Character Design

This blog presents a 3D modelling process of a character, made universally to have costumes/gears attached to them. The full model is made up of the following 2 3D shapes (see Fig. 1):

•  Sphere – For the head, the shoulders, the hands and the upper thigh.
• Cylinder (edges bevelled with the Bevel modifier) – For the neck, the arms, the torso and the legs.

The approach for the art style was to make it easier to rig and animate via weight-painting the individual shapes and was inspired by an indie horror game called Crow Country (SFB Games, 2024), where its characters share the same style (see Fig. 2).

Fig. 1 – Image of the character model.

 

Fig. 2 – Image of the 3D model featuring 
Crow Country's protagonist, Mara Forest

Process

Here's a video below of the timelapse:

References:

• Randosom (2024) Mara Forest - Crow Country, Cults 3D. Available at: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/mara-forest-crow-country?srsltid=AfmBOoqzBvOt89rIC1-LWfZEsGbw6DFg75vK6riOjEqR-QncAby6vW6w (Accessed: 06 May 2025). 

• Bevel edges (2025) Bevel Edges - Blender 4.4 Manual. Available at: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/modeling/meshes/editing/edge/bevel.html (Accessed: 06 May 2025).

• Mirror modifier (2025) Mirror Modifier - Blender 4.4 Manual. Available at: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/modeling/modifiers/generate/mirror.html (Accessed: 06 May 2025).