Welcome to my extended 2D Face making course in Blender

Let's create a simple yet powerful 2D face rig that you can wrap around your 3D characters.

🎬 What You'll Learn

Create a simple yet powerful 2D face rig that you can wrap around any 3D character. This course walks you through every step, from modeling to final testing.

13 focused lessons covering:

• Modeling – Create and model the different parts of your 2D face and add colors

• Shape Keys – Create, adjust, and mirror shape keys for smooth expression blending

• Procedural Textures – Build mouth and eye textures (iris, pupil, reflections) using shading nodes

• Image Textures – Use hand-drawn textures instead of nodes when you prefer

• Face Armature – Set up deform and control bones, color-code them, parent correctly, and use Symmetrize

• Vertex Groups & Weights – Parent the face and empties to the armature with proper weight painting

• Drivers – Control shape keys with bones and lock unnecessary axes

• Bone Constraints – Add constraints to eyes and mouth for automated movement

• Bone Collections – Organize bones to hide or isolate specific types

• Shrinkwrap – Wrap the face and bones around the head using modifiers and constraints

• Merging – Combine the face rig with your existing body armature and adapt it

• Final Test – Move bones to create various facial expressions

💬 What Makes This Course Different

• Live recorded – Includes common mistakes and how to fix them without losing your work

• Minimal bones, high expression – a clean rig that doesn't sacrifice flexibility. But you'll acquire the skills to make it more complex if you wish

• Works with any body rig – Merge it with your existing armature seamlessly

✅ What's Included

• 13 video lessons – Each phase of the process taught in its own video

• Downloadable blend files – Different stages of the process so you can start midway or compare with your own work

• Free functional rigs – complete, ready-to-use face rig, plus individual mouth and eyes rigs, and two versions of the nose rig.

• Instant download – All files available immediately after purchase

🎓 Who Is This For?

• Beginners who want a clear, step-by-step guide

• Blender artists who want to add expressive 2D faces to their 3D characters

• Riggers looking for an efficient, minimal-bone approach to facial animation

📁 Product Details

• Format: Video (MP4) + Blender blend files

• Blender version: 3.6 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.5 5.0 5.1 5.2+

• Skill level: Beginner to intermediate

• License: Personal use. You may use the rig in your own projects, commercial or otherwise. Do not redistribute or resell the course files.