Blender Character Creator v2.0 for Video Games Design
Model Video Game Characters. Use The Sculpt Tool To Shape, Add Texture, Rig & Animate Video Game Characters
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Take your first steps to becoming a 3D character artist – learn everything from modelling to painting to animating the character. The course is the sequel to the highly popular Blender Character Creator course, enjoyed by 10s of thousands of students.
This course has been created using Blender 2.83 and is compatible with newer versions of Blender.
Whether you’re a beginner or more advanced, the experienced instructors will take you through every step of the process, ensuring that you aren’t just “copy and pasting” what you see, but learning the tools and developing your own creative process as you go.
For each concept taught this course includes a relevant challenge for you to implement yourself. You can follow along with the Ogre model used in the course, or create your own character using reference material or your own sketches.
The course will show you how to create a highly detailed, great looking character for your portfolio as well as turning that same character into an asset ready to be implemented into a video game engine.
The entire course is project-based, so you will apply your new skills immediately to real 3D models. All the project files will be included, as well as additional references and resources – you’ll never get stuck. There are talking-head videos, powerful diagrams, quality screencasts and more.
For each model you build, you will follow this process…
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Be challenged to build the entire model yourself.
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Be shown step-by-step how to build it.
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Apply your knowledge regularly.
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Encouraged and supported throughout your journey
You will get full lifetime access for a single one-off fee. If you’re a complete beginner, we’ll teach you all the modelling fundamentals you’ll need. If you’re an artist, we’ll teach you to truly bring your assets to life. If you’re a coder, we’ll teach you modelling and design principles.
All students have access to the Q&A where our Instructors, Teaching Assistants and Community are ready to help answer your questions and cheer on your success.
Note: access to this course comes with an optional, free community site where you can share games and 3D models, as well as connect with thousands of other students.
Dive in now, you won’t be disappointed!
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Welcome To The CourseIn this video (objectives)…
Greetings and welcome. In this first section we are going to cover basic block modelling to make a very basic character.
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Download & Install Blender
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We'll be using Blender 2.83 in this course. We'll learn how to download an experimental version or regular version of Blender and get started with the software.
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Blender Interface Introduction
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A quick introduction to the Blender interface and main windows. We'll add some meshes to the scene and move, scale and rotate them.
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Introduction To Edit Mode
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Edit mode gives us access to moving the vertices, edges and faces of our creations. We'll block out a simple character with head, torso, hips, arms and legs and use edit mode to give it some shape.
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Using Loop Cuts
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Loop cuts are a great way to slowly build up detail and shape. We add curves and roundness to the arms and legs of our character.
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Mirror Modifier
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Extrude
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Using the extrude tool to create new geometry. In this case we are making the hands for the character and tidying up some other parts of the model
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Shader Editor
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Using the shader editor to create materials for our objects. Colouring our model.
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Community & Resources
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How to get access to the resources we use in this course, how to ask questions, how to share work and how to connect with the community.
Detailed Sculpting
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Section Intro - Blocking Out
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Rick and Grant introduce this section
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Reference & Background Images
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Where to find good quality reference images and how to set them up with Pureref
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Importing Background Images
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Importing background images and placing them into the correct position. Using the outliner to organize our scene.
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Blocking out the shape
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Using basic cubes to block out the characters initial shape.
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Subdivision Surface Modifier
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using the subsurf modifier to make our character ready for sculpting.
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Sculpting the Blocks
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Sculpt our blocks into the characters shape by using the grab brush and symmetry tools.
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Dyntopo Sculpting
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Learning to use Dyntopo sculpt mode to add polygons whilst sculpting.
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Dyntopo Sculpting - Body 1
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Learning to use a few different brushes to add the first level of detail to your character
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Dyntopo Sculpting Body 2
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continue developing out character learning about some new brushes like the crease brush
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Sculpting the Head
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Now moving onto the head we sculpt with a bit more detail and learn how to combine the brushes more
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Combining Objects
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Learn how to combine your objects in 2 ways using Remesh and Bool Tools
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Instructor Hangout#1
Retopology
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Section Intro - Detailed Sculpting
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Rick and Grant introduce this section which is all about adding details with our sculpting
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Mid Level Details - Body
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Increase you knowledge and improve your skills in sculpting techniques along with sculpting the body of the orc.
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Mid Level Details - Head
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Learning and developing our skills with sculpting making a mid level detailed head
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Mid Level Details - Horns
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Learning to add teeth and horns to your characters using sculpting and subdivision surface modelling.
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Using Alphas
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Learning to use images as brushes to sculpt in interesting and strange skin details
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Fine Details
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Using the sculpting tools we have already learnt we will be sculpting the fine details of the character
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Clothing & Armour - Belt
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Using new modifier shrink wrap and solidify we can create basic clothing and armour
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Clothing & Armour - Loin Cloth
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Improving our box modelling skills by creating the loin cloth for the character. Then using the Shrinkwrap modifier to give it some bulk
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Clothing & Armour - Buckle
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Using basic box modelling with a single vertex to start with. we make the belt buckle.
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Clothing & Armour - Shackle
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Using the shrink wrap modifier again we make a shackle for the character
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Clothing & Armour - Sculpting 1
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Sculpting the loin cloth and belt using the multiresolution modifier without losing the base level detail
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Clothing & Armour - Sculpting 2
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Sculpting the shackle and buckle using the multiresolution modifier without losing the base level detail
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Instructor Hangout - Detailed Sculpting
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Grant and Rick discuss the detailed sculpting section including how to get better at understanding anatomy and how to create separate items such as armour
UV Unwrapping
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Section Intro - Retopology
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Rick and Grant introduce this section which is all about retopology
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Understanding Retopology
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Develop an understanding for what retopology is and why it is important in the 3D artists workflow
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Manual Retopology Demonstration
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The demonstration shows the complexities of manual retopology to give you an understanding of the techniques that are involved and some idea around topology flow
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Automatic Retopology
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Learning how to automatically retopologize our character with the remesh options in Blender
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Automatic Retopology 2
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We learn how to tidy up the retopolgy we have done using the shrink wrap modifier and snapping tools
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Automatic Retopology 3 - Tidy Up
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We work on any shading glitches using the smooth vertex tools and the knife tool
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Retopology - Small Items
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Tidying up the retopology for the face using the knife tool and making adjustments
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Retopology - Decimate
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Using the decimate modifier to really quickly retopologise objects
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Instructor Hangout - Retopology
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Grant and Rick discuss some of the trickier aspects of Retopology and answer some questions which have come up in the community
Baking
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Section Intro - Unwrapping
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Rick and Grant introduce this section which is all about UV Unwrapping
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Understanding UV Unwrapping
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Create a shipping container by matching up the texture to the uvs of a box
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Marking Seams
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Start to unwrap our character by marking seams and unwrapping the belt and horn
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Marking Seams 2
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Completing the unwrapping process on the small items of the character
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Unwrapping The Body
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Unwrapping the orcs body with minimal stretching ready for texturing
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Repair Stretching Problems
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Using the stretch view in the UV image editor to check for any shading errors and triangulating our characters mesh to solve the problems
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Unwrapping All Objects Together
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Taking all the objects on the character and unwrapping them onto 1 uv map ready for texturing and baking
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Instructor Hangout - Unwrapping
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Rick and Grant discuss what we've been doing with the unwrapping section of the course
Painting
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Section Intro - Baking
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Rick and Grant give an overview of what to expect in the Baking section
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Understanding baking & PBR
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A guide to help us understand why we bake textures and how we use them for our materials
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Baking the orcs body
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baking the high detailed information form the high poly to the low poly in the form of a normal map texture
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Baking the orcs body - cavity
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Baking the high detailed information from the high poly to the low poly in the form of a cavity map
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Baking the horns & teeth 1
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Continue our understanding of normal maps and how you can bake onto the same maps by baking the horns and teeth
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Baking the teeth & horns 2
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baking the normals and cavity maps for the other horns and teeth
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Baking multiresolution objects
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Finishing backing of the multiresolution objects by making high poly and low poly duplicates
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Instructor Hangout - Baking
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Rick and Grant discuss the baking section and what we've learned
Updates and Important Messages
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Blocking out colours
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Blocking out the colours on our orc using the fill brush to give a colour to each different object
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Orc Body Painting Basics
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Painting the orc with some small details using the paint brush
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Different Stroke Methods
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Painting interesting characteristics onto our character using the stroke method in the brush settings
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Metallic maps
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Using the fill brush to paint the metallic area white so blender knows which areas to give a metallic look
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Painting with stencils
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Using textured stencils to create more realistic textures
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Painting the roughness map
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Painting the roughness texture to make some bits shiny and some bits rough
Humanoid Animation - 2.79 content
Simple Low Poly Characters - 2.79 content
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Introduction To Section 5
- Michael Introduces section 5
(Unique Video Reference: 1_HA_BCC)
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Section 5 Outcome
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- Understand what the sections objectives are
- How to toggle Quad View in the 3D Editor
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You will understand the purpose of the section, it's objectives and what you are about to do to accomplish them.
(Unique Video Reference: 2_HA_BCC)
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Remember Your Reference Material
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- Why reference material is important
- Look at various ways of obtaining reference material
Keywords: "reference, profile"
After watching (learning outcomes)…
Understand why reference material is important in animation. Be comfortable with how to get your reference material
(Unique Video Reference: 3_HA_BCC)
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Quick Editing A Video In Blender
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- Import a Video that is too long into Blender
- Cut the Video to a suitable size
- Export to a new video file
- Adjust memory allocation for video information
After watching (learning outcomes)…
Be able to cut out a section of video the appropriate length Export the edited video. Understand there are better tools, but this will do.
(Unique Video Reference: 4_HA_BCC)
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Using Reference Video In Blender
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- How to import a movie file into Blender
- Reminder about memory limit
- Watching playback in the Movie Editor
- Watching playback in the UV/Image Editor
- Watching playback in the 3D View with Background Images
- Watching playback in the 3D View on Geometry in Cycles and Blender Render
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Be able to import a video file into Blender Use Blender to View the video file in multiple different ways Be comfortable with basic scrubbing through video in Blender
(Unique Video Reference: 5_HA_BCC)
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Analysing Body Movement: Walking
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- Break down the bodies movements during a walk
- Focus on the key positions the body will be in during the animation
- Avoid beginner mistakes
After watching (learning outcomes)…
Be able to break down other similar poses like running Be comfortable with the 4 main positions in a walk
(Unique Video Reference: 6_HA_BCC)
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Meaningful Markers
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- Add markers to our timeline for reference
- For a regular animation like walking we will have regularly spaced markers
- General scaling timeline, dope sheet and graph editor
- Manipulating our meaningful markers
After watching (learning outcomes)…
Add and rename markers to the timeline Understand why this is a good practice prior to animating Comfortable with editing your markers and navigating the timeline, dope sheet and graph editor
(Unique Video Reference: 7_HA_BCC)
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Auto Keying Poses
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- Turning On Auto Keying
- Understanding what will be updating
- Remembering to turn it off when not necessary
After watching (learning outcomes)…
Be able to confidently use auto keying to quickly modify poses Understand it's limitations and its liabilities
(Unique Video Reference: 8_HA_BCC)
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Copying And Mirroring Poses
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- Learn how to copy a pose
- Learn how to paste that pose as a new keyframe
- Learn how to paste a mirrored version of that pose
After watching (learning outcomes)…
Students will be able to rapidly assemble their basic animation
(Unique Video Reference: 9_HA_BCC)
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Adding Overlapping Action
In this video (objectives)…
- Look at the hips of our character
- How we can use them to create a more convincing walk
After watching (learning outcomes)…
Add convincing overlapping action to our walk cycle
(Unique Video Reference: 10_HA_BCC)
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Refining Our Animation
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- Clean up our keyframes
- Look closely at interpolation between frames
- Use the graph editor to refine movements
After watching (learning outcomes)…
Confidently identify unnecessary keysframes and remove them Refine your animation by using the graph editor
(Unique Video Reference: 11_HA_BCC)
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Secondary Action For The Walk
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- Look at secondary actions
- Arms don't currently move naturally
- Consider the various ways in which the arms can move
After watching (learning outcomes)…
See how adding a secondary action to an animation can complement the main animation
(Unique Video Reference: 12_HA_BCC)
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Quiz 11 -
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Kevin Parry's 100 Walks
- Bonus Reference Material
- Inspiration
https://www.youtube.com/user/kevinparry
(Unique Video Reference: 13_HA_BCC)
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