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Create a 3D Video Game Character

Blender 9 Parts Class Series

Join this 9-part class series and learn how to model, texture, rig, and animate a character for a video game.

This class series is designed to teach the entire workflow of creating a character for a video game from scratch. It is broken down into four skills. Parts 1 - 4, modeling. Parts 5 and 6, texturing. Parts 7 - 9, rigging. Part 10 is animating. You can register and attend the entire series or pick and choose the skills that interest you most. 

When registering, choose all the classes you are interested in, below the registration window.

Please provide your email address at registration to participate and receive a confirmation email with your registration reference number. You can view your event calendar through attend.ocls.info/myevents.

Schedule

Part 1 - Blender Fundamentals - Saturday, June 6, 2 - 3:30 p.m.

Create a Robotic Hand and learn to navigate Blender's workspace, manipulate 3D objects, and the 3D content creation pipeline.

Part 2 - Blender: Character Modeling Fundamentals - Saturday, June 6, 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Create the base of a stylized 3D character and learn some of the most commonly used tools, techniques, and concepts involved with polygonal modeling in Blender.

Part 3 - Blender: Modeling a Character's Head - Sunday, June 7, 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Model a 3D Character's head and learn a basic workflow for creating proper topology and facial features optimized for animations.

Part 4 - Blender: Texturing Fundamentals - Saturday, June 13, 2 - 3:30 p.m.

Texture a six-sided die and learn the most commonly used tools, techniques, and concepts related to texturing in Blender.

Part 5 - Blender: UV Mapping a Character - Saturday, June 13, 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Create the UV Map of a 3D character and learn the most common tools and techniques involved with UV Mapping in Blender.

Part 6 - Blender: Rigging Fundamentals - Saturday, June 20, 2 - 3:30 p.m.

Create a Rig for a Character's arm and learn the most commonly used tools, techniques, and concepts related to Rigging in Blender.

Part 7 - Blender: Create an FK-IK Control System - Saturday, June 20, 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Create an animator control system for a 3D Character's arm with a forward and inverse kinematic switcher.

Part 8 - Blender: Rigging with Rigify - Sunday, June 21, 2 - 3:30 p.m.

Create an Animator Control System for a 3D Character using Blender's Rigify Addon and learn the common workflow and how to overcome setup pitfalls.

Part 9 - Blender: Game Character Animation Basics - Sunday, June 21, 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Animate a character's walk cycle and learn the basic tools and techniques for creating animation sequences for video game characters.

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