INTRODUCTION
I’m Frogov D’Properly 鄭帝華, a self-taught passion artist who works after-hours and has by no means obtained formal coaching, so take all of this with a grain of salt.
INSPIRATION
I wished to be taught the brand new Blender Hair Curves system and wanted a topic aside from bushy donuts. The Trolls motion pictures had been on repeat in my family, so I tried Queen Barb after which added Poppy, and determined to animate them.
I assume as a substitute of searching for inspiration, inspiration may come knocking.
Setting a purpose lets me know when it is “finished,” or at the least, after I’ve hit a ceiling and should admit that it’s too tough.
PROCESS
The venture took round 2 months of after-hours and weekends, with a reasonably normal workflow of:
Sculpt/Mannequin/Texture > Rig > Animate > Render > Video & Submit
HAIR CURVES
I picked Queen Barb’s coiffure as a place to begin to be taught Blender’s newest hair curve system.
I discovered the brand new hair sculpting instruments to be extra intuitive than the particle system, requiring much less fidgeting with settings and take a look at renders. The Add and Density brushes give a extra pure distribution than the particle system brushes.
Briefly, her hair consists of the primary mohawk and the edges.
For shading the mohawk, I used the Strand Intercept to get that root to tip variance.
GEOMETRY NODES
I used geometry nodes to put the studs on the choker, headband, and round Barb’s guitar.
RIGGING
Rigging the guitar was an attention-grabbing downside. Typically you need it to nudge with the appropriate hand, different instances the appropriate hand wants to maneuver independently, reminiscent of throughout the large strum motions.
Relatively than constructing a one-size-fits-all rig, the guitar was constrained primarily based on the shot. If it is a shot of her choosing, the Baby Of constraint is parented to the forearm, and for the ability chord pictures, it is parented to the hip.
ANIMATING
The audio was recorded utilizing a PRS SE (sure, that explains Barb’s guitar) and a Fender Micro Mustang Amp into Audacity. I then used the pre-mixed solo monitor as a tough visible information for putting the important thing frames.
RENDERING & VIDEO EDITING
I rendered in Cycles, and when attainable, I rendered separate layers to save lots of time. For instance, backgrounds want just one body if the digital camera does not transfer.
Lastly, I dropped all the things into DaVinci Resolve for enhancing and post-effects.
QUEENS OF THE TROLL AGE
And that is it. Thanks for studying my article.
I hope you will have a pleasant day!
In regards to the Artist
Frogov D’Properly 鄭帝華, an after-hours self-taught hobby-artist, who dabbles in digital portray and 3D.
