dcarmor
08-13-2006, 04:26 AM
Here is my first animation ever. I have no formal training whatsoever. In fact I'm still in high school but have been blessed to have gotten maya through my friend's dad's work. I don't know any technique in animating--I just gave it a shot. I'd appreciate any animating theory. The creature is the control rig from the "Hyper Real Body Setup" DVD. By the way, if you recommend any good learn-to-animate books, let me know...been browsing on Amazon.
I was just messing around and don't plan to go much further with the animation (in fact I just tried to open it and it has been somehow corrupted). But I'm interested in what is lacking in it. It seems a little unnatural sometimes.
The feet bounce a little bit. The rig had no controls for the feet, and the bone structure was too hard for me to add an IK handle.
Thanks for the crits!
http://www.upload2.net/page/download/I0PwvwUgyd1hhsu/Test2.avi.html
Hope the link works. I googled for free hosting.
I was just messing around and don't plan to go much further with the animation (in fact I just tried to open it and it has been somehow corrupted). But I'm interested in what is lacking in it. It seems a little unnatural sometimes.
The feet bounce a little bit. The rig had no controls for the feet, and the bone structure was too hard for me to add an IK handle.
Thanks for the crits!
http://www.upload2.net/page/download/I0PwvwUgyd1hhsu/Test2.avi.html
Hope the link works. I googled for free hosting.