Learn the 12 Principles of Animation for Games in Maya

Using Maya, learn the 12 basic principles of Animation and how they apply to every day objects and characters!

4.60 (64 reviews)
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Learn the 12 Principles of Animation for Games in Maya
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2.5 hours
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Sep 2016
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$49.99
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What you will learn

Learn the 12 Principles of Animation and how they apply

Learn the essentials for creating dynamic and exciting animations

Description

Using Maya, this tutorial will cover the 12 basic principles of Animation, how they apply to everyday objects and characters, as well as a complete look at how you can utilize them to really bring your characters and animations to life!


More about the Instructor:

Justin Harrison is a Character and Technical Animator with more than 7 years experience in the game development industry. Currently, he is working for Molten Games in Del Mar, CA on an unannounced title. Previously he has worked for for both Activision and Sony on titles such as The Bourne Conspiracy, Ghostbusters: The Game, as well as Transformers: War for Cybertron to name a few. Justin holds a BFA in Digital Art and Animation from the College for Creative Studies, and has a generalist skill set that ranges from artistic modeling and asset creation, to motion capture and keyframe animation, to technical rigging and character setup.

Content

Animation Principles 1-4

Introduction
Squash and Stretch
Anticipation
Timing and Spacing
Followthrough and Overlapping

Animation Principles 5-8

Introduction
Straight Ahead and Pose-to-Pose
Slow in and Slow out
Arcs
Staging

Animation Principles 9-12

Introduction
Exaggeration
Secondary Action
Solid Drawing
Appeal - And Series Wrapup
Bonus Lecture: Further Learning with 3dmotive

Reviews

Şamil
August 14, 2022
Principles are explanied clearly. You can try to copy the character animation in the series to practice but if there were tasks (homework) given for each video it would be a 5 star course for a beginner.
Majdshaghala
August 26, 2021
this course was good and on point as its Title its a bit short and needs more sections however it explains 12 principles of animation pretty good
Scott
January 31, 2021
It goes into details about the 12 principles of animation that makes me feel like a kid in drawing storyboards just like Walt Disney would use to do. I get more inspiration to want to draw storyboards with the 12 principles of animation. My goal is to do my own website for Full Sail University of doing the 12 principles of animation in Blender and Maya, using my own storyboard drawings.
Johnny
December 23, 2019
Great course, the instructor is not only knowledgeable but very good at teaching. Came away learning a lot.
Dhvanee
July 31, 2019
The simple volume control method even on the character is a surprising trick. I never thought of it like that.
Mason
January 23, 2019
A good refresher on the principles of animation with a couple of good tips when animating specifically in Maya.
Ben
January 16, 2019
Well made course describes the principles very well. I'm so happy I found this course it's been hard to find a course on this subject. Often I've found courses with vague titles like 3D animation in Maya only to find they don't discuss any principles of animation at all they just discuss how to animate in terms of the basic principles rather they just discuss how to use the software. This is the opposite You're told exactly what the principles are in a clear and meaningful way. While you do need to be familiar with Maya to follow some of the more technical moments in the graph editor the principles shown here are still understandable to any kind of animator's sensibilities and apply to all forms of animation.
Robert
June 21, 2018
So far this course is excellent and clearly explains the principles of animation with simple and precise demonstrations.
Cristina
September 22, 2016
the comments are a little hard to follow at times, as the talking is a tad fast and repetitive. i found my self zoning out pretty often because of this.. but otherwise, super neat course and explanations :)
H.
January 25, 2014
This course definitely gives an overview of the 12 principles of animation with animated examples for use. Anyone beginning a study into animation would benefit from this course.

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