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Body Mechanics and Animation in Maya: Pulling Objects

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Lesson 9. Adding follow-through to the upper body: the back
In this lesson we will animate the chest and the back control at the same time to add follow-through. Topics covered in this video: Focusing on the Rotate X; Delaying the back pose keys; Using the Scale mode.
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Software used
Maya 7 (required for project files)
What you will learn
Easily learn proper body mechanics for creating believable animations with over 5 hours of project-based training developed specifically for character animation and body mechanics. Perfect for intermediate artists. Popular highlights include: Body Mechanics Overview of Pulling Objects; Driving Force Through Upper-body Animation; Compensating Body Motion for Mass of Objects; Animating Believable Weight and Tension; Utilizing Storyboards for Pre-vis; Backwards Locomotion; Adjusting Performance Through Timing & Spacing; Roughing-in Animation Through Blocking; Adding Follow-through, Arcs, and Overlapping; Exaggerating Poses for Dynamic Movement; Adjusting Keyframes in Graph Editor; Understanding Weighted Tangency & Free Tangent Weights; Optimizing Workflow with Character Sets.
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Delano Athias

44 Lessons

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2. Getting the scene ready for animation
10:16
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3. Beginning the Light Pull animation
09:54
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4. Blocking in the next pose
07:22
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5. Completing the posing of the extremes
10:26
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6. Beginning to finalize the Light Pull
07:36
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7. Fixing the flow of the animation
06:48
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8. Adding follow-through to the upper body: center of gravity
06:34
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9. Adding follow-through to the upper body: the back
05:13
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10. Adding follow-through to the head
06:05
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11. Fixing the arms and the hands
11:12
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12. Animating the fingers
09:53
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13. Starting final touch ups for the upper body
06:20
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14. Finishing the upper body for the Light Pull
08:01
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15. Beginning to finalize the legs
03:40
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16. Fine-tuning the steps
07:10
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17. Working on the second foot step
06:45
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18. Refining the next step of steps
09:40
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19. Finishing the last steps for the Light Pull
07:13
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20. Adding shifts in the upper body according to the steps
09:04
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21. Adding the up and down translation to the upper body
07:19
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22. Animating the hips
08:31
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23. Finishing the Light Pull
05:18
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24. Starting the conversion of the Light Pull into a Heavy Pull
04:53
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25. Adding a second attempt for pulling the object
10:12
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26. Creating tension between the character and the object
03:16
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27. Fixing the character's anticipation for his second attempt at the pull
07:44
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28. Adjusting the character's backward translation to match with the object
02:31
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29. Initial detail pass for the upper body during the pull
09:50
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30. Animating the character resting after the pull
03:40
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31. Going back to work on the character's rest
10:49
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32. Adding follow-through to the character during the pull
04:30
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33. Finishing the upper body for the Heavy Pull
13:23
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34. Moving back to the legs
08:55
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35. Refining the legs
08:04
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36. Finishing the foot steps
10:00
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37. Including shifts in the body to show more effort in pull
08:22
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38. Fixing the shoulders
09:27
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39. Animating the side to side motion of the upper body
09:58
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40. Working on the up and down translation of the upper body
05:12
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41. Finishing the upper body: last touch ups
04:08
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42. Adding back and forth rotation to the hips
03:24
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43. Finishing the rotation of the hips
08:12
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44. Finalizing the Heavy Pull
14:06
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