All language subtitles for 07_01_chapter_introduction

[Zach] Welcome to the first
chapter of the second part of this course,

which is about creating
Cubic Worlds characters.

The main purpose of this chapter
is to understand the basics of rigging

and how to apply that knowledge
to rig our characters.

Rigging means that we add a skeleton
and controllers to the character,

which will deform the mesh
and allows us to pose and animate it.

First, we will model of full
human character from scratch to understand

how to get the proportions right and where
to place the different landmarks.

Then we will use the base

model as foundation to build ourselves
in the Cubic Worlds style.

After that, it is
time to dive into rigging.

First, we will learn

how to work with the armature object
and the bones it contains to build the

deform and controller bones
for a human character.

Next, we will dive

into the basics of constraints
by making a canon following a target.

Constraints are a great way
to limit objects or

make them interact with each other,

to simplify the animation process.
Then we will apply the constraints

to the character rig,
to make it easier to control the arms

and legs after binding the mesh
to the skeleton.

Now the body of the character
can be controlled, but not the face.

That's why we will dive into drivers
at this point, which allows us

to use one object to control the value
of another object, for example.

And then we will apply this knowledge

to the face rig of the character
to control the facial expressions.

At this point, you should be able to rig
any human character

from scratch. However,
to shorten the process in the future.

We will learn how to turn
a rigged character into another character.

After that, we will learn

how to attach objects
to the hands of a rigged character, which is

something that occupies quite often
when animating characters, of course.

Last but not least since in our scenes,

we will probably also have some animals
beside the human characters.

We will model a dog
in the Cubic Worlds style

and use the human rig and adjust it
so that it fits the dog.

At the end of the chapter, you will have
a solid understanding on how rigging

works and Blender, and you will be able
to apply this knowledge to any

Cubic Worlds character, animal or creature
you can imagine.

And now let's get started by learning
how the Cubic Worlds base human

character was built up.