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Let's build the next character for the team! I’m continuing to test the modular character setup in UEFN using the Metahuman Component. Works really well with custom NPCs! For this new character, I'm back to a fresh 3D workflow using AssetHub . Still aiming for that flat/ anime style...

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Jerome | InsaneUnreal

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Been playing with a character consistency workflow again. This came from Nexora that starts with a single GPT Image 2.0 character sheet and turns it into a multi-shot cinematic sequence in Seedance 2.0. One thing I added to the workflow: I first comped the character, environment, and visual style together in Midjourney before bringing everything into GPT Image 2.0 to build the character sheet. I also pushed it a bit further by generating multiple characters, destinations, and art directions at the same time, then turning those into production-style character sheets and shot sequences. It's interesting how much consistency you can get from a single well-defined character board when the visual language, wardrobe, and environment are established upfront. Check out three different character + scenes here 👇

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12,209 views • 1 month ago

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22,166 views • 5 months ago

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51,049 views • 1 year ago

And here's the Grok Imagine version. Same method as before: I upload my character sheet as the base image that I made with Nano Banana Pro to create this fake omni-reference 😁 It works really well for me, since I just want to casually animate my AI character consistently with Grok. I really love this approach because I can simply load my character reference and focus 100% on writing the scene I want to show.
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33,000 views • 5 months ago

Another great character rig example utilizing raster meshes controlled with bones. Pair that with layouts and data binding and you can build unique, dynamic game menus. (Shoutout to JcToon for the amazing rig and animation work here)
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41,488 views • 5 months ago

hi again, i've been learning blender! some of the free character rigs you can get are *really* good, like this sunspot rig for example and yes, he's at the beach in october, fight me
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