Intro: Welcome to my course on 3D game character modeling and animation. This course is designed with the high schooler in mind. Anyone with only moderate computer experience will be able to start at the beginning. We will be starting with the basics and moving on to expert level. As a bonus, we will be discussing the 12 principles of animation, discovered by the animation pioneers at Disney, and learning to incorporate them into our animations. You'll be so confident with Maya that you will be able to design any character you want. You will learn the tricks and techniques to become an animator and game character designer master. You will discover how to create a storyboard and animatic for your animations, then to use them like a blueprint to create far better animations.Īfter this course you will be empowered to navigate Maya like a boss. Great animation is only possible when there is a great story to tell.

We will go beyond the technical skills of Maya to explore the far more important skills of Digital Storytelling.

The final assignment of the entire course will be to design your own original iconic 3d character. In addition, you will be taking the knowledge you learn to create your own original characters. In this course you will we will be re-creating several iconic video game characters in Maya, learning the basics of polygonal modeling, texturing, rigging, and animation.

Maya 3d character