A contender appears!

Hey this is Randal, I'll be looking to work on the next animation challenge. I decided to scrap the dino for now. When are you guys looking to start the new one?

Cerilli's Injured Walk - v2

Here we go, round 2. Thanks a bunch for the feedback guys, it was quite helpful. I tried to address the issues that were mentioned, they were all good points. The only thing I didn't really change was the timing of the limp step. The timing was pretty close to what I had in my reference so I was worried about messing it up, but I instead tried to emphasize the weakness of his bad leg by dropping his hips more dramatically as the foot makes contact. I'm not sure if that's working though, so it still might need to be changed.

Also! I learned that using IK on the hand with the gun made it about 1000 times easier. Should have thought of that from the start!

Thanks again for the suggestions, and if anybody has time for one more round of feedback, it would be very much appreciated!

Cerilli's Injured Walk

This seems like a convenient place to post! If anybody has some time, I would appreciate some feedback on what I have.



For a Quicktime version which is easier to loop: Right-click here, and save it.

Injured walkcycle challenge W.I.P pt. 2 - Pete

All the crit on my previous w.i.p actually really help me! Thanks guys! Here's take two of my walkcycle. I straighten the left arm and shifted his pelvis more towards that side. Hopefully this will show that he is carrying some weight on his left side. What do you guys think? Also straighten up his poster so that he doesn't look like he's crouching like justin mentioned. Please continue to rip this apart! cause it dose really help me!

To watch it looped go here

look i'm a contributer contributing!

Alright, so after a challenging night of using proxies to get passed the great fire wall of China, some squinty at my laptop SINGLE monitor in Maya, and using a mouse whose middle button always scrolls by accident, i was finally able to get this ONE IMAGE out of my night.  This is a little hint as to what my character will be going through.  Am i sadistic? I shall do some blocking in the coming days.  GUAHAHAHAHA.

Injured walkcycle challenge W.I.P - Pete

Ok guys! I am gonna go ahead and start this challenge off. Hopefully this will motive you guys to get started.... So here is what i have so far. Still a work in progress but feel free to give me feed back! I want to give the arm holding the gun more weight and show it dragging more on the ground. Im not sure how i can do that... any advice?

Scenario is simple, a solder dude that got shot in the gut OR just a major case of diarrhea...pepto anyone? LOL

Animation Challenge # 1: "Injured walkcycle"

Create a walkcycle of a character injured. You have total freedom of how your character is being depicted. Create a scenario for yourself and post a description alongside your video clip. (ie. A solder returning from a battle field with a broken arm)

Posting of your progress is highly encourage during the process but your final animation must be finished by july 7th.

If you are planning to participate in this challenge please message us your blog's email account so that we can give you admin to post your videos. When you are invited, *make sure you check your email to confirm the invitation*

Rules:
roughly 2-4 sec looped
Deadline: 2 weeks from now (July 7th)
Penalty for being late: Buying beers each to fellow contestant. :)

If your looking for a pretty decent rig to animate with, I would recommend the Norman rig which can be found here: http://sites.google.com/site/normanrig/

Good luck and have fun!