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The video can be found at our Vimeo channel, along with the rest of the digital content we're creating to supplement our classroom studies. Missed a class due to illness? We've got a video tutorial that covers the same - or similar - ground.
Using the excellent free Dino rig by Harry Geoghegan, available for free download at Creative Crash, the tutorial explains how to create a believable dinosaur walk cycle and performance.
Why animate dinosaurs? Dinosaurs have been a staple of visual effects movies ever since Jurassic Park in 1993.
London's FrameStore then created the astonishing Walking With Dinosaurs series in 1999 when such work barely seemed possible.
With the visual effects industry expanding rapidly globally, and employing more and more animators - dinosaur action is something every animator needs on their demo reel.
What You Will Learn
- create a dinosaur walk cycle based on research and reference
- use offset curves to add flexibility
- create a believable set
- animate a moving camera
- add special effects such as camera shakes
- bake your curves
- create a performance
The tutorial uses the dinosaur rig by Harry Gladwin-Geoghegan. It's a great free rig for Maya animators, and you can download it here. To see how the dinosaur rig works in detail, read this blog post.
Truong Rigs
However you can also use many other free dinosaur rigs, such as those created by Truong. To see a detailed review of the excellent "Indominus Rex" rig, "Jurassic World" fan art created by Truong, read this post.
You can also see some excellent dinosaur animation using the Indominus Rex rig by our very own animation tutor Lee Caller, below.
How did dinosaurs really walk?
We don't really know, of course. But we can take a look at their closest living relatives - birds - to get an idea. For example, check out this video of an ostrich below.
Like all our Vimeo videos, this tutorial series is password-protected. If you're a current student or Escapee, send me an email at alex.williams1@pearson.com
The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our BA/MArt, follow this link. To apply, visit the official page here.
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