This program follows the full pipeline from base mesh construction through rigging and motion. You build real, animatable characters across 6 tightly sequenced modules — no detours into theory that won't apply for months.
3D character work splits into two distinct disciplines — modeling and rigging — and most courses treat them separately. Here they're taught as a connected workflow, because your topology decisions at the sculpting stage directly affect how a rig deforms.
Software used: Blender 4.x for modeling and animation, ZBrush for high-resolution sculpting, Substance Painter for texturing. Each module assumes you completed the previous one.
Building a clean, animation-ready base mesh from a reference sheet. Covers edge loop placement for face and body deformation zones.
BlenderAdding surface detail in ZBrush — skin pores, fabric creases, micro-surface variation that bakes cleanly into normal maps.
ZBrushManual retopology to produce a game-ready mesh under 15k tris. UV unwrapping strategies that minimize seam visibility in final renders.
BlenderPBR texturing workflows in Substance Painter — albedo, roughness, metalness, and subsurface scattering for skin.
SubstanceSkeleton setup with IK/FK switching, weight painting corrections for shoulder and hip regions that typically cause deformation problems.
BlenderWalk cycles, anticipation and follow-through, the graph editor for timing. Output formats for both game engines and compositing pipelines.
Blender
Lead — Modeling & Rigging
Tobias has shipped character assets for six published titles across mobile and PC platforms. His retopology method reduces rework cycles by keeping production constraints in mind from the first polygon.
"Topology you fix at rigging time is topology you should have fixed at day one. That's the core lesson of every module I teach."
Lead — Animation & Motion
Radovan brings 8 years of animation experience from studio environments, covering both keyframe and mocap cleanup workflows. He focuses on the graph editor mechanics that most beginners avoid until it's too late.
"A walk cycle with off-timing is immediately readable as amateur work. Getting timing right is mechanical — it just takes deliberate repetition."
Access is for life — all future updates to the module content are included. You get the full video library, downloadable reference sheets, and the ZBrush brushes used in Module 2.
Progress at your own rate. The program runs well as a part-time commitment of 6–8 hours per week, which puts completion around 8 weeks for most participants.
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