Articles for Character Artists | 3D Character Design

Creating a Highly Realistic 3D Model of The Lord of the Rings' Gollum in Maya, ZBrush, & UE

Srdjan Orelj has walked us through the Gollum project, discussing the approach to achieving a high likeness and correct body proportions, detailed texturing and rendering pipelines, and more.

Srdjan Orelj

Jan 03, 2024

Gal Yosef on Creating Mona Lisa-Like Betty Boop in 3D

Renowned 3D artist Gal Yosef told us about the Stealing The Show project, explaining the retopology and texturing behind this mix of two iconic stars.

Gal Yosef

Dec 19, 2023

Creating a Photorealistic Santa Claus Model With Substance 3D & UE5

Team From Earth explained how their realistic 3D model of Santa was created, detailed the modeling and texturing pipelines, and explained how his clothes were made in Marvelous Designer.

Team From Earth

Dec 18, 2023

80 Level Digest: Best 3D Character Art of 2023

Let's celebrate this year and look forward to the next with this collection of the greatest 3D character art breakdowns of 2023.

Gloria Levine

Dec 15, 2023

Creating a Cool Punk Version of Spider-Man in ZBrush & Blender

Samuel Martins talked to us about the Spider-Punk project, sharing with us how this cool version of Spider-Man was created in ZBrush and Blender and detailing the sculpting, rendering, and post-production stages.

Samuel Martins

Dec 15, 2023

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Creature Design in The Offering: Creating the Abyzou Demon

The WorldWideFX London team has shared a comprehensive breakdown explaining how the Abyzou demon from the 2023 movie The Offering was conceived, modeled, textured, animated, and rendered.

WorldWide FX London

Dec 11, 2023

Take a Look at a Cute Teen Version of The Legend of Zelda's Link

Check out these cool artworks skilfully crafted by Character Artist Mongy.

Terri Mills

Dec 11, 2023

Learn How This Smaug-Inspired Stylized 3D Character Animation Was Made

Nicolas Roth shared an insightful breakdown explaining how the Vesper – The Mad Emperor project was made.

Nicolas Roth

Dec 06, 2023

Axis Studios' Head of Characters on What Makes a Character Good

Amy Ash talked about what makes a character good and shared tips on skills beginners should focus on.

Amy Ash

Nov 30, 2023

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