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Animate a Professional Looking Jump in Maya. Includes polishing!

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About Animate a Professional Looking Jump in Maya. Includes polishing!

Introduction and Preview

Understanding the Story Behind a Jump

Working with Video References for Animation

Thumbnails: Sketching the Poses

Converting the Sketches to Maya's Grease Pencil Drawings

Setting Up the Rig

Weight, Balance, and Line of Action for Animation

Understanding Eyelines

Creating Appealing Hand Poses

Mirroring Poses with Studio Library

Designing Appealing Facial Expressions

The Anticipation Pose

Posing the Face in the Anticipation

The Contact Pose

The Kick-Off Pose

Understanding Parent Space and Space Conversion

The Up Pose

The Follow-Through Pose

The Down Pose

A Bit of Re-timing and Tweaks

Floaty Splining? Add Breakdowns!

Breakdowns Leading to and from the Anticipation

The Left Contact

Blocking the Follow-Through Motion

Preparing the Rig for Splining

Splining the Torso

Splining Neck and Head

Splining the Arms

Splining the Legs

Tweaking Face and Fingers Animation

Tweaking the Arcs and Preparing for Playblast

Embellishing the Playblast

What You Will Learn?

  • Hi, my name is Amedeo, I animate in production and teach students and professional since the year 2003..
  • Learn efficient 3D animation workflows by delivering a professional looking, polished human jump in Autodesk Maya..
  • This course is designed for beginner animators who 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..
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  • The course will employ industry standard software Autodesk Maya, but the same principles can be applied to any 3D package..
  • Download Autodesk Maya Fully Featured Free Trial here..