Mystic Runesaber - Animation Breakdown

A little animation discussion and breakdown of World of Warcraft's newest Blizzard Store Mount, the Mystic Runesaber.

Animating a Walk from Start to Finish - Staging

Live Streaming an Animated Walk.

12 Principles of Animation -

STAGING
A pose or action should clearly communicate to the audience the attitude, mood, reaction or idea of the character as it relates to the story and continuity of the story line. The effective use of long, medium, or close up shots, as well as camera angles also helps in telling the story. There is a limited amount of time in a film, so each sequence, scene and frame of film must relate to the overall story. Do not confuse the audience with too many actions at once. Use one action clearly stated to get the idea across, unless you are animating a scene that is to depict clutter and confusion. Staging directs the audience's attention to the story or idea being told. Care must be taken in background design so it isn't obscuring the animation or competing with it due to excess detail behind the animation. Background and animation should work together as a pictorial unit in a scene.

http://www.frankanollie.com/PhysicalAnimation.html


Program - Maya 2010 http://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview

Rig - Goon Rig http://www.kennyroy.com/public/How-to-Cheat-in-Maya-2013.cfm

Animator's Bibles:

Character Animation Crash Course -
http://www.amazon.com/Character-Animation-Crash-Course-Goldberg/dp/1879505975

Illusion of Life -
http://www.amazon.com/The-Illusion-Life-Disney-Animation/dp/0786860707

Animator's Survival Kit -
http://www.amazon.com/The-Animators-Survival-Richard-Williams/dp/0571202284

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