ADVANCED ANIMATION EXERCISES

24 August 2020 -26 September 2020 (week 1 - 6)
Ahmed Baahy Suhail (0333925)
Advanced Animation
Exercises

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LECTURES

Lecture 01: Briefing
24 August

We are briefed by Mr Kannan about this module. We are made aware that we won't be creating rigs but rather learning how to animate the rigs and create the illusion of motion. Mr Kannan then proceeded to teach us the Maya interface for animation. 

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INSTRUCTIONS

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EXERCISES

Exercise 1

Our first exercise was to animate a simple bouncing ball.

Exercise 2 

In the second exercise, we had to animate a sack of flour and give it life. 

Exercise 3

This week we were tasked to create a walk cycle using the ultimate beefy rig. I followed a youtube tutorial step by step to fully understand the process of creating one in Maya. Here is the first block out pass. 

After getting feedback, I proceeded to animate the upper body and add spline to the whole rig to make the cycle smoother. I also slightly offset the hands to make it more believable. 

Exercise 4

For this week's exercise, we were required to create a pushing boulder animation. I used a different rig this time around and wanted to show the character struggling to push the boulder. This is my outcome.