Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This is a tutorial on building virtual avatars in blender 3d and unreal engine.

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00:01 The Pareto Distribution
00:54 Stylized characters like mine are easy
01:02 Intro
01:21 Keyboard Shortcuts: Use em
01:44 Tab: Edit mode
02:21 G: Location / Translation
03:05 R and S: Rotation and Scale
03:33 Axis and Cancellation
04:19 E: Extrude
04:44 I: Inset
05:17 Ctrl + B: Bevel
05:41 A: Select All
06:13 Selecting Loops
06:49 Tricky Geometry that hides from you
07:27 Ctrl + R: Loop Cut
08:07 Helpful loops: Quads vs. Tris vs. Ngons
09:12 Making an arm with loops
09:57 Alt S: Shrink Fatten
10:29 C: Brush Select and Talking Occlusion
10:59 Selection occlusion
11:24 CTRL + I: Invert Selection
12:03 Switching between verts edges and loops
12:35 X: Delete Geometry
13:19 Numpad: Viewing Presets
14:00 Shift + B: Context Zoom
14:33 Let's talk modifiers
14:49 MODIFIER: Mirror
15:43 Important: Delete inside faces
16:16 Other Mirroring Limitations
16:59 MODIFIER: Subdivision Surface
18:10 Using both mods to make characters
19:28 Shading Smooth and Flat
19:56 Combinging everything
20:52 Quickie: Command + 'plus': increase selection
21:04 Back to modeling
22:14 Shift E: + Edge Smoothing
22:30 Conclusion