- Substance Painter
- Unreal Engine 5
- Adobe Photoshop
- ZBrush
- Full Course
- Intermediate
- Over 16 hours of training!
3D Character Art
with Antonio Esparza
- Substance Painter
- Unreal Engine 5
- Adobe Photoshop
- ZBrush
$149
$74
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Give dimension to your characters.
In this course, Senior Character Artist Antonio Esparza unveils his full 3D character art pipeline, guiding you from concept to production-ready results. You’ll learn industry techniques for sculpting, texturing, and refining characters used in games, films, and cinematics. Ideal for artists aiming to create high-quality characters, this course covers every essential step in Antonio’s process, equipping you with skills to elevate your portfolio.
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Antonio Esparza
Antonio Esparza is a Senior Character and 3D Concept Artist based in Valencia, Spain. With expertise across films, games, advertising, and immersive experiences, Antonio's recent credits include Diablo II: Resurrected, Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer 40k and Huxley. His work merges art and technology to bring vivid, production-ready characters to life.
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Course Lesson Plan
Here's the low-down on everything covered in this course.
- 16 hours 14 minutesTotal Bundle Duration
- 120 VideosVideo Lectures in Bundle
- 2.87 GB of FilesDownloadable Project Files
Tools Used ?The tools listed below are used throughout the lectures of this course. Using alternatives is definitely possible depending on your proficiency, but we can only recommend using these listed softwares.
- Substance Painter
- Unreal Engine 5
- Adobe Photoshop
- ZBrush
Lesson 1
Rough Sculpt
Choose from three distinct learning paths, then plan out your character and go over the basics of sculpting, before building out a rough sculpt in 3D.
- 4 hours 51 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 32 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Understanding Character Art
ZBrush Tips
Quick Character Design
Initial Design Ideas
Design Fundamentals
Building Out the Rough Sculpt
Finding the Final Shapes
Conclusion
Lesson 2
Detailed Sculpt
Bring definition to your rough sculpt by adding small details like clothing, hard surfaces, props and more. By the end of this lesson you will have a fully finished sculpt.
- 2 hours 58 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 23 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
Guidance
Introduction
Prepping the Topology
Clothing Details
Detailed Hero Piece
More Detail Pieces
Presenting Your Sculpt
Conclusion
Lesson 3
Optimizing
Set up a low-poly version of your sculpt, create UVs, and finally bake, using professional techniques.
- 2 hours 40 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 22 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Organization
Basics for Final Low-Poly
Unwrapping
Bakes
Conclusion
Lesson 4
Materials
Create ultra-detailed materials for your character like metals, plastics, clothing and more, as well as props and other costume elements.
- 2 hours 4 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 15 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Substance Painter Crash Course
Material Creation Examples
Final Material Breakdowns
Render and Export
Conclusion
Lesson 5
Presentation
Pose your character, then set up environments, lights and cameras to render out a series of high-quality keyframes.
- 3 hours 39 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 28 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Creating Poses
Unreal Engine 5 Crash Course
Materials
Presentation
Alternate Rendering Option
Final Artwork
Conclusion
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