Making A Character In Blender For The First Time

Blender isn’t as intimidating as it may seem. In fact, we’ll show you how to make your first character all in one video, even if you’ve never opened Blender before.

Blender is a whole lot of fun to use, but when it's your first time to open it up you might be staring at the screen blankly with no idea what to press or what to do next. Don’t worry, this is common. Blender in general has gotten much more user friendly over the years but for those who have never used it, it can still look a bit confusing. 

Don’t worry though, there’s help out there! For example, this video by Eve (AKA Eve Paints) is a truly fantastic beginner-friendly video that will have you making your very own blender character on your very first opening of the software. So go ahead, lay down the first brushstroke on your blender tapestry.

Inside of blender, working from reference imagery is super intuitive and easy. So, in this example, Eve uses a reference illustration (which is downloadable below) that she easily models from. 

In my opinion, this is how you quickly get great at modeling in blender (or any CG software for that matter). Modeling from reference imagery is honestly probably my biggest piece of advice for quickly leveling up in modeling. Modeling from memory just doesn’t work, no matter how advanced you are. It really helps to have something to look at as you go.

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