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“Cameron Hood has been teaching
with Gnomon for over four years, during
which time he has trained scores of students and professionals.
His
professional experience as both a traditional and digital
character animator
has allowed him to pass on invaluable tips, tricks, tools
and approach.”
- Alex Alvarez
Director, Gnomon
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In this lecture we will begin
to understand the gaits of certain bipeds and how studying
their movement will enable us to give our characters propulsion
and weight. We will learn how overlapping action can be achieved
via offsetting keyed attributes on the timeline and in the
graph editor. Furthermore, it is important for our characters
to have personality – we will explore ways of bringing ‘life’ to
the animation. Finally, we will cover techniques and approaches
that enable us to work faster and cleaner by only setting keys
on appropriate channels.
Product Code: CHA02
Cycles
Adjusting Weight on F Curves
Layering
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Copy and Paste Keys
Breakdown Keys
Applying weight to movement |
 01:
Introduction
02: Stride Positions
03: Overlap on Body
04: Arms, Body Twist
05: Walking with Personality
06: Walking in a Shot-Cam
07: Credits
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Cameron is currently working for Dreamworks Feature
Animation. Formerly a senior Character Animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Credits include: Sharktale, Sinbad, Stuart Little
2, The Road to El Dorado and The Prince of Egypt.
Cameron has over two years of experience teaching character animation
at the Gnomon School, as well as lecturing at the Dreamworks Feature
Animation training department. Cameron is a graduate of Sheridan College’s
animation program.
Character Animation 1: Fundamentals
Character Animation 3: Animating
Your First Scene
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