3D Character Walk Cycle Animation with Maya for Beginners

3D Character Walk Cycle Animation with Maya for Beginners, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 2.95, with 45 lectures, 4 quizzes, based on 23 reviews, and has 906 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn To Install And Animate With Norman Rig in Maya Animate a Walk Cycle Animation With a 3D Character With Proper Sequence Learn to Apply 6/12 Principles of Animation: Pose to Pose, Timing, Easing In and Out, Overlapping Action, Exaggeration, Appeal This course is ideal for individuals who are This class is for beginners 3d animators who is are learning character animation. or If you had done some basic bouncing ball and overlapping exercises in Maya, this walk cycle class will be just right for you to level up your animation skill. or Or if you are a student currently learning animation but experiencing difficulty in churning out a realistic walk cycle, this class will assist you in your practice. or If you are not familiar with Maya's basic interface and have not tried animating with Maya at all, this class will guide you from scratch! It is particularly useful for This class is for beginners 3d animators who is are learning character animation. or If you had done some basic bouncing ball and overlapping exercises in Maya, this walk cycle class will be just right for you to level up your animation skill. or Or if you are a student currently learning animation but experiencing difficulty in churning out a realistic walk cycle, this class will assist you in your practice. or If you are not familiar with Maya's basic interface and have not tried animating with Maya at all, this class will guide you from scratch!.

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Summary

Title: 3D Character Walk Cycle Animation with Maya for Beginners

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 2.95

Number of Lectures: 45

Number of Quizzes: 4

Number of Published Lectures: 45

Number of Published Quizzes: 1

Number of Curriculum Items: 50

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 46

Number of Practice Tests: 1

Original Price: $59.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Learn To Install And Animate With Norman Rig in Maya
Animate a Walk Cycle Animation With a 3D Character With Proper Sequence
Learn to Apply 6/12 Principles of Animation: Pose to Pose, Timing, Easing In and Out, Overlapping Action, Exaggeration, Appeal

Who Should Attend

This class is for beginners 3d animators who is are learning character animation.
If you had done some basic bouncing ball and overlapping exercises in Maya, this walk cycle class will be just right for you to level up your animation skill.
Or if you are a student currently learning animation but experiencing difficulty in churning out a realistic walk cycle, this class will assist you in your practice.
If you are not familiar with Maya's basic interface and have not tried animating with Maya at all, this class will guide you from scratch!

Target Audiences

This class is for beginners 3d animators who is are learning character animation.
If you had done some basic bouncing ball and overlapping exercises in Maya, this walk cycle class will be just right for you to level up your animation skill.
Or if you are a student currently learning animation but experiencing difficulty in churning out a realistic walk cycle, this class will assist you in your practice.
If you are not familiar with Maya's basic interface and have not tried animating with Maya at all, this class will guide you from scratch!

The difficulty in creating a realistic 3d walk cycle animation is juggling with human mechanics and the principles of animation at the same time. This can be challenging especially for beginners who are learning animation and new to the software Maya.

Fortunately, with the right approach, 3d walk cycle animation can be done effectively with realistic result in just 3 hours.

These are the main key points we want to include in our walk cycle animation:

1. Character walks naturally without any jerks

2. Good demonstration of forces and overlapping actions

3. Input of impactful details such as balancing, natural looking hands, visually appealing toe movement, subtle head motion and more.

The challenge that beginners face is juggling all these aspects at the same time. Using Bean Sprout F3R3 method, the entire walk cycle animation can be broken down into bite sizes which prevents beginners from being confused.

This course will guide you through step by step in achieving a realistic 3d walk cycle animation with Maya.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction: Basic Maya Keyboard & Mouse Controls

Lecture 1: Maya Basic 1: Hand Position

Lecture 2: Maya Basic 2: Viewing in 3D space

Lecture 3: Maya Basic 3: Accessing options in Maya

Chapter 2: Animation Exercise 1: Bouncing Ball Animation

Lecture 1: Bouncing Ball 1: Maya Basics

Lecture 2: Bouncing Ball 2: Creating Key Frames

Lecture 3: Bouncing Ball 3: Applying Ease In and Ease Out

Lecture 4: Bouncing Ball 4: Understand Timing

Lecture 5: Bouncing Ball 5: Editing Graph Editor & Handle Controls

Lecture 6: Bouncing Ball 6: Creating Animation Preview, Play Blast

Lecture 7: Bouncing Ball 7: Horizontal Movement of Ball

Lecture 8: Bouncing Ball 8: Rotation Movement of Ball

Chapter 3: Animation Exercise 2: Overlapping Animation

Lecture 1: Overlapping Actions 1: Understanding Overlapping Action

Lecture 2: Overlapping Actions 2: 3D Production Pipeline

Lecture 3: Overlapping Actions 3: Basic Modeling Tools

Lecture 4: Overlapping Actions 4: Basic Rigging

Lecture 5: Overlapping Actions 5: Parent Animation

Lecture 6: Overlapping Actions 6: Child Animation

Lecture 7: Overlapping Actions 7: Child Refinement

Lecture 8: Overlapping Actions 8: Third Segment Animation

Lecture 9: Overlapping Actions 9: Looping Animation

Chapter 4: Walk Cycle Intro: Preparation and Concept

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: How To Use Norman Rig (11 mins)

Lecture 3: Understand Walk Cycle Animation And Preparation (8 mins)

Chapter 5: Walk Cycle 1: Pelvis And Legs Basic Animation

Lecture 1: Walk Cycle 1A: Pelvis's Pose (8 mins)

Lecture 2: Walk Cycle 1B1: Leg's Pose 1 (8 mins)

Lecture 3: Walk Cycle 1B2: Leg's Pose 2 (5 mins)

Chapter 6: Walk Cycle 2: Pelvis and Legs Realistic Animation

Lecture 1: Walk Cycle 2A: Pelvis's Ease In and Out (7 mins)

Lecture 2: Walk Cycle 2B: Left Leg's Refinement (11 mins)

Lecture 3: Walk Cycle 2C: Right Leg's Refinement (9 mins)

Chapter 7: Walk Cycle 3: Upper Torso Animation

Lecture 1: Walk Cycle 3A: Upper Torso Pose (11 mins)

Lecture 2: Walk Cycle 3B: Upper Torso Overlapping Action (2 mins)

Chapter 8: Walk Cycle 4 Part 1: Head Animation

Lecture 1: Walk Cycle 4A: Head (6 mins)

Lecture 2: Walk Cycle 4B: Duplication (4 mins)

Chapter 9: Walk Cycle 4 Part 2: Torso Refinement

Lecture 1: Walk Cycle 4C: Torso Refinement Front View (19 mins)

Lecture 2: Walk Cycle 4D: Torso Refinement Top View (11 mins)

Chapter 10: Walk Cycle 5: Arm's Animation

Lecture 1: Walk Cycle 5: Arms – Shoulder (8 mins)

Lecture 2: Walk Cycle 5: Arms – Forearm (12 mins)

Lecture 3: Walk Cycle 5: Arms – Hand (5 mins)

Lecture 4: Walk Cycle 5: Arms – Duplicate Right Shoulder (9 mins)

Lecture 5: Walk Cycle 5: Arms – Duplicate Right Forearm (15 mins)

Lecture 6: Walk Cycle 5: Arms – Duplicate Right Hand (7 mins)

Lecture 7: Walk Cycle 5: Arms – Refine (2 mins)

Chapter 11: Walk Cycle 6: Final Animation Revision and Polishing

Lecture 1: Walk Cycle 5: Evaluation 2 (3 mins)

Lecture 2: Walk Cycle 5: Evaluation and Eyes (3 mins)

Lecture 3: Walk Cycle 5: Hand's Appeal (6 mins)

Instructors

Nash Lin
Digital Media Coach

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 3 votes
2 stars: 1 votes
3 stars: 6 votes
4 stars: 6 votes
5 stars: 7 votes

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