22-12-2008, 04:30 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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where do i buy.......
A year ago on the 25th of this month I will have had Lightwave a year....Im only 16 and ive made quite alot of progress with it because I want to make my own 3D movies when I get older....now what Im really intreseted in is making 3D characthers...but I can't seem to find a good Training Vedio course on it.....can anyone recomend me to a good character modleing training course?
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22-12-2008, 09:34 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Orange, CA
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The character modeling and animation series from Todd Grimes and Desktop Images is the best I’ve ever seen. It’s expensive, and a bit old (LW 7.5 I think), but worth every penny. Also the most professionally produced tute I’ve seen as well.
Todd is a master. Of course there are ten ways to model any one thing, especially characters, but I like his technique. The rigging section is AMAZING. I still use these rigging and deformation techniques and I don’t see a need to change. The lip synch and animation sections are fantastic as well. Todd teaches you the tried and true method of using x-sheets for timing key poses, inbetweens, acceleration/deceleration, and playing to the camera. He even touches on some classic animation techniques like anticipation, follow-through, squash & stretch, etc. The graph editor is covered very well too. I sound like a Desktop Images sales guy but I’m not. You owe it to yourself to check these out. http://desktopimages.com/CharSeries.shtml Here's a link to my finished tute. (Minus the cape...) http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...M_FINAL_WM.flv
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