Advanced Animation of 3D Characters
Course final project
A course by Kike Oliva , Digital Character Animator
About the final project for: Advanced Animation of 3D Characters
Advanced animation of 3D characters
“Congratulations!! You have reached the end of the course, I hope you have learned from this method of work, which will help you plan and execute your animations better and faster. For me, the most important thing is that you have enjoyed this time-share and you feel motivated, that the walls that define your creative capacity have expanded and blurred a bit. I hope your final project is very crazy and risky. Share it in the forum with the Domestika community so that we can all see it. Remember that exposing your work and being open to criticism and comments is the best way to learn and grow. Thank you very much and see you soon! ”
Partial transcription of the video
“Well, the course is over. Let's make a brief summary of everything we have learned. We started the project exploring different ideas. From there, we already selected a and went to look for videoreferences that will help us understand the movement mechanics of the actions that we are going to animate. Once we found the references that we were interested in to understand the mechanics of movement, selected the most important, the ones that defined the most our action, and we mounted a small video. And this video helped us to create our first version of the "layout". Once we have the "layout" ...”
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Course summary for: Advanced Animation of 3D Characters
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Maya -
Areas
3D, 3D Animation, Animation, Character Animation, VFX

Kike Oliva
A course by Kike Oliva
Kike Oliva has over 20 years' experience in animation, having worked in areas as diverse as 3D animated feature films, video games, advertising, and VFX movies. His name appears in the credits of Amusement Park, The Legend of the Guardians, and The Little Prince, among many other productions. He has collaborated with studios such as Pixar Canada, Animal Logic, Ilion animation, The Frank Barton Company, Image engine, and more.
He combines his professional work with teaching, developing educational content in various animation schools such as Animum Animation School, Cice, and the University of UTAD.
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