Posts by aleeCO:
Blocking and Splining Notes
Blocking: – use clean numbers. round to the nearest tenth or whole number – match the pose to the animation, not the reference – zero out rotations whenever you can (so you don’t get values like -720 or 5343 or crazy numbers that freak it out) – for every pose, look from every angle in [...]
Expressions in Maya
Nice tid bit help with changing values across several channels (highlight multiple boxes and do this): In the channel box, you can change the current value with the following: Type +=n to add Type -=n to subtract Type *=n to multiply Type /=n to divide % as a suffix indicates a percentage-based operation (For example, [...]
Chaplin Reference
Peer gave me this for reference. Lots of good walks…and drunk ones
Balance Sketches
Thought of balance in terms of the balancing the body, balancing multiple aspects of life, and maintaining balance in another object (such as the cards)
Visualizing Arcs
In the viewport/3D space: To see where an a control was on the previous frames, select the control and click the “Ghosting” button on Animation shelf. Turn it off by clicking the button on the right of the ghosting button. In the graph editor: Select the curves and click the buffer curves button. This will [...]
Drunk Walk
This week I blocked a few different stumbles and walks. I’ll be developing this drunk one… Below, I have a few versions of the block ( it’s in blocking plus ) and the reference. Getting faster at blocking for sure, did at least 6 blocks this week to practice
Ballie – using the controls
Here’s a couple of things to think about when you animate Ballie: *When the foot is in the air, animate the rotate channels. When on the ground, use foot roll, ball roll, ball twist, and ball rock. *Think of the foot in terms of a pendulum: when the foot is planted, the knee is the [...]