Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
Welcome to the Start of Spring 2013
Welcome everyone. This blog is a location for animation instructors to share information, ask questions, and get support from their fellow instructors.
If you have any students needing additional help or feedback, have them make an appointment with me or just tell them to come by during drop-in hours. My office hours this term are:
Mon 8:30-11:30a / 3-4p (drop in)
Tue/Wed 3-5p (by appointment)
180 New Montgomery st. Rm. 308b, Phone: 415-618-3854
Have a great term.
Dave
If you have any students needing additional help or feedback, have them make an appointment with me or just tell them to come by during drop-in hours. My office hours this term are:
Mon 8:30-11:30a / 3-4p (drop in)
Tue/Wed 3-5p (by appointment)
180 New Montgomery st. Rm. 308b, Phone: 415-618-3854
Have a great term.
Dave
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Monday, October 8, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
AnimationPhysics.com
Not sure if you all know this site, but if you, like me, feel like a broken record when you see a maya rig lift one leg up while keeping the pelvis stationary, send your students to animationphysics.com
In particular, there's a great article on the physics of balance and weight shift that does a great job of breaking it down.
In particular, there's a great article on the physics of balance and weight shift that does a great job of breaking it down.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Useful Maya tool
Hey Animation teachers,
We just started using Chris Zurbrigg's 'blue pencil' animation plug in for maya.
I highly recommend it. He'll give discounts to students and teachers. It's really fast and for me, indispensable.
Blue Pencil Preview from Chris Zurbrigg on Vimeo.
We just started using Chris Zurbrigg's 'blue pencil' animation plug in for maya.
I highly recommend it. He'll give discounts to students and teachers. It's really fast and for me, indispensable.
Blue Pencil Preview from Chris Zurbrigg on Vimeo.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
google docs
It was great meeting everyone.
I wanted to kick this off by sharing some of my reference material, etc.
Presentation - the 12 Principles
This is really nothing fancy, but I cobbled it together to fill in some of the gaps on those nights when only half the class showed up.
I've maintained a blog for some time, though it's lapsed into obscurity after not consistently posting the past year, but has some lecture notes which I'm attempting to distill into a more cogent format, though has the occasional nugget, like how to speak like Michael Caine.
Some more potentially useful links.
I wanted to kick this off by sharing some of my reference material, etc.
Presentation - the 12 Principles
This is really nothing fancy, but I cobbled it together to fill in some of the gaps on those nights when only half the class showed up.
I've maintained a blog for some time, though it's lapsed into obscurity after not consistently posting the past year, but has some lecture notes which I'm attempting to distill into a more cogent format, though has the occasional nugget, like how to speak like Michael Caine.
Some more potentially useful links.
- maya tools
- somewhat crappy quadraped cycle demo
- fixed norman (download link)
- Norman with more realistic proportions
- Basic pose based blocking technique (stepped mode for beginners)
- 2011-12 based shelf (coming soon)
I don't hold any of these up as being anything terribly fantastic, but have helped me to fill in the gaps to a degree
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