Advanced Animation of 3D Characters
Refined, taking care of the detail
A course by Kike Oliva , Digital Character Animator
About the video: Refined, taking care of the detail
Overview
“It is time to refine the animation and make a pass taking care of the detail, paying close attention to the timing, spacing and lines of action. We will review and correct the notes obtained from feedback and we will work on the interconnection between all body parts, especially the head-hip, trunk-arms / hands, feet-skateboard relationship. The goal is to get a version that we consider almost finished.”
In this video lesson Kike Oliva addresses the topic: Refined, taking care of the detail, which is part of the Domestika online course: Advanced Animation of 3D Characters. Learn to bring your projects to life with realistic movements through the analysis of complex physics.
Partial transcription of the video
“It's time to refine, it's time to leave things fine, let's pay special attention to the arches at lines of action to the timing and spacing of things, the interconnection between the arms and the head and the trunk different parts of the body must also look good defined as we will apply and we will correct all the notes they have given us before we will see how it looks. Well I have already corrected all the notes we talked about were a few and I have continued refining everything I could, ok without getting crazy it's a pretty solid pass let's say I feel quite happy with the result that th...”
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Course summary for: Advanced Animation of 3D Characters
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Maya -
Areas
3D, 3D Animation, Animation, Character Animation, VFX

Kike Oliva
A course by Kike Oliva
Kike Oliva has over 20 years' experience in animation, having worked in areas as diverse as 3D animated feature films, video games, advertising, and VFX movies. His name appears in the credits of Amusement Park, The Legend of the Guardians, and The Little Prince, among many other productions. He has collaborated with studios such as Pixar Canada, Animal Logic, Ilion animation, The Frank Barton Company, Image engine, and more.
He combines his professional work with teaching, developing educational content in various animation schools such as Animum Animation School, Cice, and the University of UTAD.
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