Character Animation and Expression with Maya
Idea Creation and Thumbnails
A course by Sagar Arun , Animator
About the video: Idea Creation and Thumbnails
Overview
“Idea creation is an important part of the process. In this lesson, I will be going over how it relates to our expression test and you'll explore a character and find out what poses and types of motion make them look appealing. ”
In this video lesson Sagar Arun addresses the topic: Idea Creation and Thumbnails, 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
“Idea Creation and Thumbnails In this lesson, we’ll go over idea creation, and thumbnails for our expression test. In this image here, you see some pretty tied down expressions. They're colored, and they're kind of finalized, but we don't need to go as in depth, we just need a plan for what we’ll translate into 3D directly. What an expression test is, is it's used to explore a character, and find out what poses, and types of motion make them look appealing. It's finding out what makes your character tick. It's possible for any character. You can do it for a 2D character, 3D character, and fo...”
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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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