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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

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# 1 16-04-2006 , 10:26 AM

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Hi everyone,

This is my first bit of animation using a character that I actually built. The walk doesnt look right to me but I think it has something to do with the arms. The problem is, if I move them more they look like their moving too much for the speed he's walking but if I move them less they look too wooden.

here's the animation in windows media and quicktime 7

https://www.simontaylorfilms.com/maya...montywalks.wmv

https://www.simontaylorfilms.com/maya...montywalks.mov

Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated as usual!

All the best
Simon

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# 2 16-04-2006 , 10:42 AM

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Needs elbows me thinks

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# 3 16-04-2006 , 10:48 AM

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Yeah he has elbows but when I've tried moving them more it looks like too much movement user added image

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# 4 16-04-2006 , 04:27 PM

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Well Im going to be controversial here - I think that by actually having him walk this way, gives him more character. Its not as if hes human anyway, so why walk like one?

If he was lifting a heavy load then he'd need the use of his elbows

Good Stuff

Jay

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# 5 16-04-2006 , 05:27 PM

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he reminds me of kevin from harry enfields if you hav ever seen that show.like a teenager lost the use of his arms but i do actually agree with Jay.he does seem to have a lot of character when he walks im sure just with a little bit of tweaking he will be great

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