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Maya 2018 Animation Fundamentals Chapters 2 and 3

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August 31, 2017

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Maya 2018 Animation Fundamentals Chapter 10

September 12, 2017

Learned about the playblast feature and how it can be used to accurately see the framerate of your animation. I also learned about the RV player which allows you to view your animation at its actual framerate without having to playblast it.

12 Principles Chapter 4

October 01, 2017

Rough jumping animation with just keyframes blocked in. Had to go back and redo several keyframes (+ stepped mode so's you can see em better) Added a few breakdowns It was at this point that playblasting stopped working for me, but I went into the graph editor and smoothed it out

Fox Jump Assignment

October 03, 2017

The main keys of the animation in stepped mode, without secondary action With auto tangents, still without secondary action Final version of the fox jump, with secondary action, squash & stretch, etc. I didn't get as much squash & stretch as I would've liked because the squash controls only went in one direction. However, I am proud of the little squashes when he turns his head. Animating the tail was also surprisingly fun. EDIT: A few tweaks, such as adding bounces to the "walk" at the beginning and adding a tad more follow-through on the tail