Cartoon Character Animation with Maya: Mastering the Art of Exaggerated Animation

✍ Scribed by Keith Osborn

• Publisher: Fairchild Books
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 176
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Have you ever wanted to try your hand at cartoony computer animation? Then look no further… Cartoon Character Animation with Maya will help you create just that, guiding you through every step of the process including how to incorporate multiple limbs, smears, motion lines and staggers seamlessly into your animation. From planning to posing to polish, you'll learn how to make the most of breakdowns, take the terror out of tangent types and overcome the oft-feared graph editor. Each chapter includes insight and advice from world-leading character animators, and the companion website, www.bloomsbury.com/Osborn-Cartoon-Animation, includes a short animation featuring the star of the book, Mr. Buttons. There's also a specially created rig of Mr. Buttons for you to animate with, as well as walk-through videos demonstrating key techniques. Everything you need to help you animate your own cartoony creations!

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. THINKING IN 2D
2. ANIMATION PLANNING
3. THE POSE TEST
4. BREAKDOWNS
5. REFINE
6. CARTOONY TECHNIQUES
APPENDIX
Conclusion
Further Reading
Further Viewing
Index
Picture Credits
Acknowledgments