Overview

Exercise 1006: Model a Hand

• Task: Model and UV your hand (and wrist) in a neutral pose.
• Learning Outcome: Modelling tools, clean topology and edge flow suitable for animation. Clean and well organised UVs
• Tip: Use your own hand as reference. Measure your fingers and thubs, work to scale.
• Deliverable: Greyscale model turntable, close up stills and contact sheet (references)

Exercise 1007: Sculpt your Head

• Task: Using an application such as ZBrush or Mudbox, create a sculpt of your head from a sphere.
• Learning Outcome: Gaining an understanding of anatomy, shape and form.
• Tip: Use your own head as reference. Measure your fingers and thubs, work to scale. Feel your own face, grab a mirror. Practice on smaller forms first.
• Deliverable: Greyscale model turntable, close up stills and contact sheet (references)

Exercise 1008: Retopologise your Head

• Task: Retopologise your head sculpt and create a topology suitable for rigging and animation and UVs suitable for texturing and groom. Apply your high res sculpt details to your topology mesh as a displacement map.
• Learning Outcome: Creating animation friendly edge flow and topolopy.
• Tip: Study the wrinkles, skeleton and muscles of your own face.
• Deliverable: Greyscale model turntable, close up stills and contact sheet (references)

Exercise 1009: Sculpt and Retopologise a Body

• Task: Create the full body to go with your head and hand model. This includes a sculpt, topology model and UVs.
• Learning Outcome: Create animation friendly topology for your body and UVs suitable for texturing and groom.
• Tip: Test your mesh for deformation as you go. Add a basic rig to do this.
• Deliverable: Greyscale model turntable, close up stills and contact sheet (references)

Exercise 1010: Model a Costume

• Task: Model the costume for your character. The model should be simulation friendly. This could be a standard everyday costume or a superhero costume, or anything else. But it has to be realistic.
• Learning Outcome: Create simulation friendly topology. Gain an understanding of real-world tailoring process (pattern making).
• Tip: Test your mesh for deformation as you go. Run a quick sim to see how things react.
• Deliverable: Greyscale model turntable, close up stills and contact sheet (references)

Exercise 1011: Sculpt and Retopologise an Animal

• Task: Model a real-world creature. This includes creating the sculpt, topology and UVs fit for rigging, animation and surfacing. You should apply your high res details as displacement to your topology model.
• Learning Outcome: Gain an understanding of animal anatomy and ability to create topology and UVs fit for rigging, animation and surfacing.
• Tip: Don’t just look at animal anatomy, study it thoroughly.
• Deliverable: Greyscale model turntable, close up stills and contact sheet (references)

Exercise 1012: Sculpt and Retopologise a Fantasy Creature

• Task: From a 2D concept (not your own), model a fantasy creature. This includes creating the sculpt, topology and UVs fit for rigging, animation and surfacing. You should apply your high res details as displacement to your topology model.
• Learning Outcome: Ability to use real-world animal anatomy to create a fantasy creature, and ability to create topology and UVs fit for rigging, animation and surfacing.
• Tip: Animal and real-world reference is still key. Don’t forgot to look at the world around you. Even your cat and dog or hamster can help inform your decision making process.
• Deliverable: Greyscale model turntable, close up stills and contact sheet (references)