53-320 IDeATe Special Topics in Animation: Character Modeling

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

IDeATe Special Topics in Animation Character Modeling will offer students a deeper understanding of character art and digital sculpture. Students will translate a 2D character design into a finished digital sculpture in this course. This process includes selecting a design, sculpting the highpoly character, remeshing, and posing the sculpture for the final presentation. Students will learn fundamentals of character design for stylized 3D characters, including the shape language, silhouette, and appeal. Course material will also encompass the technical aspects of digital sculpture, including the tools, workflows, and best practices in the space of 3d digital sculpture.

Prerequisites: 60-125 (min C)

Courseweave needs JavaScript to show sections, workloads and planning tools.