Character Animation and Expression with Maya
Adding a Tail 1
A course by Sagar Arun , Animator
About the video: Adding a Tail 1
Overview
“Here I will be adding a tail to the rubber ball bounce, to demonstrate how overlap works. ”
In this video lesson Sagar Arun addresses the topic: Adding a Tail 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Animation and Expression with Maya. Discover the fascinating world of animation by learning its key principles and creating an animated character filled with emotion .
Partial transcription of the video
“Adding a Tail Now, you have an understanding on animating a ball that has character. We'll add a tail to that to demonstrate overlap in this lesson. Now that we have our ball's core motion, we'll add an overlapping tail. This is very important because overlap is there in mostly any animation. There'll always be some form of overlap. You can think of your hand or your head as overlapping, your chest, your legs, so it's important to know how to do this. Your tail can be visible by going here, at the bottom to the master control. Turning tail visibility on and off. We'll leave it off for now. ...”
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Course summary for: Character Animation and Expression with Maya
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Sagar Arun
A course by Sagar Arun
Sagar Arun is an animator based in Northern California. He received a degree in computer animation from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2018. After working with a group of friends on a fan project for Avatar: the Last Airbender, Sagar’s animation abilities received wide recognition. He has created animations for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Although Sagar’s career began just a few years ago, he has already created animations for a number of high profile films such as Frozen 2 (2019), Over The Moon (2020), Overwatch (2020), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), and Spirit: Untamed (2021) He is also currently animating for the video game industry.
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