Animation Performance

Mechanics of Motion

Maya 2013 Essential Training: 5 Animation Tools

All images where taken from Google Images..

This was the first attempted at the excited pose based of one of the images in the inspiration. I made to versions of this with two variations in the placement of the arms and angle of camera. This was done as the pose initially comes across as devastated or upset not exciting. Changing the arm position and angle did not help.

This was the second and final attempt at the excited pose based of an image in the inspiration. This pose portrayed excited much more than the previous version as the placement of the arms, feet and angled body makes the character seem like they are about to jump for joy.

All images where taken from Google Images.

This was the first attempted at the pose Balance. I decided not to go with this pose as it is very simple and does not require much work. This pose does not need to emphasis on characters weight and placement of body parts to portray balance. 

This was the second attempt at the pose Balance. This pose was much more difficult then the previous pose. I found it interesting and different, that to pull of this pose one has to have incredible balance and concentration. I decided to go on to another pose however as I did not feel I was capable of showing off the characters weight and angles properly enough. 

This was the final attempt at the pose Balance. I decided to go with this pose as I can do it myself and test to see where the center of gravity is, the weight and feel of the body and the angles well and show that in this character pose well. 

All images where taken from Google Images.

This was the first and only attempt at the pose Relaxed. A lot of relaxed poses consisted of laying down or having arms crossed over each other in different places. I found this pose and felt it was the easiest to portray relaxation without hiding all the body parts as I would of done if I had a different pose.

All images where taken from Google Images.

This is the first attempt at this pose. I really liked this pose as it was a mid air shot, prepared to kick some butt. However I found it very difficult to properly portray this pose giving the constraints of the charter as well as me personally being able to show it off. 

This is the second attempt at the pose Poised for Action. This pose seemed relatively easy however once I started I realized it was not. It is hard to show what I wanted and doesn’t quite come across as poised for action but more so a “stop where you are”.

This was the final attempt at the pose Poised for Action. I felt this pose was a lot better at portraying someone being poised for action then the previous two. It was easy to show off this pose, properly displace the weight of the character as well as looking as the pose should look. 

All images where taken from Google Images.

This was the first and only attempt at the pose Confidence. This pose was relatively easy to portray. Confidence is a simple pose of having feet set apart, hands on hips and chest puffed out. This is a generic Superhero pose.