Introduction to Voxel Art for Character Design
A course by Zach Soares , Voxel Artist and Animator
Think outside the box and bring your characters to life with Qubicle, Maya or Blender, and Unity
- 94% positive reviews (88)
- 3310 students
- Audio: English
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
Think outside the box and bring your characters to life with Qubicle, Maya or Blender, and Unity
Step into the Voxel art universe, to create your own fantasy character made entirely of 3D cubes with Zach Soares, a self-taught Voxel artist with almost a decade of experience in the field. Start from the very basics and work your way up to creating a full Voxel render from scratch.
Learn how to model, rig, and animate your character, going through scale and color technique, learning Zach’s blocking and animating methodology, and push yourself into a new creative challenge made entirely of 3D blocks.
What will you learn in this online course?
24 lessons & 24 downloads
- 94% positive reviews (88)
- 3310 students
- 24 lessons (5h 13m)
- 24 additional resources (10 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Blender
Maya
Qubicle
Unity 3DWhat is this course's project?
Create a Voxel art character and their surroundings using 3D blocks. Zach creates a female character in a mechanical context which you can do along with him.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone who wants to learn about Voxel art, beginners included, who want to push themselves to new creative challenges.
Requirements and materials
Knowledge of how to use Qubicle, Maya, and Unity will be useful. However, each software will be explained throughout the course.
You will need a computer, the Qubicle software, as well as other software you want to use to model and animate your character, such as Maya and Unity.
Reviews
A course by Zach Soares
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.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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What We Will Do in the Course?
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U2
Resources to Save Your Day
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How to Start: Thinking of Ideas
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Searching for Reference & Organizing Them
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Figuring Out Scale
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Figuring Out Color
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Building Animation References
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U3
Producing Your Voxel Art
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Blocking Out Your Scene 1
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Blocking Out Your Scene 2
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Blocking Out Your Scene 3
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Pre-Rigging/Character Testing 1
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Pre-Rigging/Character Testing 2
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Pre-Rigging/Character Testing 3
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Character Rigging 1
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Character Rigging 2
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Character Rigging 3
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Animating in Maya (Transferable Skills to Blender)
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Frame Based Animation Setup 1
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Frame Based Animation Setup 2
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U4
Putting Your Art Out to the World
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Setting up Your Scene and Lighting in Unity
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Finalizing Your Scene 1
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Finalizing Your Scene 2
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Capturing and Rendering Your Animation/Project
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FP
Final project
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Introduction to Voxel Art for Character Design
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Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
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Blender
Maya
Qubicle
Unity 3D
rjcass
Muy bueno, la verdad aprendí muchísimo, el profe explica muy bien y los videos son de una calidad extraordinaria. Disfrute mucho este curso, lo recomiendo!
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elquintojuju
Awesome!
anim_joker
The author knows what is he tasked for and explains it well but somewhere felt short on explaining in regards to the Qubicle software of how to get going with it( perspective of beginner user who is new to the software) rather he starts designing the character which feels a bit excluded in terms of adapting something new.
The author provides informative explanations in the animation side of things
infoburakoz
i would to learn Qubicle more and detailed in this course
emagvgt
amazing