Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Part 11 of a series. Walks through making a fully modeled, rigged and textured character in Blender. This video shows how to create translucent skin with a Sub Surface Scattering map.



00:00:00 Intro
00:00:55 setup
00:02:36 setup lights
00:04:19 animate lights
00:09:48 setup brush
00:11:23 paint ears
00:12:25 check sss in cycles
00:13:05 paint nose, lips & eyes
00:14:54 hands and feet
00:21:42 smooth eyes and teeth
00:23:17 close




Techniques
00:03:47 parent lights to empty object


Support Files:
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Plugins Used:
MESH: F2
NODE WRANGLER
EDIT MESH TOOLS
MESH: EXTRA OBJECTS
MESH: LOOPTOOLS

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