*@mrjessecunningham* I'm so glad you finished and enjoyed it! It's been quite a journey for me too ^^
I hope the character animation part will be added to the Animation Fundamentals Course at some point by using this character I made but there's still no plan for a rigging course but I'll talk to people about it. It's a really popular request.
Maybe the Introduction to Rigging is still usable. It's using a 7 year old Blender version but apart from the interface not much should've changed in the rigging workflow & basic.

*@Stephen Forsyth* Thanks a lot Stephen! I'm glad you liked it.

*@Erik Dahlbäck* There was the plan to add 4 more chapters about UV mapping, surfacing, posing and rendering/presentation.
Unfortunately I ran out of time to finish those chapters so they will be released at some other time, possibly together with a second character :)

*@jayson* Thanks! Once I get into finishing the sculpt or retopology I start adjusting the world scale. During sculpting it doesn't really matter but afterwards it's very important.

*@Giovanni Coakley* I really wish this series continued as well. I know Julien has commented on this being the final segment to this course and the UV maps, rigging, and animation won't be included which is a huge bummer.

*@spencerprice10* This is it for now at least. These first 4 chapters are at least giving a good overview on the modeling & 3D design part of the character creation and are already a lot of material.
More chapters on UV mapping, texturing, posing (not rigging) and rendering (presenting your character) are planned but I ran out of time to work on them.

*@Julien Kaspar* Don't get me wrong, Julien. I think this series is the best on the Blender Cloud. It just feels incomplete after watching the youtube video of Rain's development that included glimpses of UV mapping, texturing, posing, and rendering. You're amazingly talented, Julien. I am grateful for what you offered us.

It's planned that eventually more chapters on UV mapping, texturing, shading, posing & presentation would be added. For now we moved on to other projects and I will return to the course once I have time again. I'm always available in the comments though ;)

@dmdsik It's sad that I can't see the rigging process, but it's just my wish. Thank you for showing us a great process.

@jyotish kumar A lot of it already looks really great! Amazing job! One thing that will improve the the character overall is to adjust the overall proportions. The head is tiny in comparison to the rest and the further you go don the larger the limbs seem to get. Look at some body proportion references and resize the body proportions. To not destroy the shapekeys I recommend to separate the head from the rest of the body into its own object, and scale it in object mode instead of edit mode, and then reattach it. You can do the same to the limbs to test out different proportions quickly and then attach them again.

@ben.gerberick Thanks! I'm glad you like the tutorials. I will likely soon get some time to wrap up the course with some last videos on UV unwrapping, shading and rendering since the current movie production of Sprite Fright is coming to a close. So there are still some tutorials coming. Until then here are some good videos on the topics: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3654VGZObg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMPjKVgTfYs - https://cloud.blender.org/films/spring/5b8d0af35152ba3f26d2d907/?asset=787 - https://cloud.blender.org/training/anglerfish/5d7915bb7cab2a47b38cd527/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7kuKx7BV1A&list=PLav47HAVZMjm5_9jgNS3zRFePI4YQGpQc

@Julien Kaspar Awesome! Thanks so much for replying! I'm going to check these out right away! Also, can't wait to see Sprite Fright! Looks amazing. Once again thanks for putting this course together. I

I've learned so much about workflow. We all appreciate it, Julien. Keep up the good work! I know you must be busy with all your projects.

*@Jay Wagner* Thanks! I'm glad you like it. I hope I can get to work more on the 5th chapter soon. 8 chapters are planned (UVs, texturing & shading, posing, presentation & rendering)

There are 2 tips for getting more symmetrical UVs that I use often.

1. When unwrapping your model, switch from "Conformal" to "Angle Based" in the adjust last operation panel (F9).

The result could have some more stretching but will almost always fix the asymmetry if the model and seams are symmetrical.
2. Use the Magic UV addon to select one side of the face and mirror the UVs automatically. For this you need to align the center loop in the middle of the UV map.
The addon is available here:
https://cloud.blender.org/p/stylized-character-workflow/5d3a1fb94980f083715e410c

*@Giovanni Coakley* Sorry but rigging will not be part of this course and I don't have any answers for that :(

Because I can't find any video on that anywhere

@david.toarniczky The plan was to add more chapters on UVs, surfacing and then posing & rendering. I never managed to finish it so far and instead now have to work on the new Blender Open Movie project Sprite Fright. In the introduction I explicitly say that I won't go over rigging though.

@Julien Kaspar I actually meant with  rigging the posing by the way do you know where I can learn how to make a complex rig that would be very helpful and I somehow can't add pictures of my character I did which I wanted to show you a long time ago I'm currently working on the retopo and I would love to have some feedback on my character. Thanks by the way your course was so far very helpful and I hope you can finish your course after the spring open movie Projekt.

@david.toarniczky There are some rigging tutorials out there that you can check out. If you want to share your progress you can also attach a link to a comment and that's also fine ;)

@Julien Kaspar  Here are two links to google chrome for my character I already retopo the face so I hope I don't have to make major big changes there. I would love to hear some feedback and I hope you like it. (and I hope the link works properly) file:///Users/julianaherrero/Desktop/Screenshot%202021-02-20%20at%2012.01.39.png              file:///Users/julianaherrero/Desktop/Screenshot%202021-02-20%20at%2012.02.32.png               (just copy paste it into chrome)

@david.toarniczky Sorry but you need to upload the images somewhere on the internet. This could be dropbox, google drive or anything else. The links you shared are just where it is located on your hard drive ;)

@Julien Kaspar ups here you are google drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1j11SPT6ECBgVN8G3fIYVOZQqkYdeDUfm?usp=sharing

@david.toarniczky You need to give permission to anyone who has access to the link. It's restricted, I can't view it.

EDIT: I just send a request if you want to keep it private.

@Julien Kaspar Thanks for the request. I have just grant you permission to access the folder.

@david.toarniczky I like how far you got with the character already and I hope you learned a lot from the tutorials. But my top advice would be to focus on the design & sculpting part a bit more instead of retopology, UVs and rigging. There is a lack of definition in the anatomy & clothing but at the same time very small details like the zipper and laces.  Try to focus on the bigger shapes first before going into detail.

You can finish this character to the point that you like and start with the next project. Keep your projects short & goals low to keep yourself motivated, keep learning and have fun.

If you are struggling with figuring the character design out by yourself I can highly recommend to look at some concept art and sculpt that. It is a highly informative & rewarding experience to just focus on translating a 2D artwork into 3D instead of inventing a new 3D design yourself. And you will learn more about design that way too.

@Julien Kaspar Thanks a lot for your tips I will keep them in mind in the next project.