Create Next Gen AAA Characters for Unreal Engine
Character Creation: From Beginner to Pro. Get ready to dive into the exciting world of creating next-generation AAA characters for Unreal Engine.
Requirements:
This comprehensive course is designed for character artists of all levels. Whether you're new to the field or already familiar with its aspects and workflows, this course will help you master the art of character creation and bring your characters to life.
You don't necessarily need to have prior knowledge of the tools involved, but some experience with Blender, Substance Painter or Marvelous Designer is recommended for comfort with the user interface and basic tools.
What's Included:
Over 30 instructional videos
More than 4,5 hours of lessons and exercises
What You'll Learn:
From creating a base metahuman character to importing it into Unreal Engine, you will get a thorough understanding of the metahuman character creation process. You will also learn to inspect the metahuman and understand its construction and functionalities, including skeletons, blueprints, and materials.
The course covers mesh customization and how to adjust the body proportions of your metahuman. You will also learn about texturing, custom hair creation, grooming in Unreal Engine, and the creation of clothes using Marvelous Designer and Blender.
You will learn all you need to know about the clothes creation process and the steps involved, such as retopology, UV unwrapping, baking maps in Substance Painter and texturing, rigging, skinning, and importing clothes into Unreal Engine.
Whether you are a beginner or an experienced 3D artist, this course has something for everyone. With clear explanations and a hands-on approach, you will be able to bring your metahuman character to life in Unreal Engine. Enroll now and start your journey towards creating next-gen AAA characters!
What students say about the course:
- "I've learned more in this course in just a few lessons than I have watching a 100 YouTube videos. Just loving it."
- “The series you made is the best put together series I have seen so far. This series is priceless!”
- “This is the best course on MetaHuman customization!”
- “Love the way you teach and your video style, very clear, systematic and useful!”
- “Thank you so much for all! I loved your course and the way that you explain everything.”
- “Easy for newbies and nice that he explains everything we are doing and why we are doing it.”
- “You make learning about the inner workings of the metahuman not so scary. Great work!”
If you have any questions, or would like to share and receive feedback on your characters, join our discord:
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Software used in the course:
Unreal Engine 4 / Unreal Engine 5 (Free): https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/download
Quixel Bridge (Free): https://quixel.com/bridge
Blender (Free): https://www.blender.org/
Substance Painter: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1775390/Substance_3D_Painter_2022/
Marvelous Designer: https://www.marvelousdesigner.com/
Texture Set Combiner (Free): https://christena.gumroad.com/l/TextureSetCombiner
Autodesk FBX converter (Free): https://www.autodesk.com/developer-network/platform-technologies/fbx-converter-archives
Optional Plugins / Addons:
- Mesh Morpher: https://www.artstation.com/a/13761930
- HairNet (Free Blender addon): https://github.com/Jandals/HairNet
Disclaimer for the HairNet addon. Using this addon can create problems if you plan to apply physics to your hair in the engine. I would recommend to use the native particle system approach, or the new hair curves tool in Blender 3.3.