Motion Capture
3D Design Character Design / DevelopmentCourse Description
The 3D Character Design, Modeling, and Character Development course introduces students to the exciting process of creating fully realized digital characters from concept to animation. Learners explore essential skills such as sculpting, texturing, rigging, and animating characters using industry-standard tools like Blender and Reallusion Character Creator. The course emphasizes creativity and technical precision, allowing students to design unique avatars with personality, expressive features, and lifelike movements. By the end of the course, students gain hands-on experience in building characters ready for games, films, animation, and immersive virtual experiences, preparing them for future opportunities in the rapidly growing field of 3D digital media.
Body and face motion graphics using Metahumans allow creators to produce incredibly realistic digital characters that move, speak, and express emotion just like real people.
Semester A
By capturing facial expressions, body movements, and gestures, students can animate Metahuman characters with lifelike precision inside Unreal Engine. This technology bridges the gap between animation and live performance, giving students the power to bring digital actors to life for films, games, music videos, and immersive experiences. The process teaches essential skills in character rigging, performance capture, and animation workflows—skills used across today’s top studios.
Semester B
Using Metahumans also introduces students to the future of storytelling and digital media. With detailed facial controls, advanced skin textures, and natural human motion, Metahumans offer a professional-level toolset that empowers young creators to build cinematic scenes without expensive equipment or large crews. Students learn how to integrate their captured performances with virtual environments, camera movements, sound, and visual effects, resulting in polished digital productions. This skillset prepares them for rising careers in virtual production, VR/AR development, game design, animation, and beyond—giving them a competitive edge in a rapidly evolving digital world.