Summer Animation Project #2: Warlord Attack

Following a tutorial from 3D Motive. This was really hard since I'm still new and this had a lot of new things to work with. Played with FK/IK switching, cloth animations (which was a pain...), lots of poses. This took me a lot of time to complete because when I was splining it, I gave up because I ran into some problems. Picked it up this week and finally finished it.  I like the rig, I think I'll be using this one for other clips/practice as well. I want to change the weapon though, that'll be cool. But yeah, I'm really happy that I'm done with this one. I can finally move on to something new.

Now I'll be working on more stuff from Digital Tutors. Body mechanics such as pushing, pulling, lifting, climbing, and swinging. Then, I'll go into video game related cycles such as walking, idle, running, then more attacks. I'll be adding my own style and attitudes to those cycles.  After that I'll do some of my own scripted attacks and combos. Going to watch and study the new God of War trailers since I saw really awesome combat animations in that one.  The new Metal Gear Solid had some awesome sword animations too.  I can't wait to take a break from realism animation and go into more fantasy/heroic epic animations.

LOTS OF WORK TO DO, BUT I'M LOVING IT :) FUN FUN FUN

Summer Animation Project #1: Biker Attack Combo

I'll be doing a new video game animation clip every week for the rest of the summer so I can prepare for iAnimate's online animation workshops. At first, I will be following tutorials so I can get an idea of the workflow and what not. After that I'll be making up stuff myself and I cannot wait! I come up with the coolest things while showering.. hahaha. But anyways, here it is. I followed a tutorial from Digital-Tutors. And I looped the clip 3 times to help show it better.  I feel like there should be some anticipation on the first left hand punch, I don't know how to exactly move the animation forward to add something at the beginning just yet... haha

Warlord Hammer Guy

Started working on this awhile ago. Following a tutorial from 3D Motive. I got the keys and breakdowns and I'm working on the splining.  Took a break from this because I ran into some problems with it. I'll finish this up within the week hopefully!