Domestika – Introduction to Voxel Art for Character Design

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Summary

• Domestika – Introduction to Voxel Art for Character DesignThink outside the box and bring your characters to life with Qubicle, Maya or Blender, and UnityStep 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.Start the course by getting to know Zach, his experience with Voxel art and game development, as well as his main sources of inspiration.Get a quick run-through of what to expect in the course, and see Zach’s method for collecting references to speed up your production, starting with the general concept you want to create.Understand how to determine the scale of your character, and where to stage the focus.

• Use your references to pick your colors, finding the right balance between color, textures, and lighting.Next, have some fun creating animation references using your phone.

• Press record and enact the movements you want to give to your character.

• Get started on modeling your character on Qubicle, block and position your scene, and do the same for your character with Zach guiding you through each step as you go.Work on the pre-rigging phase in Maya, seeing what to look out for when moving your model from Qubicle to Maya and how best to test your model before and during the rigging process.