I have about 25 pages of bookmarks dedicated to animation, my freind. I'm actually starting to become a 3D animator myself (But more focused in feature films) and I've actually set up a detailed plan and all sorts of things. One little thing before I lay down some tutorials I have in my stash I recommend you to, if you…
I checked the Polycount wiki but it doesn't seem like much love has been given to that category. Any good overview/starter animation tutorials you guys could recommend for Maya or Max? I've done some 2D animation in the past, but would like to try my hand at doing it in 3d now.
The basics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_basic_principles_of_animation The 12 principles of animation http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=1429 The twelve principles of animation applied to 3D http://www.idleworm.com/how/anm/02w/walk1.shtml Walk cycle broken down http://www.hippydrome.com/ The fine…
http://www.traptcg.com/ I always like their tutorials a lot, they go over not just animation but a lot of other good modeling tips and techniques as well
Don't you just love the internet? I was on Carlos Baena's blog clicking through pages, and the next thing I know is that I'm on another persons site with loads of tutorials and rigs. : D