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yellowEye

12-19-2002, 03:35 PM

Hey all. This is my first post here at the forums. My fellow student directed me to this website a week ago, and I must say, the work exhibited here is fabulous! I look forward to displaying some of my artwork in the near future.
Anyway, I am taking an Intro to 3D Animation class here at RIT and our next assignment is to animate "Melvin" jumping on and off a box (in Maya). Our teacher recommended that we use a reference animation of someone jumping on and off a box, but I cant seem to find any and I dont have a video camera. Can anyone direct me to any helpful websites which might contain some reference animations?

Thanks for your time,
Josh

Stephen Vyas

12-20-2002, 07:40 AM

Hello,
I'm not sure if you'll find any place on the net with a video of a guy jumpin off a box, maybe old test animations of other animators. However, you can always pick on a friend and have have him jump off a table a dozen times for ya. Sometimes that's the best reference you can get.
Also, do it yourself a few times. You'll notice that you'll pay more attention to your own body orientation, and weight shifts than any video can show you.

Have fun

Cheers
Steve

yellowEye

12-22-2002, 07:57 PM

thanks for the input... i have another two weeks to finish the animation, so we'll see how it goes. I to have to learn how to model in Maya by then as well.. heh

thanks,
yE

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