2015
Lynda
David Andrade
1:29
English

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.

Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files
Prerequisites
1. Where it All Begins, Storytelling, and Planning
Listen to the dialog clip and sketch it out
Create a video for your reference
Sketch out the animation framework
2. Meet Arthur
Set up the Blender interface for character animation
Get to know Arthur and how character rigs work
Explore Arthur's face and how facial rigs work
How to troubleshoot common errors in Blender
3. Character Animation
Block out the character's key poses
How to effectively apply the concept of timing
Prepare the animation for viewing and sharing
The importance of feedback
Begin the rebuilding process
4. Refine the Details
Tweak the body movements
Adjust the appendages
Manipulate the complex face with a few controls
Work with the dialog to match the animation
Clean up key frames with the Graph Editor
Polish off the end result
5. A Brief Overview of Render Settings in Blender
Use Cycles to render the final animation scene
Effectively light the animation
Final rendering and post-production
6. And It Never Ends
Where to go from here

lynda.com/Blender-tutorials/Creating-Finished-Character-Animation/421798-2.html

Download File Size:1.08 GB

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