Creating Game Animations in Blender
Blender's powerful animation features can help you create higher-quality animations with efficiency. This course will show you how to do four kinds of animations as well as how to optimize your workflow and use its tools. Required software: Blender.
What you'll learn
Creating video game animations can pose many unique challenges, one typically being a very short deadline. In this course, Creating Game Animations in Blender, you'll learn how to create four game animations; idle, walk, attack, and death. You'll also explore vital workflows and techniques for taking an animation from idea to completion in the shortest amount of time. As well, you'll get to discover some of Blender's powerful animation tools and how you can use them to make your game animations really stand out. By the end of this course, you'll know your way around Blender's tools and you'll be able to quickly create high-quality game animations for your future projects. Required software: Blender.
Table of contents
- Setting up the Scene 5m
- Creating the Initial Idle Poses 10m
- Creating the Anticipation Poses 11m
- Beginning the Attack Poses 9m
- Tweaking the Attack Poses 6m
- Adding a Moving Hold into the Attack 8m
- Beginning the Transition Back into the Idle Pose 9m
- Continuing the Transition into the Idle Pose 8m
- Finishing the Transition into the Idle Pose 7m
- Adjusting the Timing of the Animation 9m
- Adding in Key Breakdown Poses 8m
- Offsetting Keyframes 10m
- Finishing the Attack Animation 11m
About the author
Mark started out with an interest in animation at an early age, and it eventually transformed into a passion for the subject. Mark made an impact on the industry quickly, working for Pluralsight (Digital-Tutors) as an Animation and Rigging Instructor. After his time at Pluralsight, he joined Steelehouse Productions as a 3D Animator, where he worked on a wide range of projects. Currently, he is working as an animator on the popular children's series Floogals for NBC Sprouts. Apart from that, he's... more