Character modeling is a lot harder than basic polygon modeling. While it uses a lot of the same techniques, the hard part is to get a realistic final result as the geometry is far more complicated. The character modeling process is also very involved and there is a lot to learn. The following four videos are a step by step series showing how to model a simple human character. It is a very long set of tutorials but very in depth. The techniques shown in this series can then be translated over to other applications such as a more realistic human character, animals or any other character for a movie or game.

Character modeling will be quite difficult in the beginning and don’t expect your first modeled character to be exactly how you envisioned it. This is however a perfect example of where practice does make perfect. The more characters you make the better you will become and the easier it will be to create them.