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Create Realistic Animation!Animation Case Study: How I effectively Apply Principle Of Animation To Create A Realistic Walk Cycle 3D Animation In 3 Hours
In this post, I'm going to walk you through how I create a realistic walk cycle 3D animation by applying the principles of animation in the most effective way.
I have been using this method when I started learning animation to create my walk cycle animation in Maya. Until now, I am able to apply this technique in my walk cycle and any other character animation even when I use other software such as Cinema 4D or 3DS Max.
And in this case study, I'm going to show you exactly how I break down walk cycle animation using this method, step by step.
Read on to learn how...
4 Free Animation Software For Mac
Animation software isn't cheap if you are planning to learn it. However, you can always practice with some free software that comes with drawing and animating capability. I've searched on the internet for free software for Mac's Maverick OS that you can consider if you wish to learn to create your own cartoon video.
4 main types of animations to enjoy and learn to create
In the current creative industry, there are 4 main types and style of animation you can learn to create. Expose yourself to these 4 genres of animation so you can better understand and appreciate animations in different form.
Fireball Character Flipbook Animation Tutorial
Drawing a flipbook animation that involves human movement requires several steps. This fireball character flipbook animation tutorial shows you how to start drawing the skeleton poses, followed by the volume and eventually the flesh. read more...
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About Nash Lin
Nash is a self taught animator, a fanatic gamer and a digital media coach. He has created many types of 2D and 3D animation. You will get to learn effective animation skills and tips with Nash. Continue reading...
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Identify Overlapping Action In Character Animation
Recently, I received an email from a fellow animator. She request for some advise on overlapping action (follow through). Overlapping action can be challenging, especially in character animation. This is because applying overlapping action involves timing, correct poses and staggering animation with other segments. I've created 5 videos to help explain this challenge thoroughly. Exclusive Bonus Material : Download '15 Steps To Productive Animation Sequence' How To Identify Overlapping Action? In my ebook, I talked about the fundamental of overlapping action. It helps beginners to grasp the concept using basic seaweed example. However, complex animation, such as character movement, requires deeper understanding in human's mechanics. I recommended her to read my character animation case study, which I explained more on humanoid's motion. I've also shared my initial animation planning before developing my character animation. Sometimes words and images might not necessary provide sufficient understanding. Thus, I requested her to provide me with her video reference, which she plans to animate. Different action has different approach in applying principle of animation. By analysing her reference video, I'll be able to provide a 'make to order' explanation. So here are the two videos which she planned to animate. First is a person performing a karate kick. Second is a person jumping over a vault. I recorded my response and organised them into 5 short videos. The 5 videos will talk about: 1. Addressing the overlapping issue 2. Referencing tip for animation 3. Analysing video reference 4. Demonstration using Maya for animation tips on FK/IK 5. My recommended productive animation sequence Video 1/5: Animation Struggle On Follow Through and...
Game Character Animation Process – Spinning Kick Slam
Spinning kick slam is a fighting action for game character animation. The character jumps forward, somersault spins in the air and slams on the opponent with his leg. Game character animation is mostly quick and easy to understand from all camera angles. This is unlike acting animation which has lots of expression through body language. In this post, I'll share: - Game Character Animation Result And Planning - 4 Human Mechanic's Applied Exclusive Bonus Material : Download '9 Tips To Effectively Apply Principle Of Animation For Game Character Animation' Game Character Animation Result And Planning I wanted to create a fighting action but I needed something more exciting. I wanted an action that has strong impact on the motion. Also, after watching SEA games, I wanted an action not just standing and fighting. So based on my game experience, I had a spin kick action in my mind. I drew it out and it looks like this. Now I've gotten my idea down on paper, I can work on my animation. Here are the comparison between my initial idea and my final pose. Standing idle pose has almost 100% similarity from idea to execution. Squatting pose has been slightly modified. Instead of left hand posed to the front, I've put the right hand on the ground. This allows the chest to be facing front, a better pose to look at the target. Leaping pose is only 50% similar. In my sketch, I realized that the torso twisted too early, so I maintained it to face the front. The arms are pointing down in my sketch which...
