Animating a Cartoon Burglar Scene in Maya
This tutorial takes you through the process of creating a cartoon-style 3D character animation in Maya. Software required: AutoDesk Maya 2013.
What you'll learn
This tutorial takes you through the process of creating a cartoon-style 3D character animation in Maya. We'll discuss the concerns of cartoon exaggeration in 3D animation, planning the animation and the importance of reference, creating and modifying your character, creating custom props for your scene, the creation of key poses, animating the root and feet, animating the spine and head, animating the arms and hands, and doing final polish of the animation. By the end of this tutorial, you will have a more thorough understanding of how to create a 3D character that has the exaggeration, timing and movement of a cartoon style of animation. Software required: AutoDesk Maya 2013.
Table of contents
- Considerations for Cartoon Style Animation 5m
- Planning and Reference for Animation 4m
- Modifying Our Character 7m
- Creating Custom Props for Our Animation 4m
- Importing the Scene Elements and Setting the Camera 7m
- Creating Key Poses 9m
- Continuing Key Poses for Our Animation 8m
- Analyzing Our Final Key Animation Poses 11m
- Looking at Our in Between Poses 12m
- Beginning Our Arcs and Polish Animations 12m
- Overview of Our Final Animation 5m
About the author
Ron comes from a performance background with over 21 years of experience as a Character Animator. Starting in traditional 2D animation, Ron made the conversion to 3D along with the rest of the industry and has never looked back. He has worked in Feature Animation (Pagemaster, Swan Princess), Visual Effects Animation for Film (Van Helsing, Lemony Snicket, The Mist, Snakes On A Plane), and Videogame Animation (Robot Rising, Immortal City, City Of Heroes, Adam Blaster) and was Animation Supervisor ... more