Any online courses you recommend?

Mossum

Hi there! ^^
I have been working with 3D for about a year now, pretty much self taught and with much luck got the possibility to start working in a mobile AR-game project. I am going to take a online course in 3D on my spare time to develop my skills further and wonder if you guys have any recommendations? It doesn't have to be free.  

I think an intermediate level would be fine, not beginner. And personally I am interested in doing environment and props, but in the project I am currently working on I am the only 3D artist and the skills that I have seen that I need to develop is texturing, creating characters, low poly and maybe animations, for example face animations on low poly characters. I could also learn something about the workflow as a 3D designer. 

Thank you very much for your help! Cheers!

Brian "Panda" Choi

I, too, would like to know about a good faciall rigging and/or animation tutorial that I can buy.

sacboi

For a self paced course structure tailored too your needs, I'd recommend searching a number of sources that are in the main paid but nonetheless typically deliver quality pro authored instruction material i.e. Digital Tutors, Gumroad, Udemy, 3dmotive or Gnomon Workshop.

EDIT:

https://polycount.com/discussion/137585/gumroad-tutorials-list

Taylor Brown

I second most of Sacboi's recommendations (Udemy has a lot of schlock with a couple gems). If you want to drop a little more money and have the time and energy to dedicate to an online course you could also check out CGMA.

If you're looking for a "masterclass" kind of deal on prop modeling and texturing using today's standard software and workflows there's a couple solid options I can point you to:

Tim Bergholz has a great set of tutorials for Max users (though if youre strong with Maya you can adapt it) - https://chamferzone.com/tutorials/

Simon Fuchs' Military Radio Tutorial is excellent and is Maya centric. https://gumroad.com/simonfuchs

Sorry i cant help you in those other areas, not really my thing!

edit: 80.lv is your friend!

TheGabmeister

I second the Gumroad tutorials. There are a lot of hidden gems there, some of which are created by the best artists out there and are really worth the price.

goekbenjamin

TheGabmeister said:

I second the Gumroad tutorials. There are a lot of hidden gems there, some of which are created by the best artists out there and are really worth the price.

It is sad that gumroad does not have a rating system, multiple times i have spend money on something that i have regretted because of the lack of information.

But I agree with you, there are some hidden gems there.

Taylor Brown

Yeah Gumroad could really use an overhaul.

Alemja

@Brian "Panda" Choi for rigging I highly recommend Rigging Dojo, they have a character rigging 101 and facial rigging 101 class that really go in depth and give you good foundations. I'm currently taking the rigging 101 and learning a ton within just the first few weeks.

Mossum

Thank you all for your recommendations! I will look into them, I think I will find something that fit my needs

I actually use Blender atm, but I am thinking about learning max or Maya since that seems to be mainly used in the industry. what do you guys think? is it doable to learn max or Maya through any of these tutorials with my knowledge in blender? or are any of the mentioned tutorials kind of adaptable to blender? 

Taylor Brown

I wouldn't suggest wasting your time trying to translate Maya/Max tutorials into Blender unless you are very confident in your knowledge of Blender. Learn one of the main packages. It'll pay off later. You can get a free 3 year student license through for either Max or Maya through Autodesk. You can always take your improved modelling skills back to Blender.

Mossum

okay, I will focus on learning either max or Maya then. I am no student anymore though, so I will have to pay for it or get it through the company. Thank you so much for your advice!  

Taylor Brown

From what I've heard, there are ways around that. I think a lot of people using the student version aren't actually students.

You're welcome though, good luck with your new job

Mossum

oh, that sounds promising. thanks!