Professional Modeling of 3D Cartoon Characters
Final topology
A course by Juan Solís García , Character Modeler
About the video: Final topology
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to put the character in a relaxed pose (in T) but with appeal and we will clean the topology so that it is ready for production.”
In this video lesson Juan Solís García addresses the topic: Final topology, which is part of the Domestika online course: Professional Modeling of 3D Cartoon Characters. Learn to design characters for animation with ZBrush and 3ds Max.
Partial transcription of the video
“We have successfully completed our character design and received approval from the client. Now it’s time to shift our attention to the technical aspects. Our next step involves extracting the character's pose and making necessary topology modifications to guarantee optimal functionality. It's time to dive into these we will reverse the process we've done so far. We'll do the T-pose. So. we'll take our model and return it to its original form. in the T-pose. It's like retracing our steps. but this pose confirms accurate proportions. in the T pose. it feels reminiscent of revisiting earlier s...”
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Course summary for: Professional Modeling of 3D Cartoon Characters
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
3ds Max, Blender, Maya, ZBrush -
Areas
3D, 3D Character Design, 3D Design, 3D Modeling, Character Animation, Character Design

Juan Solís García
A course by Juan Solís García
Over the course of more than two decades working in the field of entertainment, Juan Solís has tackled a variety of different projects in the realm of 3D production, including VFX for the film industry, CG feature films, advertising, and video games.
He has worked for studios such as Disney Animation, DreamWorks, Ilion Animation Studios, and Blur Studio as CG character supervisor, character artist, and lead character artist, collaborating on productions such as Frozen, Trollhunters, Planet 51, League of Legends, Spiderman, Atrapa la bandera, Tadeo Jones, and many more.
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