Creating a Stylized Female Character
The Making of Lyn-Z with Crystal Bretz
Description
In this tutorial Senior Character/Creature Modeler Crystal Bretz takes you through her entire workflow for creating a stylized female character. Using a concept supplied by Angel Ganev, she shares the entire process for translating a 2D concept into a 3D character. This workflow includes a look inside the techniques used for Modeling, Texturing, Groom, and Lookdev. The first topic in this tutorial is how to start and plan a project and what steps to take to ensure your success and completion.
Starting with the base mesh supplied we will sculpt the body in ZBrush and move on to modeling props in Maya and talk about techniques and workflows along the way. After creating the base body, we will use it to create clothing in Marvelous Designer and show methods for retopology and detail transferring. Crystal will continue to talk about UV layout to optimize your results and ease your texturing process within Mari and also give a brief overview about posing your character in Zbrush.
We will go through the entire groom process with Xgen and speak about modifiers, painting maps, stray hairs and applying a texture to your clothing fuzz. This tutorial will conclude with a section on the Lookdev and setting up your render layers for your final output. The goal of this tutorial is to help you understand the process for creating a stylized character from start to finish with a great final result.
Duration: 383 Minutes
Format: HD 1920x1080
Crystal Bretz
Senior Modeler at Framestore
Crystal Bretz is a Senior Character/Creature Modeller working in Canada. She has worked for many companies over the years such as Digital Domain, Method Studios, DNEG, and BRON. Crystal is currently working as a Senior Modeler at Framestore and her background as a generalist saw her work on many different types of media, including episodic TVC, short films, feature films, VR, and animated features. She is most well known for her work on Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Marvel’s Black Panther, and Netflix Original: The Willoughbys.
Crystal has had work published by 3D Artist magazine, Artstation Magazine, and has been credited in Cinefex along with her fellow colleagues on Black Panther. Crystal has a passion for 3D characters and loves to help and mentor others. She writes blogs, shares advice on her online platforms, and regularly streams live on Twitch to inspire other artists towards successful careers in the VFX industry.
