Walk over there and pick that up!

[pollywoggles]

I like it so far. I think it could use more overlapping action. For instance, from the hips to the head, his movement appears really stiff. Loosen that up, have the hips rotating/translating first, the torso next, and last the head. I see the hips rotating forward, are they also rotating up (and the up and forward can also be off-set to overlap each other)? And finally, with the hips and the feet. It seems that the hips are rotated the furthest forward, at the same time when the feet are most far apart -- you might also off-set that as well -- have the hips move forward just a little faster than feet.

[Matellis]

Hey thanks a lot! I will start adding that motion to the character now! I thought he was looking stiff myself , but the only thing I dont like is how when i move his cog and upper body , the arms will move to and put them out of place from where I want them. I don't really know maya yet, just did some basic modeling for a week and then got into animating. Thanks for the crit and keep them coming everyone:)

[Arcon]

there's no way to view that page with firefox - that needs to be fixed ;)

[Baka-san]

well. where to start.
1. he is taking to many steps to get to the box 2 or even 3 step's with be in off.
2. hi has no wait.
3.his body is to stiff. best why to think of a human or a person as jelloo where flexibal and a lot of drag.
4.he has no purpose to his objective. needs a bit more acting. You should thing how the 5w's, 1.Who 2.what 3.where 4.why. 5.how. Ok 4 w;s and a 1H



but good luck with the animation dude:thumbsup:

[Matellis]

Hey thanks for the crit baka , you pointed out a lot to me which is great , since I just started animating a few days ago these points will really help me out!! and I agree with all of them , yeah I didn't put any "where" and "why" just because it was my first go at animating so i was just like "ok , im going to make this guy walk" then "ok maybe I will make him pick up something"
i will start fixing all that stuff tonight , and thanks again!!!
And yes I will have to try and fix this so it can be viewed in firefox etc , sorry guys!

Matt

[gokuui]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v737/gokuui/My%20Pictures/firefox.jpg
this is the one problem with firefox....

[Matellis]

Sorry people but I don't know how to fix the firefox problem , It could be plugins and what knot , sorry everyone.But it still works in Explorer :)

[rblitz7]

I could view it in firefox.:) Good job! where did yo get this rigging 101?

[Matellis]

Hey , thanks for the good words!!! Yes I did get this from rigging 101 , I just started animating this week and as far as I can tell it works really well. I havent had any problems with it :)

Yeah I am thinking maybe some people just dont have a plug-in they need for firefox.... sigh

[rblitz7]

oh you misunderstood me, lol. I meant where did you get Rigging 101 from? Is it like a DVD?

[Matellis]

rigging 101 is a website , they have some nice riggs there you can download free of charge and is great for practicing animation:)

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