jamagica

Some more fun...I rotated the bones 90 degreess and moved the pivot of the bottom sphere up to the top of it some_more_fun.mov

for anyone who is bored and interested:..the setup

I just tested w/ bone pivot positions and used orient like constraints from the bones in the spheres. I'm sorry if you feel you've wasted your time watching this I wanted to post this up for one main reason..you can make a lot of movement with one control bone fun.mov

Holy crap...I gotta learn about radiosity..that's awesome it's my wallpaper now

he's probably rigged the guy...and posed his toes ?

The proportions are way out of balance on the legs...the shorter they are the fatter they should be...I understand you're going for the extremely cartoony look, but the legs just don't capture that..they just look like small legs. Widen them a whole bunch to make them fit the rest of the body (Just widen the quads and calves). Also, the crotch is too wide...widening the legs may help with that a bit

1. Alright...I'll take care of that 2. hmm, do you just mean to hold the stretch pose a bit longer and keep him staring then immediatley after that action, he steps back? To be really picky. 1. I'm trying to portray that he's thinking "I wonder what would happen if I jumped off this stair set". Then he walks forward to find out. 2. I think the foot order is fine. Maybe I should move his body back more while he does both steps so he is always moving. I will check out the other way, just in case, though 3. I'll just add a bit of rotation to the feet so they're different 4.As I said before, I'm adding the small squatch and stretch last. 5. Alright...

Alright...I created a third pass...added some more stuff walkingup_pass3.mov mp4 version: walkingup_pass3_jamaciga.mp4

alright..I decided he'll look over the edge and get scared (not so original, but hey!) In this one I just have him looking over walkingup_pass2.mov mp4 version: walkingup_pass2_jamaciga.mp4

Scott, I could rig it for you gladly if you are willing to donate the model

I do sliders in the last pass..I will end up doing some squash and stretch in the end...(although I didn't think of your idea )

Alright..practicing some Mr. Ball stuff..he walks up the step..I was thinking of having him jump off after this, but that's unoriginal...I want something original (not falling back down the stairs, either). Maybe I'll stick w/ him jumping off. I'll aslo fix the seaping later..I just want the real basic concept of action then touch up later walkingup.mov mp4 version: walkingupjamaciga.mp4

Wow..this is a very interesting style...after you're done rigging I'd like to use it to practice animating! I think this one could be on the CD..If you were me I'd request to donate it

Alrighty guys...I got a high quality..it's the same link on this page: Videos

alright..thanks! I'll add that in

Rob, I've decided to move on to some other excersises....if I've had 7 passes I think that's enough to pass as an animation. I tried to animate a hop and that's the reason for the lack of a very curved arc, although there is some shape. If I created a jump, the anticipation would come back and he would jump forward in a nice arc...you can see from the anticipation that it's clearly not to be a long jump...just a high hop

If you want a 3/4 view it'll ruin one thing: it won't look like he's hiding as much

The topic description is the basic phrase that is in the bot's head. Tell me if you can see he's thinking that. Videos Just click on the link that says "a little animation to make my bot come to life" and watch....

mt, I didn't create this guy for use w/ the rig...I didn't even know people would want to use it...if I specifically made the rig for use of other people I'd create bone uber poses. I thought people would just be interested in the model itself

Alright...I'll be on your side, dude! every time you post something..I'll be back..to keep ya motivated

Sweet! Finally someone has a tutorial on modeling a car...from start to end

Thanks Nancy...I think I'm done w/ this one...

EDIT: never mind

oh...maybe I should post up the animation bot_jump_pass7.mov

after seconds of hard labor!