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Incidentally, our new DP issue 05 :2015, with the Minions on the cover, was also published today. There you can get inspiration from Illumination Mac Guff director Kyle Balda for the right look for your own Minion.
In the tutorial, you first create a 2D Minion as vector graphics, then transform it into a 3D-looking Minion using Layer Styles, the Mixer Brush Tool and painting techniques. DomQuichotte then shows how to add the right hairstyle and other attributes and design a character’s expressions and emotions. So if you would like to join in, you can download the free project files from FX-Ray here.
The tutorial lasts around 20 minutes:
Incidentally, Kyle Balda will also be a speaker at the animago CONFERENCE on October 15 and 16; if you would like to secure your animago ticket, you can do so here.
