🚀 Animo is a free animation toolset I've been building and using in production for years. It includes tools for Space Switching, Fast Arc Tracking, Fast Baking, Animation Layer Tools, and more to help speed up animation workflows.
This is an animation study challenge that @Sanaz_artt and I worked on together to push ourselves and learn something new.
This study is based on Thought of You by the amazing Ryan Woodward. This guy is an absolute legend!
Study from: @ryanwoodwardart
In my experience, the eyes often carry more weight in facial animation than the mouth or cheeks.
I try to give the eyes a little more attention so they feel right.
what a lot of people are unaware of is how much study goes into becoming an animator
Acting is terribly hard and is such an incredible craft!
But an animator doesn't only have to understand acting, they also have to understand how to create this acting physically (1/4)
Here is an old eye analysis I did a few years ago. I was deep into learning about human eye muscles and how we can get a fleshy feel around the eye mask area.
Here is an old eye analysis I did a few years ago. I was deep into learning about human eye muscles and how we can get a fleshy feel around the eye mask area.
Some beginners feel that using video reference is ‘cheating’ but it really isn’t. It’s simply a helpful tool for discovering interesting choices and nuances we might not come up with on our own.
Saw this performance back in 2020 and had to try a quick animation test. A few months ago, I revisited it using Ramon rigs, which was such a refreshing experience. I’ve always loved close-up shots :)
🚀 Pickify is a powerful selection-set tool for animators assign hotkeys, and instantly hide/show geometry.
V19 Update:
- Cleaner, more modern UI
- Optional set color-coding
- Set grouping for a tidy workflow
- Flexible hotkey control (enable/disable per set)
All my tools are now updated! If you’re using them in your workflow or need compatibility with an older Maya version, grab the latest from my Gumroad page.
Happy animating!
ehsanbayat.gumroad.com/
Vectorify is a free, powerful tool for animators that makes repathing animations easy. It works seamlessly with biped and quadruped cycles but isn’t limited to them. You can repath any animation in just a few clicks.
New update just dropped, grab it on Gumroad!
Vectorify is a free, powerful tool for animators that makes repathing animations easy. It works seamlessly with biped and quadruped cycles but isn’t limited to them. You can repath any animation in just a few clicks.
Download Link: ehsanbayat.gumroad.com/l/Vec…