Blender High Poly Character1 How to navigate using tablet and stylus pen in blender
Alright, alright guys, it's William Jiamin here. Welcome to a new series of videos about character sculpting in Blender. Previously, we discussed low-poly characters and mainly used a simple modeling technique. We added more faces and made some slight changes by extruding and tweaking. We also covered rigging using Blender's armature and the automatic rigging service provided by Adobe.
Now, if you're new to Blender or have never modeled a character before, or if you just want a quick model for your game or short film, using a low-poly character is a good way to test your ideas. However, if you're really interested in character modeling, then you're in the right place. In this series, we'll be diving deeper into high-poly character modeling.
As the name suggests, high-poly means we'll be using sculpting rather than traditional modeling techniques. So, let's give it a try. First, I'll save the previous model and start with something other than a cube. Let's delete that by pressing X and add a UV sphere instead. This gives us more faces to work with. Now, we'll switch to sculpting mode, as this is where we'll be focusing our efforts.
In sculpting mode, we have a variety of brushes to choose from, but for this series, we'll primarily focus on brushes used in character modeling. I'll introduce them as we go along.
One important thing to keep in mind is that it's highly recommended to use a tablet for sculpting instead of a mouse. While it's technically possible to use a mouse, it can be quite challenging to have precise control. So, my recommendation is to invest in a tablet and a stylus pen to make sculpting easier. There are a few settings you'll need to adjust as well.
Go to Edit and Preferences. In the Input section, enable "Emulate 3 Button Mouse" if you have a stylus pen and tablet. This way, you can eliminate the need for a mouse and control everything with the pen and keyboard. The standard setup is to use your dominant hand for the pen and your other hand for the keyboard. If you're right-handed, use your right hand for the pen, and if you're left-handed, use your left hand. The other hand will rest on the keyboard, where you'll press the shortcut keys.
On Windows, the shortcut key is Control + Alt. On Mac, it's Command + Option. Additionally, you can hold the Shift key for certain actions. For example, holding Shift while pressing Alt/Option emulates the left mouse button. Holding Shift and Alt/Option while clicking and dragging emulates panning. To zoom in and out, you'll use Control/Command and Alt/Option together while moving the pen up and down.
Take some time to pause the video and familiarize yourself with these basic panning and zooming techniques. Get comfortable using the tablet and stylus pen. You can even ditch the mouse altogether and fully immerse yourself in sculpting mode.