[Uartsy, Chris Bennett] Creating An MMO Game Character [2015, ENG]

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Project 1 : Getting Started & Planning Your Asset
Covered Topics:
Evaluating & Breaking Down A Concept
Recognizing Key Design Elements
Translating 2D Concepts Into 3D Space
Preparing A Base Mesh For Sculpting
Learn how to effectively evaluate and break down a concept so you can efficiently build it within a production environment.
Follow along with Chris' concept or find your own online, and work on recognizing the key design elements that will aid you in translating the 2D concept into 3D space.
Prepare a quick base mesh for sculpting.
Project 2 : Sculpting Theory
Covered Topics:
Shape Language
Proportion
Anatomy
Surface Planes
Forms & Flow
Beginning To Sculpt A Character
Shape language, proportion, anatomy, surface planes, forms and flow will be discussed in relation to how they can assist you in your sculpting. This will serve as solid foundation for you to begin sculpting.
Continue on from the base mesh in ZBrush as you begin sculpting the concept.
Project 3 : Sculpting Continued
Covered Topics:
Video Game Production Tips/Tricks
ZBrush Sculpting Methods
It’s a full ZBrush lesson this week. You will continue to sculpt your character following the concept provided as Chris shares his ZBrush production tips/tricks and personal sculpting methods.
Project 4 : Final Sculpting & Polypaint
Covered Topics:
Detailing
Adding Material Definition
Polishing Your Sculpt
First Pass Polypainting
Prepping For Retopology & Baking
As you come to wrapping up your sculpt, Chris will be discussing how to detail and add material definition to your sculpts this week, as well as giving them some final polish.
Complete a quick polypaint pass to establish a base for you to paint on, and begin to prep your model for next week’s retopology and baking phase.
Project 5 : Retopology
Covered Topics:
Clean Topology Techniques
This is the week you’ve all been waiting for!!! Chris will be talking about how to get clean, efficient topology and UV's ready for baking.
Project 6 : UVs and Baking
Covered Topics:
Setting Up UVs For Baking
Normal Map Theory Avoiding Seams
Maximizing UV Space
Baking Normal and Ambient Occlusion Maps
Unwrapping your low poly model of your character into a 1 to 1 UV space .
Baking Normal and Ambient Occlusion maps to project the hi polygon model detail to the low polygon game model.
Project 7 : Texturing Continued
Covered Topics:
Creating Texture Maps
Testing Maps In Marmoset 2
This week will be less theory and more practical focused as you buckle down and create your desired texture maps.
There will also be some cross-over with weeks 7 & 8 as you test out your maps in the Marmoset 2 game engine.
Project 8 : Rendering & Presentation
Covered Topics:
Posing
Lighting
Mood
Composition
Rendering In Marmoset 2
Your creature is complete, now it’s time to show it off! This week you will set up renders and lighting in Marmoset 2 for your completed character model. Topics include: posing, lighting, mood and composition.
Following this will be the final wrap up of class.

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