Intro to 3D Animation: 3D Character Lip Syncing and Singing

What You Will Learn?

• During this class, you'll learn how to use one of the most powerful and popular 3D software tools in the world.  It's called Blender 3D, and it's completely free!.
• If you've attempted to use Blender or some other program in the past and found it difficult, you've come to the right place. .
• In this class, we're going to use shape keys to animate our character and make them talk. This is similar to my last class where we made a character talk with only a few steps. This one is different because I show you how to make a character clearly enunciate words. That way you can get them to sing, or rap in this case. I'll also show you how to sync the words with the audio and add music. I'll even show you how to have your character bob their head to the beat. After it's all said and done you can have your character singing and bobbing to the beat like a superstar..
• I'm providing you with both the audio files and the starter Blender File. I really want you to focus on the lip-syncing, so you'll start with a blender file that already has the character in it..
• If you'd like to learn how to make the teddy bear model we're using check out this class.  It'll show you step by step how to create this model, and if you wanted to know how we made our teddy bear make different faces using shape keys check out this class.  If you're interested in the fundamental aspects of modeling and animation, check out my other class.  .
• At the end of the class, you'll be able to make your modeled character say whatever you want..
• This class does not assume any prior knowledge.  You simply need a reasonably up to date computer.  It can be Mac, PC, or Linux..
• Start by downloading and installing Blender here..
• Get Blender 2.80 Here.