CGTalk - Ork Animation Test

noktUp

01-28-2003, 08:26 PM

here is a test animation i made for a game character i had lying around. the rig has few advanced deformers if any. No animatable facial attrib, outside of the jaw pivot. It has loads of expressions, and Ik controll links for the character set. Each major movement was animated in a separate file, the the clips were saved, imported and compiled in TRAX (maya) I didnt create any MEL controlls 'cause the character set can be use by a monkey with downs sindrome. Hope you like it and please rip it apart if you so desire.

Bout 4.5hrs of anim

critiques welcome!

thnx
nak
(noktUp(teenSlut))

"It is never enough to do your best, sometimes it is nessisary to do what is required." - Winston Churchill

noktUp

01-28-2003, 08:27 PM

Forgot to post link sorry.

Divx 5.02 - try saving the target if it doesnt play from site.

http://bellsouthpwp.net/n/a/nak300/OrkChopPlayBlast.avi

goosh

01-28-2003, 09:15 PM

Nice stuff..

I like the way he swings the axe

I'm not so sure about the bouncing part in the beginning.. I think he looks to agile and light.. and I don't see the point of it.. what is he thinking? why is he doing it? etc.

Cool stuff though.. :)

Goosh

noktUp

01-28-2003, 09:44 PM

Thnx for the criteque.

i see what you mean, the bulky shoulder pads would restrickt more movement then the do so far. maybe i could use less freedom in the arms and compensate for it in the body and shoulders. as for the bounce i wanted to show him as "light on his feet", but in retrospect i should try a hop instead of a bounce.

thnx again

nak

chepe297

01-29-2003, 08:23 AM

Great work! Honestly, the animation looks fine to me. The model looks good too.

If you are going to keep the playful bounces at the start. Here is an idea to make this animation test funny...

The back of the orc looks like a wall. so when he strike his axe on the ground. The tremble will make the wall behind him fall onto him. Just a thought! :beer:

Keep up with the good work!

noktUp

01-29-2003, 03:10 PM

hahahahahha
thnx for the idea chepe, i think i'll use it, or at leats a variant. thnx again for the input all.

swee,
nak

noktUp

01-29-2003, 09:38 PM

Hey chepe, thanks for the idea. I was inspired, so here is a falling wall test i ran to see if i could do what you suggested for the animation. again thnx mang :)

Divx 5.02- try saving the link if it doesnt run off the site

http://bellsouthpwp.net/n/a/nak300/FallingWall.avi

nak
(noktUp(teenSlut))

chepe297

01-30-2003, 01:26 AM

The falling wall looks great! Very believable. How did you do that?
You didn't animated each block, did you? Did you use dynamics or plugins?

Anyway, it looks good so far! Keep it up! :beer:

noktUp

01-30-2003, 04:08 AM

the falling wall were made using maya dynamics
bricks were active rigid bodys,
the floor plane was passive rigid
i added gravity,
then an air feild, which i keyed the magnitude to topple over the bricks
fun huh?

nak

noktUp

01-30-2003, 04:25 AM

sorry bout the bad links, i'll have a new one tommorrow

thnx
nak

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