Introduction to Voxel Art for Character Design

Building Animation References

A course by Zach Soares , Voxel Artist and Animator

Voxel Artist and Animator. England, United Kingdom.
Joined February 2020
94% positive reviews (93)
3,716 students
Audio: English, Italian, Portuguese
English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

About the video: Building Animation References

Overview

“This is probably the most fun you’ll have before doing any art (at least for me). Gathering and making your animation references. Animating well is hard and using references makes it just that much easier. You’ll start by learning where to gather resources on animations. It’s always good to grab from animation reels on Vimeo because they’re often compilations of clips which is what you want. However, getting the exact animation you want is not always easy to accomplish. With that being said, here’s how you create your animation reference.”

In this video lesson Zach Soares addresses the topic: Building Animation References, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Voxel Art for Character Design. Think outside the box and bring your characters to life with Qubicle, Maya or Blender, and Unity.

Partial transcription of the video

“In today's lesson, I'll be showing you how to build your animation references. This can all be taken from your own personal animation. First things first, there's various ways you can find animation references. That can be from Vimeo recordings, YouTube recordings, GIFs you find online. But one thing I really like to focus on personally is making your own animation references using your phone. This is particularly because you can't always find what exactly you want to do. And sometimes it's just easier to do it yourself because you know exactly from beginning to end what animations you want...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Voxel Art for Character Design

  • Level: Beginner
  • 94% positive reviews (93)
  • 3716 students
  • 4 units
  • 24 lessons (5h 13m)
  • 10 downloads
  • Category

    3D & Animation
  • Software

    Blender, Maya, Qubicle, Unity 3D
  • Areas

    3D, 3D Animation, 3D Character Design, 3D Modeling, Character Design

Zach Soares

Zach Soares
A course by Zach Soares

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Voxel Artist and Animator

Zach is a French Canadian self-taught Voxel artist living in the UK. Although he has almost a decade of experience in working in the game industry, Zach initially studied Urban Design. While creating 3D designs for cities, he started exploring game design on the side, which spurred him to further explore and understand the world of game development through Voxel art.

His stylized and clean Voxel art has led him to work with many small-scale projects for indie developers, as well as for larger projects with clients like Hipster Whale. Zach works on freelance projects and is the creative director of his own studio Bunnyhug, currently creating their own game that is soon to be launched.


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Introduction to Voxel Art for Character Design. 3D, and Animation course by Zach Soares

Introduction to Voxel Art for Character Design

A course by Zach Soares
Voxel Artist and Animator. England, United Kingdom.
Joined February 2020
  • 94% positive reviews (93)
  • 3,716 students