Naturalistic Character Animation
Role:
Animator, Lighting Artist, Renderer
Software:
Autodesk Maya
Duration:
10 weeks
Rig by:
Benaissa Abdeldjalil
Model by:
Benaissa Abdeldjalil
Brief
This shot is a part of my class assignment for Naturalistic Character Animation at the Savannah College of Art and Design. I've used the Vulk model, beautifully designed and rigged by Abdeldjalil Benaissa, an incredible rig that I absolutely loved working with! The dialogue is from Deadpool and Wolverine movie, and I chose it because it perfectly complements the character’s personality and emotional weight.
Process
started by gathering reference footage and studying the timing and emotion in the dialogue before touching the rig. I blocked out the major poses first, then moved into spline to smooth out the motion and layer in jaw movement for the dialogue. The final pass was lip sync, where I matched the mouth shapes to the audio and locked in the scene setup around the character.
Reference
Blocking
Spline with Jaw movement
Lipsync and Scene Setup
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