Creating a Finished Character Animation in Blender
Release date:2015, December 17
Duration:01 h 29 m
Author:David Andrade
Skill level:Beginner
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
With its free, professional-grade toolset, Blender gives 3D artists the ability to animate and tell stories they only dreamed of in the past. In this course, you will learn to use Blender to breathe life into a character and tell a story with animation and dialogue. The goal of the course will be to combine video references with the principles of character animation to create a walking, talking animated person: Arthur, a disgruntled office worker and thwarted musician. You’ll learn how to use Blender’s animation tools, work with a dialog track, and flesh out and light the scene. Your guide, David Andrade, will provide tips to help you imagine your own character’s inner life and an overview of the post-production process for rendering the final video.
Topics include:
Listening to the dialog clip
Sketching out the animation framework
Learning how character and facial rig works
Blocking key character poses
Getting feedback
Adjusting appendages
Matching dialog to the animation
Cleaning up frames with the Graph Editor
Lighting and rendering the animation
00. Introduction
01 – Welcome
02 – Using the exercise files
03 – Prerequisites
01. Where it All Begins, Storytelling, and Planning
04 – Listen to the dialog clip and sketch it out
05 – Create a video for your reference
06 – Sketch out the animation framework
02. Meet Arthur
07 – Set up the Blender interface for character animation
08 – Get to know Arthur and how character rigs work
09 – Explore Arthurs face and how facial rigs work
10 – How to troubleshoot common errors in Blender
03. Character Animation
11 – Block out the characters key poses
12 – How to effectively apply the concept of timing
13 – Prepare the animation for viewing and sharing
14 – The importance of feedback
15 – Begin the rebuilding process
04. Refine the Details
16 – Tweak the body movements
17 – Adjust the appendages
18 – Manipulate the complex face with a few controls
19 – Work with the dialog to match the animation
20 – Clean up key frames with the Graph Editor
21 – Polish off the end result
05. A Brief Overview of Render Settings in Blender
22 – Use Cycles to render the final animation scene
23 – Effectively light the animation
24 – Final rendering and post-production
06. And It Never Ends
25 – Where to go from here
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