Before We Begin...
About the Lesson
This is an 80 minute lesson by Vertex instructor Dan Perry. In this lesson, Dan will teach you the basics of 3D Character animation of the lower body. This course is designed to prepare you for Dan's full Kinematics workshop, where he teaches you how to create a walk cycle, a run cycle, a standing jump, and a running jump.
Recommendations
- Have a notebook and pen available to take notes
- Silence your cell-phone, and disconnect from any distractions
- Apply what you learn here to your current project! The quicker you use what you learn here, the better you will retain the knowledge.
About the Instructor
Daniel Perry started his animation career, like many others, with love for games and film. After graduating from school for Advanced Character Animation he landed his first animation job, for Firaxis Games, working on Sid Meier’s Civilization V. At Fireaxis he was given the opportunity to completely redesign how the ‘leaders’ were animated. This new direction for the title still holds today, in the latest installments of the Civilization franchise. Later, he moved onto Zenimax Online Studios, where he worked on The Elder Scrolls Online.
Having always wanted to live in the mountains, he took a leap, and moved to a location with no studios. He began working from home, where he worked on titles like Agents of Mayhem, LawBreakers, Civilization VI, and many others. Today, he continues to work from home, teaching 3D Character Animation, where the love for the craft grows ever stronger.
