Animating 3D Cartoon Characters in Blender
First Pass: Lina Comes to Life 1
A course by Ulises Cervantes , 3D Character Animator and Artist
Joined July 2019
Joined July 2019
About the video: First Pass: Lina Comes to Life 1
Overview
“I present to you Lina! I'll show you the process I use to generate a first animation pass. The purpose is to sketch the performance and movement, with clear and well-structured yet simple poses with special emphasis on creating pleasing timing. I will start by animating Lina because she is the character that guides the actions for most of the shot. The goal here is to get a very basic version of the poses and timing.”
In this video lesson Ulises Cervantes addresses the topic: First Pass: Lina Comes to Life 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animating 3D Cartoon Characters in Blender. Learn to bring cartoon-style characters to life through their poses, gestures, and actions using fun and effective tools .
Partial transcription of the video
“First pass: Lina comes to life With all the material we have, we can bring Lina to life. We chose her to work first because it guides many of the actions in the shot. Let's keep working. Ready to make the first pass of the animation? Our guide will be the sequence of thumbnails that we made earlier. Here we have them. We have the timing and we can use at par the test we did on Grease Pencil. The two elements will guide us for now. Let's forget about video references to build the foundation of poses and rhythm. Later, when we add details, we go back to the video reference to enrich what we w...”
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Course summary for: Animating 3D Cartoon Characters in Blender
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Category
3D & Animation -
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Areas
3D, 3D Animation, Animation, Character Animation
Ulises Cervantes
A course by Ulises Cervantes
Ulises Cervantes is a 3D character animator and artist from Mexico, currently living in Aguascalientes. He began his career in motion graphics and slowly transitioned to 3D, gaining a range of experience at different companies. He also spent a year at Bardel Entertainment in Canada working as an FX artist on Puss in Boots for Netflix. However, he always had his sights set on becoming an animator and finally achieved his goal when he joined Huevocartoon, where he helped create movies like Un Rescate de Huevitos and Un Gallo Congelado.
He currently works full-time as a freelance animator and collaborates with the US-based video game studio Secret Location, the Mexican advertising studio Ploop, and the Brazilian production studio Brape.
He also runs his own YouTube channel called Cebolla Skin and teaches online classes.
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