Animation Reference and Inspiration
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I think we need a thread for inspiration and reference. A place to go if you need a creative jump start. If you come across a great reference video, post it here! Great reference site? I`ll add it to this post for all to see.
League of Legends model/animation viewer
http://www.lolking.net/models
Mostly Animals
http://www.gettyimages.ca/ (my fav.)
http://www.gettyimages.ca/bbcmotiongallery?Language=en-GB (use to be bbc motion)
http://www.greenscreenanimals.com/
http://footage.framepool.com/en/home/
http://www.pond5.com/
Front and Side videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/endlessreference
http://www.referencereference.com/
Paid
http://www.rhinohouse.com/
League of Legends model/animation viewer
http://www.lolking.net/models
Mostly Animals
http://www.gettyimages.ca/ (my fav.)
http://www.gettyimages.ca/bbcmotiongallery?Language=en-GB (use to be bbc motion)
http://www.greenscreenanimals.com/
http://footage.framepool.com/en/home/
http://www.pond5.com/
Front and Side videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/endlessreference
http://www.referencereference.com/
Paid
http://www.rhinohouse.com/
Replies
(pic of the vine)
https://vine.co/v/e0XiJxnbrq2
https://www.youtube.com/user/5MinuteHorseLessons
Riding; different Horse gaits
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Here's a super slowmo Crossbow firing.
http://www.hippydrome.com/
Hippydrome is an AMAZING reference for images of the deformation of the body, and how rigs/models should properly deform realistically in certain areas. Its a bit more technical, but still super rad.
Ill try to post more as I see em!
http://www.rhinohouse.com/
Also this youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/endlessreference
This website has some quality stuff from front/side views including combat for free.
http://www.referencereference.com/
And if you haven't seen this at Spungella or anywhere else, great reference for anticipation!
If anybody needs any help with this I'd be glad to lend a hand. Here's one of the source captures I made from my PS4 to illustrate my point. I recorded the side, front, and back view. After this I would then transfer them to my PC and import them as a material onto a plane to use for rotoscoping. Happy animating:poly124:
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Here's my current inspiration vid btw:
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i.imgur.com/aPxRjDV.gifv
Done by http://animatorsteve.weebly.com/
And god damn it Stephen Vyas...that guy
I tend to collect movement and animation that I find exciting to Pinterest boards (like probably many here?), maybe these are of value to someone else too. Mostly sports and body mechanics stuff. Also, link your own and your favorite boards guys and gals.
https://www.pinterest.com/limeforce1/moves/
https://www.pinterest.com/limeforce1/poses/
https://www.pinterest.com/limeforce1/animgifs/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XneAxqv89g
Here is a video that could be described as simply as "man ties up a shoe lace".
It has so much character that it is just really inspiring to me, this is this guy's life 100% of the time and it's dripping with character that is honestly hard to come up with sometimes, but it's out there.
http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023473/Animation-Bootcamp-Overwatch-How-A
Really cool!
Link to the stream: https://www.facebook.com/TheArtofAaronBlaise/videos/1926616310908772/
Link to the final animation: https://www.facebook.com/AaronBlaiseArt/videos/10211760076371908/
http://blog.animationmentor.com/7-things-all-animators-need-to-start-or-stop-doing-right-now/
This is a cool trick, going to keep an eye out for this in future.
An interview with a Sr Animator at Guerilla about Horizon's animations.
http://www.animationmentor.com/resources/webinars/animation-webinar-sign-up/
http://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_GB/collection/animation-workshop/