28th in April's 11secondclub.. :)

http://www.11secondclub.com/competitions/april11

Introduction to Motionbuilder work flows

I have been looking for a good introduction tutorial for Motionbuilder for a long time. I'm verry to have found one that delivers. I fully recomend checking out the link below, for anyone interested in Motionbuilder!


http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/louis/3ds_max_and_motion_builder_workflow_and_a_bit_of_kinect

More to a Smile Than Lips and Teeth

Check out this cool article on Smiling.

Animation workflow. cool download

http://www.squeezestudio.com/animation-insiders/

Animation Process at my studio

I wrote a blog for the animation process in Poisonville

http://en.board.bigpoint.com/poisonville/showthread.php?t=216689#post1228340

Playboy

http://www.playboy.de/poisonville

I posed the charcaters for are playboys miss poionville

Solid Breakdowns

Some notes I've taken from Eric Goldberg's book: Character Animation Crash Course










Having the ability to place a breakdown in exactly the right position can give you automatic overlap. Don't forget your cushion IN and cushion OUT.
With the correct breakdown your work can be planned for ease of excution and maximum effectiveness.

Have your arc in the breakdown
Have your slow in/ slow out in your breakdown.
(pay attention when blocking)

The breakdown is what can add interest to a basic movement.
The arcs, delays, paths of action are in the breakdown are reflected in the entire move.

So your not going going A -> B -> C, your going A-> F -> C To get the right result animation it is not straight forward, it is planning!


If the keys are what the character is doing. The breakdown is how the charachter does it.
The breakdown can show/ sell any kind of emotion, fear, happyness, curious, cautiousness.