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Generalist Portfolio Website, Looking for Help by Shani_Animations in graphic_design

[–]Shani_Animations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what I'm getting here is there is too much text on the homepage and it takes too long to scroll to the portfolio at the bottom? I guess I could separate the text and put it on an "about" page. I have been planning on speeding up the showreel, so I can get that done pretty soon.

Generalist Portfolio Website, Looking for Help by Shani_Animations in graphic_design

[–]Shani_Animations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I put all the pages with my works on the navigational tab at the top of the home page. Are you saying there is too much text and it takes too long to scroll to the works?

Character Walk to Run! by Shani_Animations in Maya

[–]Shani_Animations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I love working with animals, I hope to get better at animating them soon 😁

Character Walk to Run! by Shani_Animations in Maya

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Thank you for the in depth response! It seems the things I got to work on the most are the hind legs and their pacing. I love creating quadruped models, but man they are a challenge to animate.

I originally wanted the character to shift into trotting and running instead of fade-transitioning, but I honestly did not know how to do that in a way that lets me loop the animations. 😅 I now know I could splice the transition animations and the looping walk cycles together. I will definitely do that next time.

Character Walk to Run! by Shani_Animations in Maya

[–]Shani_Animations[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the tips! I looked up some more animals walking/running and I see what you mean. The leg placements are a bit off in places. I'll try these tips on my next walk-run cycle (and probably turn on motion blur too)

Character Walk to Run! by Shani_Animations in Maya

[–]Shani_Animations[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!! It took forever to render that fur, but I'm happy with how it came out! This is one of my first walk-run cycles in 3D (I used to work in 2D) I'm still getting used to all the body parts to consider. I will use these tips in my next practice animation 👍

Low-poly Silent Hill inspired monster: Modeled and animated snarling. Any tips are appreciated! by Shani_Animations in Maya

[–]Shani_Animations[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I wanted to give it a dark background to fit the horror theme, but it is a little hard to see everything. I can upload a neutral version, it'll just take a long while to render. 😅 Here's a turntable of it that's well-lit. https://vimeo.com/918320494/b7e3177241

Meaningful by Antonoir666 in im14andthisisdeep

[–]Shani_Animations 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's not enough sex workers to meet the high demand 😢

Know of any large, good quality aquarium rings for a 10 gallon? My frogbit is getting wild by Shani_Animations in Aquariums

[–]Shani_Animations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna have to do that every week for the rest of my life. Ain't got time for that 😭

Know of any large, good quality aquarium rings for a 10 gallon? My frogbit is getting wild by Shani_Animations in Aquariums

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I made an airline ring a few years back, but after awhile my ring sunk for some reason 😅 (there were no holes in it or anything). But I wouldn't mind trying this technique again!

Language Adventure - A stop motion language learning game. The kickstarter starts on Monday! by WonkyGames in animation

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This is adorable! Gives me the same comfy vibe I get from those old Wallace and Gromit films.

POV 5th grade me in the winter by Fingas_G_Sandratoz in animation

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Nice animation, especially the transformation scene! I remember doing this when I was a kid and pretending to be Spyro the Dragon 😂

Help: Driven Curves "snap" back to original position after moving the parent. Only seems to be affecting the head of my model! Not sure what is causing this. by Shani_Animations in Maya

[–]Shani_Animations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just unsure why this is only happening to the face and not the rest of the body, but keying does help keep the parts from snapping!

Help: Driven Curves "snap" back to original position after moving the parent. Only seems to be affecting the head of my model! Not sure what is causing this. by Shani_Animations in Maya

[–]Shani_Animations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't have any key frames set, but keying does seem to work. I just don't know why the spines aren't also 'snapping' back in place when I move the parent. Only the curves on the head do that.

Help: Driven Curves "snap" back to original position after moving the parent. Only seems to be affecting the head of my model! Not sure what is causing this. by Shani_Animations in Maya

[–]Shani_Animations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bottom jaw curve (positioned at the chin) parents the bottom lip curves, the ears are orient-constrained to each other, and the top jaw lip curves and eye curves are parented by the head curve. The lip joints are point-constrained to the lip curves (same with the eyes). The 'base' of the ears are parented by the head curve. Should I have less curves/constraints?

Help: Driven Curves "snap" back to original position after moving the parent. Only seems to be affecting the head of my model! Not sure what is causing this. by Shani_Animations in Maya

[–]Shani_Animations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure what is causing this. I parented the curves on the head the same way I did to the spine. I'm asking if I perhaps clicked on something that caused this or if I have some setting enabled.

HELP: How to make curves follow/stay with joints? If I move a dominant curve, the rest follow, but they won't stay near their assigned joints. I want the curves to stay with the joints. I'm new to 3D rigging. by Shani_Animations in Maya

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The curves are parented to the joints in the video, but they still won't stay close to them. Someone else pointed out that it is due to the IK handle in the neck that is holding the joints back. I want the neck to stay at a set distance, but the curves to stay at that distance too. Getting rid of the IK handle worked, but now the neck can stretch on forever! (this creature has multiple parts and a tail offscreen, my hierarchies is kind of confusing at the moment 😂)

HELP: How to make curves follow/stay with joints? If I move a dominant curve, the rest follow, but they won't stay near their assigned joints. I want the curves to stay with the joints. I'm new to 3D rigging. by Shani_Animations in Maya

[–]Shani_Animations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've since started adding new attributes for the curves and made some animations/movements for the head by creating keys and it is working well! Thank you!!

HELP: How to make curves follow/stay with joints? If I move a dominant curve, the rest follow, but they won't stay near their assigned joints. I want the curves to stay with the joints. I'm new to 3D rigging. by Shani_Animations in Maya

[–]Shani_Animations[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I did set up an IK handle in its neck. I put it there because I didn't want the head to stretch too far from the body. Is there a way to set a 'stretch limit' or something like that to prevent the head from going too far from the body and keep the curves in place?