Pipeline to Animation

Filed under: animation — By: Nancy — January 31st, 2009

Making the Model:

–      Special Joints

–      Mesh

–      Separate Pieces, like eyes and accessories

Making the Rig

–      Skeleton

–      Joints

–      Special nodes for balance

-   Facial Rig, complex for range of movement 

 

Painting Weights (Skinning):

–      Influence of mesh per joint with a “brush”

Animation (Bringing it to Life):

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HA HA I Posted my stufffsssss….

Filed under: Uncategorized — By: Kahentawaks — January 31st, 2009

this is from MY BLOG i dont have my newer stuff on here but im working on it..

hi yall. im just  tryin this post thingy out. im gonna be puttin sum of my cooler stuff up ( pics, duh) so be prepared to give sum constructive critisism.  just a heads up to all you critics, lol, but no worries im a big girl and i can take it. lol, so if u think it sucks by all means tell me, and um i’ll consider your words of wisdom when creating my next works. 

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Types of Animation

Filed under: animation — By: Nancy — January 30th, 2009

Straight Ahead:called so because animators using this method will work almost frame per frame one step at a time, from beginning to end. The advtanges to this is a smooth animation that includes all minute in-between actions. This is especially useful for energetic, spontaneous looking animations that include many fast movements. The disadvantage is that this method is not very efficient (takes me time) AND can be too wild and uncontrolled, therefore messy. 

Example:  http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=5T4wvZiyWoA

 

 

 

 

 

Pose to Pose:This method it the more plan, more fluid and more efficient way of animating. The animator choose key pose at the beginning and end of an action and THEN fills in frames in between. Poses and timing are important and especially relevant to animating in 3D when the “in between” frames can be automatically tweened between poses.

Example: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=S9hQsfEjjDc&NR=1

3D examples: (Poses) http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=P3wca-7H9MI&feature=related (Tweened Poses) http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=62V1x2Nl2os

 

THE BOUNCIN’ BALL: (Weight example) http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=1axyYnolqS8

 

 

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12 Principles of animation

Filed under: animation,Tools — By: Mohannad — January 30th, 2009

  1. Squash and stretch

  2. Anticipation

  3. Staging

  4. Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose

  5. Follow Through and Overlapping Action

  6. Slow In and Slow Out

  7. Arcs

  8. Secondary Action

  9. Timing

  10. Exaggeration

  11. Solid Drawing

  12. Appeal

More info: http://www.animationtoolworks.com/library/article9.html

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Skins KSS Workshop #3 Schedule

Filed under: Schedule,Uncategorized — By: Skawennati — January 30th, 2009

Here is the schedule for the 3rd Skins workshop at KSS.

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Jump animation

Filed under: animation,qavimator — By: Cassandra — January 29th, 2009

Here is the sequence that you should follow.

Nevertheless, this is a jump where the characters falls back pretty slowly. You can play with the keys on the timeline to accelerate the drop if you want.

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Second Life vs. Unreal (for KSS student projects…)

Filed under: Second Life,Unreal Engine — By: Nancy — January 19th, 2009

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A Brief Intro to Unreal Engine

Filed under: Unreal Engine — By: Nancy — January 19th, 2009

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Second Life Ribbon Shirt – Test #1

Filed under: Photoshop,Second Life,SketchBook — Tags: designing, fashion, ribbon shirt, Second Life — By: Skawennati — December 25th, 2008

 

Abbi Zipper sports her new ribbon shirt.

Hey Everybuddy! I just made my first Ribbon Shirt in Second Life.  Now, please remember, it’s just a first try, but it’s not too shabby, and was soooo easy to do!  I swiped a picture from the InterWebs, pasted it into the Photoshop template, and did pretty much what they tell you to do in the tutorials, and voila!

 

In my next attempt, I want to try making the ribbons “flexi” so they look like they are hanging from the shirt.

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How to make clothing in Second Life

Filed under: Photoshop,Schedule,Second Life — By: Bea — December 12th, 2008

Last week you all learned how to make t-shirts in Second Life using photoshop and uv maps. Here is a link to a tutorial to refresh your memory in case anybody is interested in pursuing this further. Visit nicholasescher.com

Also, here are some links to sites dedicated to clothing and fashion is SL. Take a look to get ideas about what kind of clothing is being made out there. There are a lot of creative ways to express your identity in SL.

Cyberpunk & Futuristic Clothing

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Inspired Designs

Men’s Clothing

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