Easily learn proper body mechanics for creating believable animations with 7
hours of project-based training developed specifically for character animation
and body mechanics. Perfect for intermediate artists.
| 1. |
Introduction and project
overview |
1:47 |
| 2. |
Getting the scene ready
for animation |
8:09 |
| 3. |
Beginning the Light Push
animation: scene overview, storyboards, setting the initial pose |
10:57 |
| 4. |
Posing the character
moving into the object |
7:16 |
| 5. |
Adding an extra pose for
a better flow between the first and second actions |
10:44 |
| 6. |
Posing the character's
contact with the object |
7:02 |
| 7. |
Posing the character
pushing the object, then pushing off of the object |
8:00 |
| 8. |
Finishing setting the
extreme actions |
7:09 |
| 9. |
Starting to finalize the
Light Push: modifying timing and fixing poses when switching from
blocking phase to smoothing phase |
8:31 |
| 10. |
Continuing from lesson 9
- fixing the feet, making adjustments to the timing and spacing of the
push, and hiding the legs |
9:18 |
| 11. |
Fixing the flow to the
upper body and the object |
9:23 |
| 12. |
Working on planting the
hands onto the object |
10:10 |
| 13. |
Adding follow-through to
the upper body |
7:08 |
| 14. |
Animating the
follow-through of the back |
4:12 |
| 15. |
Animating the neck's and
head's follow-through, and overlapping action |
6:43 |
| 16. |
Starting to add
follow-through movement to the right arm |
9:26 |
| 17. |
Completing the
follow-through of the right arm and shoulder |
8:06 |
| 18. |
Adding follow-through to
the right wrist and double checking the arm's motion from different
angles |
7:00 |
| 19. |
Beginning to animate the
follow-through of the left arm |
7:43 |
| 20. |
Finishing the left arm
and shoulder |
7:31 |
| 21. |
Working on the
follow-through of the left wrist |
5:05 |
| 22. |
Working on the fingers of
the left hand |
8:32 |
| 23. |
Wrapping up the fingers
of the left hand |
10:10 |
| 24. |
Focusing on the right
hand's fingers |
6:35 |
| 25. |
Winding up the fingers of
the right hand |
7:51 |
| 26. |
Double checking the upper
body prior to working on the legs |
9:28 |
| 27. |
Going back to work on the
legs: further blocking in of the steps |
9:30 |
| 28. |
Detailing the first set
of steps |
10:54 |
| 29. |
Animating the next set of
steps |
7:59 |
| 30. |
Fixing the side
translation of the feet to keep the character balanced |
5:00 |
| 31. |
Working on the steps as
the character pushes and then pushes off of the object |
8:31 |
| 32. |
Finishing the steps of
the Light Push |
6:42 |
| 33. |
The side to side
translation of the upper body based off of the steps |
8:53 |
| 34. |
Finalizing the side to
side movement of the upper body |
3:23 |
| 35. |
Tweaking the side to side
motion of the arms |
6:30 |
| 36. |
The up and down movement
of the upper body |
11:10 |
| 37. |
Animating the forward and
backward rotation of the hips |
5:04 |
| 38. |
Adding the side to side
hip rotation |
10:35 |
| 39. |
Adding final tweaks to
the Light Push |
5:52 |
| 40. |
Starting to convert the
Light Push into a Heavy Push: basic modification of timing and spacing
of the entire scene and finishing the animation of the crate |
6:16 |
| 41. |
Fixing poses and timing
for the Heavy Push: adjusting the motion of the center of gravity, and
the right and left foot |
8:31 |
| 42. |
Continuing from lesson
41: finishing the left foot |
6:39 |
| 43. |
Finishing the right foot |
7:56 |
| 44. |
Adding rotation to the
back to show more strain in the character's effort to push the object |
8:05 |
| 45. |
Adjusting the shoulders |
5:26 |
| 46. |
Tweaking the neck and
head |
8:39 |
| 47. |
Fixing the animation
prior to altering the ending of the Heavy Push |
9:18 |
| 48. |
Creating an alternate
ending that matches with the Heavy Push: animating the character
stretching after the push |
7:33 |
| 49. |
Wrapping up the movement
of the head and upper body during the stretch |
7:25 |
| 50. |
Animating the hands
resting on the character's waist |
6:31 |
| 51. |
Continuing the animation
of the arms and hands during the stretch |
7:33 |
| 52. |
Posing the last extreme
of the hands on the waist and starting to add in between poses to keep
them moving along with it |
9:02 |
| 53. |
Adding more in betweens
to keep the hands moving with the waist |
8:21 |
| 54. |
Finishing the arms and
hands |
5:27 |
| 55. |
Finalizing the Heavy Push |
13:24 |
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Total Run Time: |
7:10:29 |
