Some early workflow vids, goal was to test out the new curve brushes and tools in ZBR3. Some how it turn into a full project. using Dean Holdeen's Han concept part 01 : [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGDmxMdYXqQ&feature=plcp"]Holdeen's Han WIP 1 - YouTube [/ame] part 02 :…
Another top notch tutorial from Eat 3D. Eat 3D has just released a brand new tutorial DVD, this time covering animation inside of Maya. "In this DVD, Instructor Joe Mandia gives a deep foundation to the complexities of animation using Maya 2012 with a focus on video games. Although the focus is on games, the instruction is…
Hey all, Looking at the CAT tools with regards to replacing biped as the main rig for general characters for a project and it all seems very appealing but does not come as advertised. I've read about the problems people are having with the CAT toolset but I thought I'd ask you all what your experiences are with them?…
A new full length tutorial as well as some freebies from Eat 3D. Eat 3D has released the second tutorial in their Unreal Kismet series on creating a top down shooter in UDK. Rusty Sempsrott covers a variety of concepts involved with prototyping game ideas using Kismet. Topics include: setting up the levels, adding logic…
Hello! I've been having this problem lately when importing my CAT animations from Max to Unity. I've been following Milos Cerny's tutorials so far (https://youtu.be/V2rJh66-VyY) but I'm not sure bout which step I'm missing to do this correctly. I know his tutorial is for Unreal, but I'm pretty positive that it should work…
really cool animations. Design-wise, the character seems quite fragile, especially when the limbs are deployed. Unless each one of the joints had it's own servo there would be a lot of torque loss and structural instability
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Honestly I think it looks fine, it looks like it belongs in a lineup of background characters for a film like monsters inc. That being said, it would be nice if some of his clothing/accessories were more designed. Right now it's basically a stylized, humanized bat(creature) with a normal baseball jersey, and a regular…
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Character Animation Toolkit Videos by , Mike "FritzTHECAT" O'Rourke (read: not lolcats) Mike O'Rourke has posted the first few videos in his Intro to CAT series. Even if you're not into rigging/animation it can be good to be able to pose your characters so check these out. Here is the first video:…