Making a Photorealistic 3d Portrait (from scratch)
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Published 2022-05-26
Have you ever wondered how realistic 3D portraits are created from scratch? No scan data, no Metahuman, no photo textures - just an artist, a Wacom tablet, and a FREE 3D creation application called Blender.
Sneak a peek into the world of hand-made 3D portraiture to see how skills like digital sculpting, texture painting, materials, hair grooming, and rendering combine their powers to create stunningly realistic faces.
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All Comments (21)
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I can highly recommend this course. Comprehensive and detailed, but explained very clearly. It's a lot of work and will need you to invest the time and practice, but if you want to learn how to create CGI photorealistic portraits, this course is ideal.
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Basically: 1. Delete the default cube 2. Add a sphere 3. Sculpt the details
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And I'm still here, strugling with my donut... This looks so good it brought a tear to my eye, i swear.. This is pure art!!!
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Wow, as someone that is just starting in 3d this feels so unachievable, but it also motivates and inspires me a lot
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That was the most realistic model of a human I've ever seen.
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One of the best courses on Blender out there. I am glad that I took this course. I learned hundreds of new things about the face and all credit goes to Kent's outstanding skill and knowledge of CG creation. He is a true veteran and I can't say enough about his philosophy of art. It is very rare when you come across a teacher who simultaneously instructs you how to do stuff and other technical details and presents his whole philosophy that he has acquired from working thousands of hours. Thanks, Kent Trimmel and CG Cookie.
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Kent Trammell is extraordinary in this course! At no point did I feel lost or confused (aside from random Blender bugs which aren't Kent's fault) because he explains everything so in detail. If you're wondering, "Why pay for this course if you can watch free YouTube videos?" It's because this course really does go into great depth and detail in a way YouTube typically can't. YouTube videos cut out often critical details which are otherwise boring so the video can keep viewer retention high. This course is all about learning so no critical details are skipped. I learned so much from this course I could have paid twice the money and still be this happy!
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I think it's harder to render your ideas to a computer than to a canvas or clay or whatever. Massive respect to digital artists.
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Blender is really incredible, artists like you show what enormous progress Blender makes day by day. All the best for your course, looks great.
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This is outstanding!!! I can’t wait to purchase this course in a couple of weeks. 😊
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one of the most impressive work I've ever seen done with blender's sculpting so far. congrats friend.
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I love this simplified breakdown. I did take human anatomy class but it's focused on drawing on 2D paper or 2D digital canvas like Photoshop. I wanted to learn to sculpt and make more realistic or semi realistic/stylized details using programs like Z-Brush but then use those models in Maya for animation or Unreal Engine for game engines or making game animations. I love Blender but in terms of industry standard apps, I've been aiming to use Z-Brush or Maya. Hopefully one day Blender can also be part of the industry standard, just that it remains open source and free. Edit: Overall, Blender is an amazing tool and the skills I learned can be transferred over to other programs as well. Thanks for making the video and course, I'll take a look into it. 👍
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Wonderful Kent! Your work with blender will stand the test of time and prove to all that it's not the tool that is the problem with art it's the limitations the digital artist puts on the tool! you have broken that myth, and i for one salute for doing it!
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the fact that Blender is a completely free app is unbelievable
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Downloads blender, tries it out, looks for some basic tutorials, watches this video, deletes blender......
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I think I'll try this course. I like to model fantastical stuff, but I never really learned how to make photorealism, especially when it comes to anatomy and skin texturing, I'm hoping that these lessons will be through and in depth enough that they can be applied to entire human body modelling
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This is one of the best 3d rendering videos I have ever seen and it is incredibly detailed. It's a sub from me. Truly inspirational.
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Very excited for this, definitely going to be subscribing to CG Cookie to get access
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Yeah, more like that is what i need. Creating realistic faces in Blender
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Bro the level of detail! The final renders look amazing too! Well done! □
