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2 quick animations
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mechis 520 posts20 Jul 2006Hey all,
This is my first post
Here are two quick animations that I did in XSI. I'm trying to get a handle on body mechanics. One is a 3 hop animation and one is a flip. Hope you like them... crits would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
~Mechis
ps. I made the model look like the one legged ball from AM, but I'm not in the program. -
20 Jul 2006Hey mate, they are looking good.
One thing that I spotted was the lack of follow through, or secondary motion.
There is a nice tut on that on tyson's website ( http://www.tysonibele.com ) -
20 Jul 2006second what tyson said, also, on the second anim, the center of gravity is not right so the flip doesn't look right. aslo try adding some squash and stretch in the sphere.
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mechis 520 posts21 Jul 2006Hi! Wow... thanks for the crits. I worked on the hop animation and tried to put in a bit more motion. I put in moving holds at the beginning and end and also tried to round out the motion when taking off and landing.
One thing that would really help the animation would be if I could squash/stretch the model... unfortunately I didn't build that control into the rig and don't have time to do it.
@richard
I stepped through my flip animation and to me it looks like the COG is around the ball. I think that's where it should be, since that's the "heaviest" part of the character. Where do you think it is?
Again, thanks for the warm welcome!!!
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21 Jul 2006Hi man! Its looking good. However, watch out for the snapping of the leg at the end. I would delay the ease in pose a few frames to solve that issue
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22 Jul 2006I don't think the cog is too bad,it would be slightly down from the centre of the ball, I think though that he lands too straight, if the ball had any kind of weight he would topple forward, to compensate he would land at a shallower angle....er unless the ball is very light and then the cog should be much further south
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mechis 520 posts22 Jul 2006Thanks for the great crits everyone. I'll post when I get these updated.
~Mechis -
TheOnlyAaron 188 posts26 Jul 2006Hey Mechis, These both look good and solid on a basic level, you seem to have an understanding here.
But in addition to the followthrough and stretch and squash comment, I would suggest taking a look at the other fundamentals of animation. there is a great guide to understanding them here.
http://www.frankandollie.com/PhysicalAnimation.html
Good luck, and i look forward to seeing more. -
mechis 520 posts27 Jul 2006
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