Explosion

I was just having a play in Maya and made this explosion... it could be used at the end of the freefalling scene if you want it in 3D and not just in After Effects, although that could add to it

Animation Thus Far

I have mainly been working on the Marmot dancing today, it is still a work in progress and I have not touched the arms yet, he is going to be holding the chicken and it will move in his hands.

I will hopefully have it up to scratch tomorrow.




This was the freefall I started but looking at it now it is too spinny so I am going to start it afresh tomorrow. I am going to focus on these two scenes this week as they are my hardest and I want to get them looking good. I also started a Marmot run today which I will try and finish tomorrow.

Eagle Rig

So Im just checking the eagle rig, ive gotta do some painting of weights and check he can fly ok, so ill animate him flying.......

You'll all get him on A-Drive when im happy with him

Animation Test 01

The Shot i got was the marmot pointing out to the mongol that the eagle is about to swoop in and steal there chicken.

Its only my first piece of animation, and im hoping to get it looking a lot better than this.....

The jumps need to be sorted out, and the hands need to be weighted. Maybe more expression and panic needs to be shown.......... Need to go into animation editor......

Dan's feedback:

Right arm needs overlap

Head overlap

Ears move bit more

Add more blinks on other two jumps

Belly bounce- Ill try adding jiggle deformer again

Feet to land at different times, or take off at different times

Need to find out the camera shot.......

MONGOL

I know, the wrist can only be rotated, but its the way you set up your rig. Taking off the lock on the rotate gives the same principle as your sliding attributes on the hand, but makes it a bit easier to control the wrist. if you want it like the marmot, i may need to re-do the arm set-up.

Let me know if u want it changed.

Rotating the Wrist

Hey just a quick one, when you use the rotate on the wrist it does not rotate the arm aswell it stops dead at the wrist which isnt right...?

Mongol_sitting