By Eric Huang and Ernie Wu - CSE 459 - Winter 2008
Motion Assignment 4: Push/Pull
Cse459 Preproduction for Digital Animation
Assignment: Push/Pull
Due Date: Wednesday, Feb 6 11:59pm
Part 1: Push/Pull
Download the Hogan character.
OR
Download the Basic Guy character
OR
Download the Sam character
Looking for the ball character?
http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse459/CurrentQtr/assignments/motion_assignments/assignment1/index.html
- Planning sheets and
video reference are a MUST! Record yourself from different angles, not
just the side!
- Complete a push or
a pull of a heavy object.
Part 2: Planning sheet for final project
·
Complete
a planning sheet of an animation sequence that includes a run, walk, jump, and
a push or pull. Please keep it to less
than 20 seconds! Keep things simple and
quality is always better than quantity.
Turn-in
Part 1: Push/Pull
- Planning sheets in
JPG form.
- Turn in 3
playblasts: one from the side camera, one from the front camera, and one
from a clear perpective camera.
Part 2: Planning Sheet for Final Project
- Planning sheet in
JPG form.
Grading Criteria
Part 1: Walk Cycle
- Fluidity in motion
(no jerks, abrupt stops and pops)
- Nice motion
paths/arcs
- Demonstration of
ease-in ease-out (the feet)
- Overlapping motion
(the hips shouldn't move exactly in-sync with the feet)
Useful Links
Please
have a look! :)
2d Animation software!
http://www.plasticanimationpaper.dk/
Awesome walk cycles as examples:
\\preproduction\walk cycle examples
Understanding the graph editor by Victor Navone
(A pixar animator):
Spline Tutorial 1 Spline Tutorial 2
Descriptive explanations of the principles:
Another walk cycle tutorial: