Join George Maestri for an in-depth discussion in this video Adding lower body poses, part of Learning Character Animation.
…At this point we have two basic steps blocked out.…So, I've got one, two poses and then one at the beginning that start the walk.…So, now let's go ahead and start filling in some of the…blanks here in this walk and try and get the lower body finished.…So the first thing I want to do is let's just go ahead and take a look at this.…Well, at frame nine here which is…halfway through the first step, you'll see that the right foot is passing the left.…
And this is where we have what's called the passing pose.…And so what we can do is we can lift…up the hips and the foot to allow that to happen.…So at this point the hips are going to be at their highest…point, so I'm going to go ahead and grab those and move them up.…Pretty much vertical.…I don't…want to over extend the feet like that, but I want to give a nice natural bend.…So, something about like that.…And, then I'm going to go ahead and set a key for those hips.…So, now when I scrub, you can see how the hips kind of go up and down.…
Now this foot here is also passing.…
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12/20/2013- Telling stories through posing
- Creating a strong line of action in poses
- Animating seating to standing poses
- Adding anticipation and follow-through
- Making your character walk
- Animating the head and face
- Animating basic phonemes
- Animating a scene
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 2s
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About the course40s
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Maya rig overview8m 19s
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CINEMA 4D rig overview6m 37s
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1. Posing Characters
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Silhouetting and flow5m 27s
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Sequencing poses4m 55s
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2. Creating Pose-to-Pose Animation
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Timing the blocking pass3m 34s
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Shifting weight and arcs6m 29s
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3. Basics of Walks
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Basics of a two-legged walk1m 48s
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Basic leg placement4m 51s
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Adding lower body poses5m 4s
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Adding in upper body motion4m 33s
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Arms and hands7m 13s
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Animating the head3m 36s
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4. Facial Animation
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Animating blinks5m 35s
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Head turns and head motion7m 17s
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Basics of facial expression5m 21s
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5. Basics of Dialogue
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Understanding phonemes3m 41s
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Animating dialogue: Lip sync5m 58s
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6. Animating a Scene
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Blocking out main poses3m 26s
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Animating weight and balance7m 25s
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Adding secondary motion8m 46s
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Animating dialogue5m 49s
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Finalizing the scene8m 54s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye28s
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