Animating Cartoon Characters in Maya
Release date:2015, December 9
Duration:02 h 17 m
Author:George Maestri
Skill level:Intermediate
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
Now that you’ve rigged your characters, it’s time to make them move. Starting from where Modeling a Cartoon Character in Maya left off, George Maestri teaches five simple steps to creating exaggerated cartoon animation in Maya. Using the rig developed in the previous course, he shows how to animate a walk, create a jump, animate changes in facial expression and posture, animate a “zip out” or quick exit, and then show how to finalize and render the complete project. Throughout the course, George touches on animation principles such as squash and stretch, exaggeration, follow-through, and overlapping action.
Topics include:
Working out the walk timing
Blocking out footsteps
Animating the character’s walk
Animating a jump, including the landing and follow-through
Blocking out and timing poses
Creating facial expressions
Animating a quick exit
Adding lights
Rendering in Maya
01 – Welcome
02 – Using the exercise files
03 – Rig overview
04 – Scene overview
05 – Working out the basic timing
06 – Blocking out footsteps
07 – Animating the feet and hips
08 – Adding squash and stretch on the body
09 – Animating the arms
10 – Fine-tuning the animation
11 – Anticipating the jump
12 – The top pose of the jump
13 – Making a landing
14 – Follow-through and settle
15 – Adding secondary motion
16 – Using character sets
17 – Blocking out basic poses
18 – Timing the basic poses
19 – Creating facial expressions
20 – Blinks to add more life
21 – Adding overlap and follow-through
22 – Creating the anticipation pose
23 – Moving within a held pose
24 – Animating a quick exit
25 – Adding lights and background
26 – Setting up render options
27 – Finalizing render
28 – Next steps
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