Animating Creatures in Maya: Insects
Pluralsight
Course Summary
Learn an artist-friendly workflow to creature animation in Maya. Software required: Maya 8.5 and up.
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Course Description
Learn an artist-friendly workflow to creature animation in Maya. Contains over 4 hours of project-based training for character animators learning new methods of animating multi-limbed creatures. Popular highlights include: Animating Hexapedal Creatures; Tips for Animating Insect Legs; Adding Energy for Appealing Movement; Using Pose to Pose and Straight Ahead to Block in Animation; Convincingly Animating Antennas; Follow-through; Overlapping; Weight; Anticipation; Establishing Timing for an Attacking Creature; Fine-tuning Motion With the Graph Editor; Adding In-betweens to Control Spacing; Animating in Sections for a Faster Workflow; MEL Scripting for Animation. Software required: Maya 8.5 and up.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction and Project Overview- 4m 42s
—Introduction / Overview of the Rig 4m 42sAnimating Creatures in Maya: Insects- 4h 42m
—Preparing the Scene for Animation 10m 27s
—Blocking in the Next Two Extremes 10m 52s
—Finalizing the First Blocking Pass 14m 20s
—Adding a Second Blocking Pass 7m 22s
—Smoothing Out the Animation 4m 30s
—Planting Foot Steps - Front Legs Moving Forward 14m 30s
—Inbetweening Foot Steps - Middle Legs Moving Forward 12m 28s
—Planting Foot Steps - Front Legs Moving to the Side 8m 48s
—Planting Foot Steps - Left Back Leg Moving to the Side 12m 21s
—Inbetweening Foot Steps - Middle Legs Moving to the Side 10m 41s
—Tweaking the Body During the Charge 8m 17s
—Animating the Back Legs During the Charge 11m 10s
—Completing the Leg Plants During the Charge 12m 13s
—Finishing the Leg Plants - Focusing on Right Side 8m 20s
—Finishing the Leg Plants - Focusing on Left Side 7m 0s
—Beginning to Finalize the Upper Body 10m 13s
—Adding Animation to the Front Section of the Thorax 10m 1s
—Completing the Petiole 8m 43s
—Animating the Head 7m 52s
—Animating the Gaster 13m 2s
—Working on the Mandibles 10m 49s
—Adding Animation to the Antennae 9m 13s
—Fine-tuning the Front Right Claw 9m 16s
—Wrapping up the Right Claws 12m 50s
—Fixing up the Front Left Claw 8m 26s
—Completing the Left Claws 13m 2s
—Finalizing the Insect Animation 15m 33s
