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NMA – New Masters Academy – Cedeno & Quaife-Hodge – Walk and Run Cycles in Animation

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NMA – New Masters Academy – Cedeno & Quaife-Hodge – Walk and Run Cycles in Animation
English | Tutorial | Size: 21.9GB


In this 5-week course, instructors Michael Cedeno and Kathleen Quaife-Hodge will take you through a super informative journey on how to animate walk and run cycles. [Read more…]

Lynda – 2D Animation Animal Walk Cycles

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Lynda – 2D Animation: Animal Walk Cycles
English | Size: 378.4MB
Category: CBTs


Capturing the movements of a horse, dog, or other such creature in 2D animation requires an understanding of certain principles and techniques. In this course, Dermot O’Connor explains how to animate four-legged animals as they walk, trot, and run. Dermot compares the anatomy of animals and humans, showing the analogous parts. He also demonstrates the basics of a quadruped walk, explaining how to create the leg positions for the front and the back, as well as how to offset them to create a realistic walk. Plus, learn how to add individual quirks to a run and create cartoony run cycles.
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Pluralsight – Building Walk Cycles in Maya 2017

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Pluralsight – Building Walk Cycles in Maya 2017
English | Size: 1.1GB
Category: Tutorial


Have you ever needed a walk cycle for your animation in Maya? If so then this course is for you. In this course, Building Walk Cycles in Maya 2017, you’ll cover walk cycle creation from gathering references to final translation of cycled animation into forward motion. First, you’ll begin by learning good sources of reference material and how to create and mirror the four basic poses of a walk. Next, you’ll then jump in and learn varying poses and timing to give your walk cycles different flavors. Then, you’ll discover how to refine those poses and timings using the graph editor. [Read more…]

CGCookie – Shaderforge (Blender & Cycles)

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CGCookie – Shaderforge (Blender & Cycles)
English | Size: 2.2GB
Category: Tutorial


This course is an on-going series about constructing materials (shaders) for the Cycles render engine. With enough time and effort, materiality can breathe such life into a CG scene. On the other hand, lackluster materials can suck the life out of an otherwise high-quality scene.
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