luckbat Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Well, I foolishly decided to dress up my main character in a cloak, which means a whole lot of cloth animation. No way was I gonna do all that by hand. True, the new v.12 SimCloth is right around the corner, but realistic cloth movement is actually kinda distracting when it comes to cel-style animation. You never see Batman's knees poke around under his cape when he walks, y'know? I needed something real-looking, but simplified. I figured I could get a good side-to-side swing using Dynamic Constraints, and I elected to "cheat" the cloak outward a bit, just far enough so the legs wouldn't pass through it. Rigging the cloak took forever--56 bones arranged in a cylindrical "curtain" of chains--but wha'd'ya know? It worked! Ebon_cloak_walk_480.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTalbotski Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 It did work...really well, too! Looks great! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmech Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 That looks really good. Care to show a shot of the rig? Are those umbrella's over her shoulder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckbat Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 That looks really good. Care to show a shot of the rig? Thanks. Sure--a picture's worth a thousand words: Are those umbrella's over her shoulder? Yeah. She really doesn't like sunlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modernhorse Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Looks swell ! Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwarsguy Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Remdinds me of Raven from Teen Titans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckbat Posted February 19, 2005 Author Share Posted February 19, 2005 Hmm. Maybe not quite as willowy, perhaps, but she's definitely got the scowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmals Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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