you don't really need
754. 13:52material.
755. 13:52Press export and let's
756. 13:54go.
757. 13:54Okay, we're gonna go
758. 13:55to Mixamo.
759. 13:56And here we're gonna
760. 13:57go to upload character
761. 13:58and drop your OBJ
762. 14:00character here.
763. 14:01When it's processed, you're
764. 14:02gonna be asked to
765. 14:03place the markers.
766. 14:04There are tips that's
767. 14:06quite easy to follow.
768. 14:07Just drag and drop
769. 14:08the points in where
770. 14:10it suggests.
771. 14:11We're gonna go with
772. 14:12standard skeleton.
773. 14:13We're gonna go with
774. 14:14send next.
775. 14:15Then here you're able
776. 14:16to apply different animations
777. 14:17and export them.
778. 14:18I was searching the
779. 14:19animation for bowman.
780. 14:21And here I found
781. 14:22standing idle 01.
782. 14:24Okay, I think I'm
783. 14:25gonna use it.
784. 14:26And I will add
785. 14:27the bow to the
786. 14:28hand.
787. 14:28We're gonna export it
788. 14:29with pretty much default
789. 14:30settings.
790. 14:31Maybe I'll just add
791. 14:3260 frames per second.
792. 14:34Let's download it as
793. 14:35FBX and drop back
794. 14:36to Blender.
795. 14:37Now you might need
796. 14:38to set the right
797. 14:39scale.
798. 14:39It's usually 100 times
799. 14:41smaller than it was
800. 14:42before.
801. 14:42So just set the
802. 14:43scale to the armature
803. 14:44and reapply the materials.
804. 14:47So how do you
805. 14:47do that?
806. 14:47You go to material
807. 14:48tab and assign the
808. 14:49original materials from the
809. 14:51objects that we had
810. 14:52here.
811. 14:52And now the one
812. 14:53thing I want to
813. 14:54show you is that
814. 14:54how I will attach
815. 14:56the bow to the
816. 14:57hand so we can
817. 14:58actually play the animation
818. 14:59together with the bow.
819. 15:01So first of all,
820. 15:01we need to position
821. 15:02it, right?
822. 15:04A bit tricky.
823. 15:05You can do that
824. 15:06with the controller here.
825. 15:08Okay.
826. 15:08Okay, so I finally
827. 15:09positioned it.
828. 15:11Now I'm gonna press
829. 15:12on the bow and
830. 15:13with the shift, press
831. 15:15on the armature.
832. 15:16Right click on the
833. 15:163D viewer, choose parent
834. 15:18and select armature deform
835. 15:20here.
836. 15:20That will actually parent
837. 15:22it, but will not
838. 15:23assign any weights.
839. 15:24Now we're gonna go
840. 15:25to edit mode of
841. 15:26the armature and we're
842. 15:27gonna select this bone.
843. 15:29You might see the
844. 15:30bones a little bit
845. 15:30different way, like triangles.
846. 15:32That's basically the same
847. 15:33bones.
848. 15:34It's just my preset
849. 15:35in Blender.
850. 15:35We're gonna select this
851. 15:36hand bone.
852. 15:37Then we're gonna select
853. 15:38bow, parents, and we're
854. 15:40gonna select bone.
855. 15:41And now you can
856. 15:42see when we move
857. 15:43the bone in the
858. 15:44pose mode, the bow
859. 15:45is actually moving together
860. 15:46with it.
861. 15:47Another thing that I
862. 15:48don't like is that
863. 15:49we have some problem
864. 15:50with the face.
865. 15:50This is because the
866. 15:51head bone is not
867. 15:53100% affecting the
868. 15:54head itself, the face.
869. 15:55That's easy to fix.
870. 15:57I'm gonna select armature,
871. 15:58with shift select the
872. 15:59head, go to weights
873. 16:00paints, with control shift,
874. 16:02click on the bone
875. 16:03that I need to
876. 16:04fix.
877. 16:04In this case, I
878. 16:05need to first select
879. 16:06neck bone and make
880. 16:08sure that face has
881. 16:10zero affection of the
882. 16:11neck, right?
883. 16:11So I basically painted
884. 16:13blue.
885. 16:13The weight is set
886. 16:14here and you can
887. 16:15also control the strength.
888. 16:16Now we're gonna contour
889. 16:17shift and click on
890. 16:18the head bone, but
891. 16:19do the opposite.
892. 16:20Just make sure it
893. 16:21is red.
894. 16:21So this bone is
895. 16:22controlling the head 100%,
896. 16:24okay?
897. 16:25And now it looks
898. 16:26like it's way better.
899. 16:27If you're struggling with
900. 16:29the weights, I got
901. 16:30you.
902. 16:31This is probably the
903. 16:32most annoying part.
904. 16:33I do have a
905. 16:33dedicated video about rigging
906. 16:35where I explain the
907. 16:36bar minimum tools that
908. 16:38you need to fix
909. 16:39your 3D character and
910. 16:40bring them to the
911. 16:41game.
912. 16:41All right, and now
913. 16:42let's talk about the
914. 16:43fun part.
915. 16:44How about we apply
916. 16:45Tune Shader?
917. 16:46So to do that,
918. 16:47we're gonna need absolutely
919. 16:48free add-on called
920. 16:49VRM, which brings Tune
921. 16:51Shader to the Blender.
922. 16:52The link will be
923. 16:53in the description.
924. 16:54Just download it and
925. 16:55install.
926. 16:56This add-on, by
927. 16:57the way, also allows
928. 16:58exporting VRM characters that
929. 17:00you later can use,
930. 17:02for example, in VRChat,
931. 17:03Vroid, any VTubing software
932. 17:05with that Tune Shader.
933. 17:07Here, by the way,
934. 17:08you have this drag
935. 17:08and drop into the
936. 17:09Blender.
937. 17:10So you can basically
938. 17:10drag and drop it
939. 17:11to the Blender and
940. 17:12it will be installed.
941. 17:13Okay, so here's how
942. 17:14you install it.
943. 17:15You just basically download
944. 17:16it as a zip
945. 17:17archive.
946. 17:18Then when you go
947. 17:18to the Blender, go
948. 17:19edit, preferences, add-ons.
949. 17:22Here, install from disk.
950. 17:24Now we're just gonna
951. 17:24need to select that
952. 17:25file and wait a
953. 17:27little bit.
954. 17:27And you must be
955. 17:28able to see something
956. 17:29like this.
957. 17:30VRM format checked.
958. 17:31Got it.
959. 17:32We're gonna save preferences.
960. 17:33And now you can
961. 17:34see it here in
962. 17:35your tab.
963. 17:35If you don't see
964. 17:36that menu, press this
965. 17:37arrow here and then
966. 17:38open it and you'll
967. 17:39see it.
968. 17:40Let's continue.
969. 17:41Now, when it's activated,
970. 17:42you can go to
971. 17:43the material tab of
972. 17:45body, for example, and
973. 17:46here you'll see VRM
974. 17:48material and you can
975. 17:49enable VRM M-Tune
976. 17:51material.
977. 17:52Let's enable it and
978. 17:53wait.
979. 17:54And here we have
980. 17:55something like this.
981. 17:56This is because we
982. 17:57need to do some
983. 17:58setup.
984. 17:58This shader looks a
985. 18:00little bit scary, but
986. 18:01it's actually simple.
987. 18:02Here in shader, we're
988. 18:04gonna need to connect
989. 18:05lit color texture to
990. 18:06lit color texture color
991. 18:07and shade color texture
992. 18:08to shade color texture.
993. 18:10And now it looks
994. 18:11better.
995. 18:12You can also control
996. 18:14some settings.
997. 18:14You can actually play
998. 18:15around to set it
999. 18:16as you want.
1000. 18:18There's many settings you
1001. 18:19can play around.
1002. 18:20Here's my preferred setup.
1003. 18:23Okay.
1004. 18:23And here we have
1005. 18:24some nice effects you
1006. 18:25can see.
1007. 18:26You can set shades
1008. 18:27and everything.
1009. 18:28You can even activate
1010. 18:30outline.
1011. 18:30So in my case,
1012. 18:32I'm gonna go and
1013. 18:33do the same thing
1014. 18:33for bow and the
1015. 18:35head.
1016. 18:36And here is the
1017. 18:37final results.
1018. 18:38Pretty cool, actually.
1019. 18:39Okay.
1020. 18:39But we are moving
1021. 18:40to the next step.
1022. 18:42How about we bring
1023. 18:43it to Unity?
1024. 18:44But this is basically
1025. 18:45only for Blender.
1026. 18:46This shader cannot be
1027. 18:48directly exported to Unity
1028. 18:49because we need to
1029. 18:50set it in game
1030. 18:51engine.
1031. 18:51And I'm gonna show
1032. 18:52it to you too.
1033. 18:53Now let's snap back
1034. 18:54when we were just
1035. 18:55minutes ago.
1036. 18:56Okay.
1037. 18:56So here's our rigged
1038. 18:58character.
1039. 18:58Now let's export it
1040. 19:00and drop to the
1041. 19:01Unity.
1042. 19:02But before I'm gonna
1043. 19:03go to external data
1044. 19:04and unpack resources and
1045. 19:06choose use files in
1046. 19:07current directory, which will
1047. 19:09create a texture folder
1048. 19:10in the same folder
1049. 19:11where this Blender file
1050. 19:12is located.
1051. 19:14That will basically give
1052. 19:15me access to textures.
1053. 19:16We're gonna need them
1054. 19:17to configure materials inside
1055. 19:19Unity.
1056. 19:19And I also exported
1057. 19:20the model as FBX.
1058. 19:22Okay.
1059. 19:22I'm gonna go to
1060. 19:23Unity Hub.
1061. 19:24I'm currently using version
1062. 19:256.3. And here
1063. 19:27you can create universal
1064. 19:293D preset.
1065. 19:30So we're gonna use
1066. 19:31it.
1067. 19:32I'm gonna call it
1068. 19:32like anime test.
1069. 19:34And let's create a
1070. 19:36project.
1071. 19:36So before we start,
1072. 19:38we're gonna need some
1073. 19:39package that supports TuneShader.
1074. 19:41We're gonna go package
1075. 19:42manager.
1076. 19:42Here in package manager,
1077. 19:43we're gonna select install
1078. 19:44package from git URL
1079. 19:46and type com.unity
1080. 19:49.TuneShader like that.
1081. 19:52And press install.
1082. 19:54Now let's go to
1083. 19:54our asset folder.
1084. 19:55And here we're gonna
1085. 19:57drag and drop all
1086. 19:58the textures first and
1087. 19:59also drag and drop
1088. 20:00the FBX that we
1089. 20:02exported.
1090. 20:02Now, first let's drag
1091. 20:04and drop the model
1092. 20:05to the scene and
1093. 20:06let's locate it maybe
1094. 20:07above the ground.
1095. 20:08And now here's how
1096. 20:09you do that.
1097. 20:09Let's create a material.
1098. 20:12Right click on any
1099. 20:13empty space in assets,
1100. 20:14create a material.
1101. 20:15Let's name it body
1102. 20:17first.
1103. 20:17Now here in shader,
1104. 20:18let's choose tune and
1105. 20:20also tune again.
1106. 20:22Okay.
1107. 20:22So this is pretty
1108. 20:23much our shader and
1109. 20:25let's wait it's compiling
1110. 20:27something.
1111. 20:28Now the shader looks
1112. 20:29like this.
1113. 20:30And what we're gonna
1114. 20:30need to do is
1115. 20:31basically drag and drop
1116. 20:32the maps.
1117. 20:33So first I'm gonna
1118. 20:34drag and drop this
1119. 20:35to the base map
1120. 20:36slot, just like that.
1121. 20:38And we can actually
1122. 20:38already drag and drop
1123. 20:40the material on the
1124. 20:41body.
1125. 20:42Give it some time.
1126. 20:43And it's not working
1127. 20:44because we need a
1128. 20:45few more settings.
1129. 20:46So you need to
1130. 20:47understand that it basically
1131. 20:48works as layers.
1132. 20:50And this one supports
1133. 20:51up to three layers
1134. 20:53also called as feather.
1135. 20:54That basically adds some
1136. 20:56layer of the color.
1137. 20:57So we're gonna check,
1138. 20:59apply the first shading
1139. 21:00feather.
1140. 21:01And here you can
1141. 21:01control when it stops
1142. 21:03and starts.
1143. 21:04You can even add
1144. 21:05like one more layer
1145. 21:06by activating apply to
1146. 21:08second shading feather.
1147. 21:09And then here is
1148. 21:10the setting like shading
1149. 21:12color step that control
1150. 21:13it.
1151. 21:14It's gonna add one
1152. 21:15more layer, but I
1153. 21:16don't really need it.
1154. 21:17I'm okay with just
1155. 21:18one shading feather.
1156. 21:19We can also add
1157. 21:20normal map.
1158. 21:21There's plenty of settings.
1159. 21:22I will also add
1160. 21:24rim light a little
1161. 21:25bit.
1162. 21:25And in the end,
1163. 21:27there's also of course
1164. 21:28the outline that is
1165. 21:29activated but you need
1166. 21:31to set the width.
1167. 21:33So let's add a
1168. 21:34little bit width and
1169. 21:35select the color to
1170. 21:36be completely black.
1171. 21:38So this is how
1172. 21:38you basically activate outline.
1173. 21:41If you need it
1174. 21:41more thicker, just select
1175. 21:43bigger width.
1176. 21:43I think like this
1177. 21:45should be very good.
1178. 21:46I'm gonna go to
1179. 21:47rim lights again and
1180. 21:49choose rim light feather
1181. 21:51off to make it
1182. 21:52more tunish like this.
1183. 21:54And I choose the
1184. 21:55color, maybe a little
1185. 21:56bit whiter.
1186. 21:58How about this?
1187. 21:59I think I like
1188. 22:00it.
1189. 22:01Okay, so now I'm
1190. 22:02gonna do exactly the
1191. 22:04same for whole the
1192. 22:05body.
1193. 22:06And this is the
1194. 22:07final result.
1195. 22:08How cool is that?
1196. 22:09We just created whole
1197. 22:10anime character.
1198. 22:12And this whole process
1199. 22:13took me just a
1200. 22:14little bit more than
1201. 22:15one hour.
1202. 22:16Of course, you can
1203. 22:16bring animations here and
1204. 22:18use it inside a
1205. 22:19game engine.
1206. 22:19Let me know in
1207. 22:20the comment if you
1208. 22:21want same tutorial but
1209. 22:22for Unreal Engine.
1210. 22:23The process is pretty
1211. 22:24much the same.
1212. 22:25You just need to
1213. 22:26find right shader and
1214. 22:27set the model there.
1215. 22:28Guys, I really hope
1216. 22:29you enjoyed the video.
1217. 22:30Like and subscribe and
1218. 22:31see in the next
1219. 22:32one.