Monday, January 21, 2013

3D Facial Exercise: A Take

This is a quick change of expression focusing on facial features. It was an exercise within an exercise and I now have to apply what I've learned from this to the other (longer) shot I'm currently also working on. Stay tuned...


Friday, December 14, 2012

Daisy Chasing A Butterfly

This is my basic 4-legged walk cycle and my 4-legged run cycle combined. The point of the assignment was to learn how to export/import cycles in Maya, make a trasition from one cycle to another (and to a halt), and discover the benefits of Animation Layers. I think the physical aspects of the animation are OK considering how toony the rig is, and I think the small acting works surprsingly well considering that none of it was planned out.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Basic 4-Legged Walk

This is Daisy the Cow walking on a treadmill. It was great fun to create this cycle and translating all of our real life reference videos and anatomy lectures to a rig this toony was very exciting. She does walk in space just as nicely as she does on this clunky treadmill and I will prove it once I combine this cycle with a runcycle and some acting. Stay tuned...