If we activate the Morph option we can modify the facial and body features by clicking and dragging the areas we want to modify. Modelling a cartoon style characterĪfter updating the textures of the model in Character Creator we can start modifying its physical appearance. We can also slightly blur the skin and nail textures to get rid of the pores and create a more uniform texture, but we won’t do that in this tutorial. To achieve a stylized finish in the textures I recommend redrawing the opacity texture of the eyelashes, redrawing the eyebrows in the facial texture and replacing the texture of the eyes with cartoon eyes. Keep in mind that each skin is unique and it is not enough to change the general tone of the texture, even if your character has a cartoon style, so it is advisable to consult the appropriate references. Thanks to Character Creator we can easily save the textures to our project folder but it is also possible to first create the character in 3D and then send it to Substance Painter to create the textures later. Then for me it is important to start modifying the textures before I start modelling because, especially in the cartoon style, this can completely change the features of the face.

In this case, I start first with looking for references and making some concept art of the character.

The aspect we will focus on will be the use of these textures in V-Ray to create fantastic materials and render images of our characters at high resolution. All this can be exported perfectly to 3D Maya saving us several days of work and increasing the speed in the workflow if we have many characters. When creating a character with Character Creator we will automatically have the face morph, the full rig and textures at high quality. Using high quality textures offered by Character Creator In my game I use rendered images with an oil painting filter to create beautiful illustrations that resemble old paintings, so you can see just how many options Character Creator has to offer when it comes to making projects.

For this tutorial, I will use one of the cartoon characters from my videogame “ Dear Althea” which will be released this summer on Steam and Itch.io, and whose characters were created entirely with Character Creator.

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