Character Animation and Expression with Maya
Adding a Tail 2
A course by Sagar Arun , Animator
About the video: Adding a Tail 2
Overview
“Based on the ball's core motion, I will be adding secondary overlapping action to make the motion look smooth and silky. ”
In this video lesson Sagar Arun addresses the topic: Adding a Tail 2, 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 all we have to do is look at the in-betweens and correct them. We'll go from frame one bend this more down. Then for here, we can start having you come down. We want to make sure we're breaking the joints. You can try to put a key here and delete this control and look at the in-between. Pretty good. The beginning is a little rough because of this. When it's squashed, the tail goes back in space. If we look at this point on the tail here, goes to the left then to the right then to the left, which is giving it a weird feeling. We can correct that. Now it's going to the right...”
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Course summary for: Character Animation and Expression with Maya
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3D, 3D Animation, 3D Character Design, 3D Modeling

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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