Go out and observe people and create sketches of people in different poses. Remember to focus on the body language first. The persons attitude and emotion should be expressed in their pose. Break the body down into shapes and lines. Upload scans or pics of your sketches to LMS.
Here is a section from Gesture Drawing for Animation for inspiration.
This is a useful site full of examples of backgrounds for animations. Look at these example as you collect reference material for the environment you will create.
This is a link to a useful Mel script that allows you to track your arcs and check your spacing.
I have created a PDF guide to modeling in Maya that you can view here. I will have a new post with an interface guide soon. I will either create or find an easy tutorial to UV mapping and texturing and post it after Friday’s class (2/17).
Here is a great list of shortcut keys in Maya. If you take advantage of shortcuts, your workflow will be much faster.
I highly recommend Digital-Tutors if you are interested in going into this field. You can pay a monthly/annual fee to have access to an extensive database of very easy-to-follow video tutorials that teach you anything you need to know in Maya and other 3D software, beginner to advanced. The RPI library has some of these tutorials available on CD so I would search through those first before shelling out $45/mo.
Please let me know if Maya is ever giving you trouble, or if you want me to teach you how to do something. I know it can get frustrating and am here solely to remove your confusion. I am available until 6pm after your Tuesday class session.
-Allie
Hi everyone. This is a test post from your TA. I will be posting tutorials and websites for your reference. Please let me know by commenting on this post if you have any questions or requests for material you’d like to know more about.
-Allie
Figure Drawing Lab is on Wednesdays 12-2 in West Hall 411. Everyone is welcomed.
Bring drawing materials.
Due Tuesday 2/14
Choose an organic, natural object. Prepare reference images and create a model of the object. Upload maya file to LMS.
Due Friday 2/10
Create a short animation of a bouncing ball. Don’t worry about squash and stretch we will be focusing on that next week. Focus on timing and spacing. If you wanted to complicate the assignment, add change in rotation. This animation should be at least 50 frames and no longer than 100 frames. The playblast of the animation should be from the side camera and then uploaded to your vimeo account. In LMS submit a link to the video.