Research & Development for 3D & the Web

Arm Rig with Controls Create an IK from Shoulder to Wrist. This IK needs to be a RPSolver (rotation plane) IK type Create a circle shape it however you want freeze transformations and delete history select joint, select circle – point constraint & orient constraint delete the constraints from the side panel Create a ‘null object group’ by SPACE > Edit > Group do the same thing and select joint, then null object group – point & orient constraints and delete Read more [...]

Check out this link..

http://www.stephenglover.info/animate-an-extrusion-along-a-curve-in-maya/

Simplified Steps:

1. Draw curve

2. Attach shape to curve using motion path

3. extrude the shape along the curve using Surfaces > Extrude[] (found under the surfaces drop down).

My Control and Joint Hierarchy for a biped.

This is the way I’ve had this working so far..

** will fill this out once this is finalized for current project.

Yeti Running through the woods animation sequence (final) The idea here is that the character gets spooked as it walks along and thinks something’s trying to get it. The character starts running. As it runs along it comes across a fallen log which it has to jump over and do a somersault as it lands because of the speed it was traveling and the momentum it had. It looks around, can’t see anything and shrugs wryly. Read more [...]

KIB108 Animation Sequence - Yeti in the Forest. The idea here is that the character gets spooked as it walks along and thinks something’s trying to get it so it starts running. It has to jump over a fallen log and has to do a leaping somersault because of the speed it was travelling etc. It looks around, can’t see anything and shrugs. Playblast1: Read more [...]