Overview
This is probably one of the most important pages of the handbook, here I’ll link to things like character breakdowns, articles, YouTube channels to learn workflows from and more. Instead of having resources spread across the handbook, I’ve put them all in one place for easy viewing.
YouTube Channels
For ZBrush
 | Keos Masons |  | Michael Pavlovich |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flipped Normals |  | Royal Skies |
 | Speed Char |  | Outgang |
 | J Hill |  | Danny Mac |
 | Folgore CGI |  | Ryan Kingslien |
 | Pixologic ZBrush |
Portfolio Showcases
More Technical
- https://www.artstation.com/artwork/B1PLOz
- https://www.artstation.com/artwork/elwDkJ
- https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xDkDY2
- https://www.artstation.com/artwork/qQYmzz
General
- https://www.artstation.com/artwork/49r6Vk
- https://www.artstation.com/artwork/B124vA
- https://www.artstation.com/artwork/14bRxq
- https://www.artstation.com/artwork/zOoGNw
Marmoset Viewer
- https://www.artstation.com/artwork/31kvv
- https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Ge0L53
- https://www.artstation.com/emiliesanda
Sketchfab
Video
I collected short 3D character presentation videos in this playlist. These are mostly turn table animations or some other interesting camera pan over a character.
Reels
Character Project Breakdowns & Showcases
These are more informative than the portfolio showcases and go into technical detail on workflows and such.
Articles
- Real-time Character Production Workflow (Samurai)
- Stylized Character Presentation in Toolbag
- Steampunk Huntress
- Character Presentation With Animation In Toolbag
- The Rookies Project Breakdowns
- Red Leaves
- The Princess of Ambrosia
- Eilesti - The Local Druid
- Skywind - Hlaalu Dresses
- ‘Fire and Blood’ (Real-time)
- princess Ira and Amina
Videos
Guide & Article Websites
- 80LV Articles
- ArtStation Magazine
- ArtStation Guides
- ArtStation Learning
- ArtStation Atricles / Blogs
- Marmoset Articles
- Marmoset Character Creation Articles
- Marmoset Guides
- The Rookies Articles
- Polycount Wiki
- Beyond Extent
- CG Cookie Articles
- ZBrush Guides
- Unreal Forum Guides
- Adobe Learn
Specific Guides, Articles & Books
These are all digital and free:
- The Toolbag Baking Tutorial
- Allegorithmic’s PBR Guide Part 1
- Allegorithmic’s PBR Guide Part 2
- Real-time Rendering Book Digital Summary (4th Edition)
- Ray Tracing Gems Series
- Physically Based Rendering: From Theory To Implementation (4th edition)
Books:
- Real-time Rendering Book (4th Edition)
- Anatomy for 3D Artists
- Anatomy for Sculptors
- Anatomy of Facial Expressions
- Anatomy for Artists: A visual guide to the human form
- 3dtotal Publishing books (for all kinds of topics)
- Books by Andrew Loomis (for anatomy and drawing)
- Old Disney books (for animation)
Art & Game Dev Related Communities & Forums
- Polycount Forum
- Unreal Forum
- ZBrush Central Forum
- Blender Stack Exchange
- Discord servers like: Blender Community (there are 2 separate servers with the same name), Create with Clint, 3D Modeling, Blender Discord, Trent’s Art Community, 3D Art Discord, …
Subreddits
Art & Reference Art Websites
- ZBrush Central Art
- ArtStation
- Sketchfab
- 80LV Art
- DeviantArt
- The Rookies Art
- Blender Artists
- Blueprints 1
- Blueprints 2
3D Model Websites
For learning purposes, it can be a great help to look at and dissect models from games and other artists.
- Cubebrush
- Flipped Normals
- Quixel Megascans
- Sketchfab
- Blenderkit
- 3D Model Haven (Not many right now but will grow, high-quality models)
- CG Trader
- Threedscans (3d scan statuses)
- Blend Swap
- The base mesh
- Open3dLab
- Smutbase (NSFW)
- SFMLab
- Deviant art (a lot of freaky content, NSFW)
- Turbo squid (one of the worst HTML sites I’ve come across)
- Nexus mods (reverse engineering mods with tools)
- Adobe Substance Assets
- League of Legends models like Akali and Pyke officially downloadable from Riot
- Zenless Zone Zero character models officialy downloadable from miHoYo
Other Asset Websites
- ZBrush Assets
- XYZ Textures
- ArtStation Marketplace
- Normal Map Online (Convert any grayscale texture to normal map)