I am new to Unreal Engine 5 and learning the whole process as I go along. I am at the point where I want to add characters with various animations to my game. There is a specific way, I want these characters to look and finding alternatives online just doesn’t exist. I am not that skilled when it comes to actual art or graphic design. Ultimately what I am asking for is advice, as to whether or not I should take the time to learn how to model and animate myself or have someone else do that while I work on my game still. If anyone else has come across this issue at all, I am curious as to what you did to overcome this problem.
Should I have someone create characters and animations for me or should I learn how to do it myself?
Hi @RonMon
So now you need models, what i would do is use the inbuilt or free assets around to help you build your character movement/animations and so forth.
And as you say your skills lie elsewhere so consider asking here, consider if its paid work, consider Fiverr and other places similar. Also Deviant Art has some great concept artists, have a look.
Problem might be as foreseen is the $$ cost of said work. All comes down to can you afford to yet, would they work for a %. You might be lucky and get a volunteer for free.
Good luck eitherway
Stewart
@High500 I appreciate that. I figured hiring someone else would probably be a little costly. Thats ok. Thats the direction I was leaning overall. Thanks for the info on Fiverr and I didn’t even consider deviant art.
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