Cartoon character animation with Maya : mastering the art of exaggerated animation / Keith Osborn.

By:

Osborn, Keith, 1972-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London ; : New York : Bloomsbury, Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,Inc., 2016Description: 176, pages ; 27 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781472533678 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

006.696 23

LOC classification:

TR897.72.M39 O83 2015

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Clonmel Library Main Collection	006.696 OSB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39002100633040

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Have you ever wanted to try your hand at cartoony computer animation? Then look no further... Cartoon Character Animation with Maya will help you create just that, guiding you through every step of the process including how to incorporate multiple limbs, smears, motion lines and staggers seamlessly into your animation. From planning to posing to polish, you'll learn how to make the most of breakdowns, take the terror out of tangent types and overcome the oft-feared graph editor.Each chapter includes insight and advice from world-leading character animators, and the companion website, www.bloomsbury.com/Osborn-Cartoon-Animation, includes a short animation featuring the star of the book, Mr. Buttons. There's also a specially created rig of Mr. Buttons for you to animate with, as well as walk-through videos demonstrating key techniques. Everything you need to help you animate your own cartoony creations! Includes interviews with: Ken Duncan, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, 9; Jason Figliozzi, Wreck it Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6; T. Dan Hofstedt, Pocahontas, Mulan, Planes; Ricardo Jost, The Nut Job, The Snow Queen 2; Pepe Sánchez, Pocoyo, Jelly Jamm; Matt Williames, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, The Princess and the Frog

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references (page 171) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface
The Challenges
The Purpose of this Book
Chapter 1 Thinking in 2D
Design Informs Motion
Abstract Shapes
Every Frame Matters
Chapter 2 Animation Planning
Start With the End in Mind
Thumbnails
Video Reference
Watching Cartoons
Chapter 3 Animating the Cartoony Way
Lock Your Camera
Exaggeration
Breaking the Rig
Pose to Pose
Page Flipping
Breakdowns
The Graph Editor Is Your Fiend
I Mean Friend
Introduction to the Rig
Chapter 4 Smears and Distortions
Motion Blur
Scaling
Non-Uniform Scaling
BoSmear Tool
Chapter 5 Dry-brush and Speedlines
Dry-brush
Speedlines
Swoosh Tool
Chapter 6 Multi-limbs
Transparency Trick
Scrambling Limbs
Trailing Limbs How Many? Lead or Follow?
Chapter 7 Vibrations and Staggers
Vibrations
Double Path Vibrations
Linear Stagger
Alternating Stagger
Conclusion
Further Reading and viewing
Glossary
Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Keith Osborn , is a US-based freelance animator and animation instructor. He has over ten years' experience in various disciplines of animated film-making, specializing in character animation, including his work on the 2012 Oscar-winning short, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore .