Maya Tutorial - Chain

1. Swinging Chain.

The video, above, was created on Monday 28th January 2013, during an Autodesk Maya tutorial session.

Maya Tutorial - Pendulum

1. Swinging Pendulum.

The video, above, was created on Monday 28th January 2013, during an Autodesk Maya tutorial session.

Maya Tutorial - Toadstool

1. Jumping Toadstool.

The video, above, was created on Monday 28th January 2013, during an Autodesk Maya tutorial session.

Maya Tutorial - Bouncing Ball

1. Camera Angle #1.

2. Camera Angle #2.

The pair of videos, above, where created on Monday 28th January 2013, during an Autodesk Maya tutorial session.

Animation Techniques - Ping Pong Ball

1. Ping Pong Ball, 12fps.

 

2. Ping Pong Ball, 24fps.

 

I created the pair of videos above for the CG Artist's Toolkit unit of the (BA Hons) CG Arts & Animation course at UCA Rochester. The videos are part of a hand-drawn bouncing ball exercise.

Animation Techniques - Bowling Ball

1. Bowling Ball, 12fps.

2. Bowling Ball, 24fps.

I created the pair of videos above for the CG Artist's Toolkit unit of the (BA Hons) CG Arts & Animation course at UCA Rochester. The videos are part of a hand-drawn bouncing ball exercise.

Animation Techniques - Zoetrope - Animation Test

 

1. Zoetrope Animation Test, 12fps.

 

 

2. Zoetrope Animation Test, 24fps.

 

The videos above are a pair of animation tests for the zoetrope grid, in order to gain an idea of how it would appear before creating the final images of the zoetrope strip.
 

Animation Techniques - Pixilation

The video (above) demonstrates an exercise during an animation tutorial, utilising the technique of pixilation, on 21/11/2012.

Animation Techniques - Character Morphing

The video (above) demonstrates the technique used to morph a simple shape into a character, before further morphing the character into another of a different appearance. The resulting video was created during an animation tutorial, where we worked in groups, on 07/11/2012. My group's image is on the right.

Maya Tutorial - Rocket Motion Path

1. Rocket Animation

 

This Maya animation was created using a motion path, on which the object travels, with several cameras created in the surrounding area, to create sections of film, before being edited together using Premiere Pro.

Maya Tutorial - Car Animation Rig

1. Car Animation

 

The above video is of an Autodesk Maya Tutorial, learning about rigs and how thy are used to insert motion into a Maya animation. Although the tutorial did not include the placement of cameras, I chose to use them, in an attempt to create a more cinematic experience to the basic movements of the setup. Once all the footage was exported, I edited it all together using Premiere Pro.

Animation Techniques - Bouncing Ball

1. Bouncing Ball, 12fps.

 

 2. Bouncing Ball, 24fps.


The videos above were created, frame by frame, during a hand drawn animation session, utilising a time line in order to place the key frames in the correct positions to accurately portray a tennis ball bounce. These videos were created on Wednesday 14th November 2012.

Animation Techniques - Circle to Diamond

This hand drawn animation was created during an animation tutorial on 07/11/2012.