Udemy - Maya Game Character Designer Master

What you'll learn:
Modeling iconic game characters in Maya.
Simple to advanced polygonal Modeling
Texturing
Lighting
Rendering
Requirements
No
Description
In this course you will we will be re-creating 10 iconic video game characters in Maya, learning the basics of polygonal modeling, texturing, rigging, and animation. In addition, you will be taking the knowledge you learn to create your own original characters. The final assignment of the entire course will be to design your own original iconic 3d character.
After this course you will be empowered to navigate Maya like a boss. You will learn the tricks and techniques to become an animator and game character designer master. You'll be so confident with Maya that you will be able to design any character you want. As a bonus, we will be discussing the 12 principles of animation, discovered by the animation pioneers at Disney, and learning to incorporate them into our animations. We will be starting with the basics and moving on to expert level. Anyone with only moderate computer experience will be able to start at the beginning. This course is designed with the high schooler in mind. Ages 14+.
This course is divided into three parts.
1. Simple characters:
Minecraft Steve
Pac Man
Crewmate from Among Us (And Imposter!)
Kirby
BONUS: 12 Principles of Animation
2. Intermedia Characters:
Pikachu
Sonic the Hedgehog
Donkey Kong
Mario
Link
3. Advanced Characters
Master Chief
Final Assignment: Your own, original, custom character.
This course is designed to be fun. Your instructor, the Rockstar Teacher, teaches digital design and coding at a tech charter high school. He has learned from his students how to make learning fun and approachable. In every unit, there will be something called an abomination challenge. This is where you take the characters you've created and you make a monster out of them. You'll have a blast creating your own character abominations!
You'll be expected to do the assignments to create the characters, as well as the character abominations and your instructor will be providing you with feedback about how you are doing.
Have fun learning about 3d modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, and rendering!
Who this course is for
High School to College age aspiring 3d artists or character designers
Homepage

https://www.udemy.com/course/maya-game-character-designer-master/