I wrote up a post for the Animation Mentor blog regarding my thoughts on creature animation. In short, the reasons why I think it's important and what you should look out for:
1. Most companies feature creatures in their movies.
2. Diversity in your reel.
3. Root the performance in reality.
4. Get the weight right.
5. Interaction between creatures.
Head over there to read up on all the details. I hope it's helpful!
JD
9 comments:
Great article man!
Thanks!
Hi Jean!
Could you probably do a post about sharing some tips on animating heavy creature??
Always enjoy your site btw. keep it going!
Yeah, remind me though in a few weeks, I'm super busy at the moment.
Hi Jean!
Care to share some tips on doing heavy creature like the "pulled down" weight you mentioned in the article?
Yeah, I can definitely write up a post with tips for doing heavy creature. The pulled down version is the bad example, that should not be your reference. ;)
but i feel like i always see that. :O
Yeah, it's tricky, sometimes you have to bring a creature down sooner because of a practical element or a live-action camera move and it will look wrong but you have to do it. Some times it's just badly animated.
yeah, i mostly see it in live action film though. Can't wait to see your post! XD
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