CgCookie - Parkour Character Animation in Blender (2014)

MP4 | AVC 760kbps | English | 1280x720 | 24fps | 2h 35mins | AAC stereo 128kbps | 889 MB

Genre: Video Training

It’s time to push your body animation skills to the max! This Citizen course is going to take you through animating our Clive character performing parkour stunts down an urban alleyway. Parkour is an athletic training discipline that predominately involves free running in urban environments. This course gets right to the point, so be sure you’re relatively comfortable with animation. If you’re feeling rusty or are still getting the hang of animation basics, be sure to check out the Animation Fundamentals course first.

In this course you’ll go through the complete process of animating the above scene from start to finish. Here just a few of the things you’ll be learning:

Introducing the storyboard with GIMP sketches

Blocking out and timing the shot

Working with an advanced camera rig

Animating Clive, the character from Animation Fundamentals

Using cloth simulation and dynamic paint for environment animation effects

5 Lessons:

1. Planning and Setup

2. Layout and Blocking

3. Tweening

4. Splining and Polishing

5. Environment Animation