Uploaded February 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Visit my Blender 2.7 Tutorial Series playlist for more Blender Tutorials:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLda3VoSoc_TR7X7wfblBGiRz-bvhKpGkS

In this Tutorial #36 I cover:

Detailed instructions on how to add a Minecraft-like texture to a simple character:
-The process of marking seams, unwrapping, laying out a UV Map, Exporting a UV Map into Photoshop or Gimp.
-Painting a texture in Photoshopusing layers and the Dodge/Burn tool, Pixelating the texture using Photoshop's Mosaic Filter, saving .psd file and exporting to PNG, finally applying the texture back onto the character model in Blender

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Link to download my starting character .blend file: goo.gl/bCUZVD

In this video I also touch upon free and fairly cheap alternatives to Photoshop:

Paint.net (Win): getpaint.net
Paint.net Photoshop Document (.psd) plugin: psdplugin.codeplex.com
GIMP(Win/Mac/Linux): gimp.org
Pixelmator (Mac): itunes.apple.com/ca/app/pixelmator/id407963104?mt=12
Pixlr(Browser-Based): pixlr.com


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