Complex UV Layout in Maya
Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character
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My next preject
I want to finally animate something but i just cant think of anything
any ideas?
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If i have no clue. What so ever.
Then i watch tv shows, films, comic books, random googling
And this inspires me pretty fast if i`m stuck.
If thats not your tin can.
Then do something you dreamed of when you where 10 or 12 years old. Or do something you miss from your childhood.
Maybe animate that cool little GI Joe man you played till the legs dropped off.
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Aside from that, if you don't want to rig and want to concentrate on the animation itself, search around for a simple rigged character (as in made from primitives) and have at it. If you visit the animationmentor site, you'll find links to student blogs that show off what they do with simple characters which may serve as some inspiration.
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The main problem is I never dreamed of anything when i was littleOriginally posted by AikoWorld
Hey hey there.
If i have no clue. What so ever.
Then i watch tv shows, films, comic books, random googling
And this inspires me pretty fast if i`m stuck.
If thats not your tin can.
Then do something you dreamed of when you where 10 or 12 years old. Or do something you miss from your childhood.
Maybe animate that cool little GI Joe man you played till the legs dropped off.
Hope it Helps!
I dreamed of getting a good job and a nice house, with a dog
.....I had no childhood
when i watch TV shows and films the only ideas i can think of are the exact thing that ive just watched
and i dont just want to animate random stuff
@aikoworld (second post) the first one was on HOW to think of ideas and this one is begging for ideas because nothing i try works
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Well, that's something too. Why not make a film about a kid doing some crazy stuff and then wakes up to a normally perfect life?The main problem is I never dreamed of anything when i was little I dreamed of getting a good job and a nice house, with a dog .....I had no childhood
You just need to analyze thing deeper. There's inspiration to be found in everything... Take an object and think about how it's made, what it can be used for(realistic or imaginary), what memories it brings up etc. sooner or later you'll find something interesting.
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Ok well read a book if you dont have your own ideas, read comics.
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Do somthing super loose that has very little grounding on traditional asthetic. Get somthing like charcoal, wet ink , anything doesnt have to be art supplies and just make shapes man. Its like trying to find shapes in clouds or bubble bath.
If you watch certain programs and read certain types of books its inevitable that any ideas you have will be relatively cliched. These are ideas that have allready been interprted artisticaly, if you start loose or look at abstract works that you arnt used to and think of how they could form part of the world, to start off ignore a story line just think of a premise.
Here are a few things to think about, these are underlieing premises you see all the time, its the interpretation thats is yours:
-abstraction, worlds with differnt rules of physicis, light could be solid oooo endless
-scale, worlds beyound our vision
-anthropomorphic characters, What would a elephant do if it had a day where it could think like a human?
-inanimate objects, the drawing comes to life oooh
(the above two are basically disney, their interpretatoins are endless though)
-combination, what would happen if you mixed a horse with a sheep, how would that horsheep feel about that.
(i love this one for starting off, e.g. monkey + hammer in an echer painting)
A thing to do would be to write down two columbs, one with objects, places, people and the other with contexts and then randomly link two togeather and see what you think of.
e.g.
egg war
crystal mystery
ant lunchtime
This is a bit of a lecture i know but i hope it helps
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I went to the stock cars last night and there were no crashes at all
and i thought of doing an action movie with extremely ridicules stunts, like mocking die hard or something similar
I could combine it with elephants, poachers or a lion or the like could kill a baby elephants mother and the baby elephant suddenly goes macho. Queue mindless action
it would be perfect because i love elephants and like messing around with effects
although now i realise Jsprogg had a similar idea a few months ago with rambi
what do you think?
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a good challenge for you too
you should have something more comical than a poacher or lion
something people wouldn't normally expect but still somewhat plausible
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but I want to say I did everything
so you finished the lion?
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it might be more comical yet still plausible (in people minds that is, the fact is that elephant's eye sight is so poor that they cant even see mice...)
the mouse could be scaring one of the elephants friends and the elephant really overreacts
it would be a good opportunity for me to practice fur as well
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