# Designing 3D Avatars with Spline - Part 1 (https://academy.spline.design/tutorials/designing-3d-avatars-with-spline-part-1)

> A video tutorial from the Spline Academy.

- Product: Spline 3D
- Level: beginner
- Duration: 17 min 50 s
- Published: 2022-05-16
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVC2FZ0RIgk

## About this tutorial

In this set of tutorials, you will learn how to create 3D characters using Spline.

Part 1: Modeling of the avatar (This video)
Part 2: Creating the materials 
Part 3: Adding interactivity
Part 4: Making Alternative Designs

Live version: https://my.spline.design/charactertutorialinteraction-029873c89e242ce7b078902df32b5f40/