{"author_name":"DrPrettyPatty","cat":"LD #29","comments":[],"epoch":1399592220,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"29902","p_author":"DrPrettyPatty","p_authorkey":"30068","p_urlkey":"65368","p_title":"","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1399592220","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"30068","us_name":"DrPrettyPatty","us_username":"drprettypatty","event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"text":"<p style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zakjr.com\/blog\/?p=132\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-360730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blender-unity-featured-550x290.jpg\" alt=\"zakjr-blender-unity\" width=\"550\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blender-unity-featured-300x158.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blender-unity-featured-550x290.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blender-unity-featured.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p style=\"color: #000000\">Part 5\u00a0of my tutorial series on beginner Blender modeling and getting it to behave with Unity is up!\u00a0This post is a bit short, but it covers making the actual texture for your character. I give a few tips on stylistic choices, but it&#8217;s mostly up to you! Also, there&#8217;s a bit about getting the texture into Blender.<\/p>\n <p style=\"color: #000000\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-360170\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/screen4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"SailScreenshot\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/screen4-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/screen4-550x310.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/screen4.jpg 1176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n <p style=\"color: #000000\">I created\u00a0<a style=\"color: #4444cc\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-29\/?action=preview&amp;uid=30068\">Sail<\/a>\u00a0using this process, so if you like my style of low-poly graphics and are wondering how on earth I made the models, UV\u2019d, textured, rigged, and animated them all in 48 hours, you might be interested in this series! I\u2019m trying to crank out a post per day for the next week, each covering a different aspect of the workflow.<\/p>\n <p style=\"color: #000000\">Also, I\u2019m totally open to feedback on these articles! Please let me know if any parts are confusing, or overdrawn, or straight-up wrong! You can leave a comment here, or on my site (no email or registration is required\u2013 \u00a0you can leave any or all the fields blank in the comment form), or let me know on Twitter!<\/p>\n <p style=\"color: #000000\">\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n <div id=\"pg-132-0\" class=\"panel-grid\" style=\"color: #666666\">\n <div id=\"pgc-132-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">\n <div id=\"panel-132-0-0-0\" class=\"panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">\n <div class=\"textwidget\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">\n <p style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">We&#8217;re going to take a break from Blender for a while! I&#8217;ll be using GIMP to make the texture, but the concepts should be the same whether you prefer Photoshop or anything else. First, you&#8217;ll want to open up characterUV.png in GIMP or whatever your image editor of choice is.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div id=\"pg-132-1\" class=\"panel-grid\" style=\"color: #666666\">\n <div id=\"pgc-132-1-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">\n <div id=\"panel-132-1-0-0\" class=\"panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">\n <div class=\"textwidget\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">\n <p style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">Create a new transparent layer (Layer-&gt;New Layer or\u00a0<strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">Ctrl-Shift-N<\/strong>)\u00a0and drag it beneath the UV layer. The UV layer acts as a blueprint, so paint everything on the new layer! It&#8217;s up to you how to paint the character, so\u00a0I&#8217;ll just give a few pointers&#8230;<\/p>\n <p style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zakjr.com\/blog\/?p=132\" target=\"_blank\">Read the rest on my site!<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>","time":"May 8th, 2014 6:37 pm","title":""}