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Game Character Creation in Maya
2h 58m Intermediate Sep 15, 2011

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Get a thorough overview of techniques for creating characters for video games or real-time rendered applications. Author Chris Reilly covers low-poly modeling, texturing and animation, using 3D model and texture assets created in Maya and Adobe Photoshop. The course also includes an overview of Unity 3, including importing characters and making interactive animations with the Script Editor.
Topics include:

Optimizing, extruding, and sculpting geometry
Modeling a character's head and body
UV-mapping the head and body
Mirroring and texturing
Setting up the skeleton
Rigging the head and body
Skin binding & weight painting
Controlling animation with scripts in Unity

Subjects:
3D + Animation Modeling Character Animation Game Design
Software:
Maya
Author:
Chris Reilly