Animate a Professional Looking Jump in Maya. Includes polishing!
Release date:2020
Author:Amedeo Beretta
Skill level:Beginner
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
Learn efficient 3D animation workflows by delivering a professional looking, polished human jump in Autodesk Maya.
This course is designed for beginner animators with understand the basics of the workflow but struggle to give their animation that level of quality and believability typical of professional products.
Jumps are one of the key blocks of body mechanics animation. Mastering jumps in 3D animation gives you the confidence and skills to control your human characters in more articulate body mechanics shots.
At the end of this course you will be able to confidently animate jumps, interpret reference footage for animation, and adopt the same techniques professionals employ to produce industry standard animations.
You will learn about:
Working with video references
Identifying and designing the key poses of a jump
Troubleshooting posing
Mirroring poses using Studio Library
Understanding weight shifts
Setting up priorities for splining
Animation splining and polishing workflows
Converting animation space
01 – IntroEdit
02 – Understanding the Story Behind a Jump
03 – Working with Video References for Animation
04 – Thumbnails Sketching the Poses
05 – Converting the Sketches to Mayas Grease Pencil Drawings
06 – Setting Up the Rig
07 – Weight, Balance, and Line of Action for Animation
08 – Understanding Eyelines
09 – Creating Appealing Hand Poses
10 – Mirroring Poses with Studio Library
11 – Designing Appealing Facial Expressions
12 – The Anticipation Pose
13 – Posing the Face in the Anticipation
14 – The Contact Pose
15 – The Kick-Off Pose
16 – Understanding Parent Space and Space Conversion
17 – The Up Pose
18 – The Follow-Through Pose
19 – The Down Pose
20 – A Bit of Re-timing and Tweaks
21 – Floaty Splining Add Breakdowns
22 – Breakdowns Leading to and from the Anticipation
23 – The Left Contact
24 – Blocking the Follow-Through Motion
25 – Preparing the Rig for Splining
26 – Splining the Torso
27 – Splining Neck and Head
28 – Splining the Arms
29 – Splining the Legs
30 – Tweaking Face and Fingers Animation
31 – Tweaking the Arcs and Preparing for Playblast
32 – Embellishing the Playblast
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