FINISHED MINIGUN PICKUP
Final pass on my minigun animation. I’ve been sitting on this for a while because I forgot to update my website.
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MINIGUN PICK UP BLOCKING PLUS
Refined my blocking of my minigun pick up animation.
Animation Stream
Streamed working on my minigun pickup at twitch.tv/bugbilly
Animation Stream
Streamed working on my minigun pickup at twitch.tv/bugbilly
Animation Stream
Streamed working on my minigun pickup at twitch.tv/bugbilly
Animation Stream
I streamed myself working on my vehicle takedown animation on Twitch. It was over 5 hours.
I’m planning on setting up a consistent streaming schedule but need to work out the details first.
Here is the WIP of where I left off.
I have been focusing on the attacking character (Dex) mostly and will animate Jack (the guy on the bike getting kicked) once I am happy with Dex’s movement.
The environment will be changed out a cliff, which Jack will be kicked off of.
Augmented Animator Week 2
I shot some reference for my new animation I will be working on. The focus will be to convey the weight of the character picking up a mini turret.
Augmented Animator Start
I started my Augmented Animator class with Rusty Gray. This will be my 3rd time taking this class/mentorship.
Today was our first meetup and we mainly focused on my plan of attack for the next 12 weeks.
Python Final Project
I finished the first version of my Mixamo Rig Converter script.
With this script, you will be able to download anything you want off Mixamo and turn it into an animateable rig.
It will create controls to animate the rig. The existing animation will then be transferred over to these controls.
Display and Animation layers will be automatically generated, for easy organization.
The created animation layer is additive with all controls added to it, so you will be able to start animating right away.
You can check the Joint Orientation of the rig with the first 2 buttons.
Next, you can decide how big the NURBS circles will be for your controls.
Don’t forget to click set. You can create some test sizes beforehand and delete them all at once when you find the right size.
You can set the time range of what parts of the animation you want.
The frequency is how often they will set a keyframe.
When you have set everything, click the bottom button and have fun with your new rig.
Python Last Assignment WIP 02
I haven’t updated my blog in a while but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been working on things.
Here is an update on the script for class.
I downloaded a rig of mixamo.com. My script generates NURBS curves at all the joints, parent constraints to the corresponding joint, and the NURBS curves mimic the joint hierarchy.
Also, I rename the joints to have the “_JNT” suffix added to the end of it. Then I have the NURBS curves mimic the name of the joints but replace “_JNT” with “_CNTRL”
I’m no done but it’s in a good spot at the moment.
Next, I will change the controls to rotate to be in the optimal angle for the rig, change the control size so they are easier to grab them, and create a UI to interact with the script.
My stretch goal is to take the Mixamo keyframes from the joints and bake them onto the controls I have created.
