Baseball Pitch Tutorial with Marc Stevenson

Learn to animate a baseball throw with Marc Stevenson in the free video tutorial above.  This new tutorial is part of our series of animation tutorials hosted at our Vimeo Tutorial Channel; our central hub for our animation and VFX video tutorials, making it easy for our students to find tutorials to support their classroom studies. In this tutorial, Marc shows how to animate a baseball pitch using live action reference, and also how to attach and un-attach the ball from the pitcher's glove.

Vimeo Chanel Tutorials

Marc Stevenson 

Tutorials begin with the basics, such as the bouncing ball, and progress through walks and runs to complex physical actions such as a character throwing a ball. You can also find tutorials on weight, flexibility and overlapping action as well as body mechanics and parkour.  

You can find the rest of our Vimeo Tutorials at the main Vimeo Channel page here.

Animation - Character Actions & Weight

Animating a Character Throwing a Box
Animate the character "Heavy" from Team Fortress throwing a box - with Marc Stevenson
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxIzoEJ0jom2RfJeAVwfkj5kRbQw8ztza

To see more about how to animate a character throwing a box with Marc Stevenson, and about the Heavy rig, read this blog post.

Animate a Character Throwing a Ball
Learn how to animate a character throwing a ball with Alex Williams
This tutorial uses the free Morpheus rig, and also explores how to use live action reference to create believable animation.
https://vimeo.com/showcase/7385962

To see more about how to animate a character throwing a ball, read this blog post.

How to install the ParentMaster Plugin (Maya 2019)
Installation of the PaentMaster Plugin by Alex Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5R1X2qXv1g
To see how the ParentMaster works in detail, see this blog post.
Also download the  ParentMaster Plugin from HighEnd3D.com

Animating with Constraints by Marc Stevenson
Animating with Constraints by Marc Stevenson
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxIzoEJ0jom1fWGC90iL9exlp3xnoQoZc

For more on animating with constraints, read this blog post.

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our new BA/MArt starting in September 2023, follow this link.   To apply, visit the offical page here.