3D Character Modeling and Animation Crash Course (Козицын – Интенсив по моделированию – Russian, Eng sub)

In 2 days of intensive training, you will learn the basic stages of creating a character in 3D and gain basic knowledge of anatomy, tools for working in 3D, and animation. At the end of the course, you will have enough knowledge to create your own character and continue to develop further!

Course program

Day 1

• Theory – what is 3D, where is it used, and how much does it cost?
• Characters in games, cartoons, and videos
• Where to start creating a character?
• Practice – Zbrush. Interface, tools. Where to start?
• Creating a character from scratch

Day 2

• Practice – Retopology of a character for animation (mesh simplification)
• Theory – Animation in 3d max: what it consists of and what types of animation are there
• How to prepare a character for animation?
• Practice – Inserting a skeleton into a character and attaching the skeleton to the model
• Character animation
• Body animation
• Facial animation
• Conclusion – Where to use these skills? Where to go next?

What you will learn

• How to create your own character in 3D
• How to visualize your character
• The basics of human anatomy
• How to animate characters
• Stages of character creation
• How to work with 3D graphics
• Methods of workflow
• How and where to apply the knowledge gained