ABSTRACT

Improve your character animation with a mastery of traditional principles and processes including weight and balance, timing, walks, birds, fish, snakes, four legged animals, acting and lip-synch. Traditional animation skills and techniques are presented in both 2D and 3D space. The companion CD features demonstration animations and exercises conducted in each of the major animation packages including 3ds Max, LightWave, Maya, and XSI Softimage.

chapter 5|23 pages

human walks and runs

chapter 6|22 pages

animal walks and runs

chapter 7|12 pages

animation of fish and snakes

chapter 8|8 pages

animation of birds

chapter 9|36 pages

animation of acting - body language

chapter 10|27 pages

animation of acting - facial expressions

chapter 11|14 pages

animation of acting - two or more characters

chapter 12|20 pages

lip-sync