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You are making great progress with your reel. Really. But anyway, a demoreel should show your best animation, the reel is only as good as the "worst" animation which is in it. I would skip the horse animation complete to be honest, it lacks of experience. My favorite animation is the animation with the 2 humans at 1:10,…
Great improvement from the first video you posted. Your animations that involve to two humans are my favorite, the interaction between the two rigs is executed very well. The first animation on that reel, when he's swinging on the pole could use some tweaking I think. On his second swing there's a really distracting…
Ty for the great input. The main rig I'm using has squash/stretch and FK/Ik blending and stuff, I think I can definitely use its features to better effect. You're bang on about the stab, and it's because his arms aren't long enough. I didn't find a satisfying resolution as you can see, I will definitely find a solution…
vig thinks its good, and hes the pro here. i think its good, and definitely a good idea. just the whole knee bend thing, and him slowing down to do it when he already has momentum. if you had him stop, or slow down right after he jumps and grabs onto the pole, then have him kick out to start up again, that could work too.…
Ok whipped this up before I have to leave. This is now on 16's rather than 21. So it's a great deal faster. I pushed the front legs back 2 frames, the tail now acts as if the horse is travelling much faster, and the head stays put pretty much now. Obviously I have just whipped this up in ten mins so I mainly need to know…
Hi thanks for the replies. I'll respond to them in order: The problem with Arthas that you might now really be able to visualize if you're not handling the rig in max, is that the length of his sword and his proportions, combined with the fact that the dwarf needs to remain pinned to the wall by his left arm, make it…
That's some really good stuff awesome animation and entertaining nice work =) Crits: (I haven't read the other crits so sorry if this was covered) - Not really sure what app(s) you're using or the rigs constraints? Squash Stretch ok? IK/FK blending? - The Lich King doesn't really pull back to stab, just kind of slides the…
Holy fuck David Lam has done some amazing shit. That's the sort of stuff I want to be involved in however many years it takes. With the length thing, it's too long, and in case I didn't make it clear in any previous posts, my new reel is going to be significantly shorter, like, a huge amount shorter. With the youtube…