“That helped me a lot in the creation of the Cartoon Network project,” advises Dazhi. One feature the director used, in particular, inside iClone was the lip-sync system AccuLips. Lip-sync, done easilyįor Dazhi, iClone became a way to ease himself into the animation process that he might not have been able to do so quickly with other tools. A Rokoko mocap suit was used to get the dance moves into 3D space. More dance reference from the pro dancer. So I used iClone for the final software to create the whole cinematic camera lighting and the overall look of the project.” Dazhi hired a professional dancer for reference. That was later transferred to iClone for the final set dressing and to set the stage for the final result. “This is where I used mo-cap suits from Rokoko for the dance motion capture. “After I was done with the creation of the characters, I went into the animation process,” adds Dazhi. “I used the parameters in Character Creator to make them more stylized and more kid-friendly, not too realistic.” Then he used Reallusion’s Character Creator to build the base characters. The process Dazhi followed to craft the characters for Cartoon Network Africa’s ‘Dance Challenge’–in which kids are taught different African-inspired dance routines–started with concept and reference art.

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