Cartoon Character Animation with Maya: Mastering the Art of Exaggerated Animation (Required Reading Range) - Softcover

Keith Osborn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472533674 ISBN 13: 9781472533678

Publisher: Fairchild Books, 2015

Synopsis

If you want to achieve classic cartoon-style animation in computer animation, then look no further. Recent developments in computer animation tools and character rigging have made it easier to apply these techniques to computer animation, not just for the professional animator, but also for students.

Cartoon Character Animation with Maya will help you to incorporate these techniques into your own films. Each chapter is illustrated with examples from modern and classic cartoons. The companion website includes a specially made short animated movie, incorporating each and every technique mentioned in the book - as well as the assets and tools used to create the animation and walk-through videos demonstrating some of the more complex techniques. Everything you need to get up and running and creating your own cartoon style animations!

About this title

About the Author

Keith Osborn, is a freelance animator and animation instructor. He has over ten years' experience in various disciplines of animated film-making, specializing in character animation, including his work on the 2012 Oscar-winning short, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.

From the Back Cover

Have you ever wanted to try your hand at cartoony computer animation? Then look no further… Cartoon Character Animation with Maya will help you create just that, guiding you through every step of the process including how to incorporate multiple limbs, smears, motion blur and staggers seamlessly into your animation.

From planning to posing to polish, you'll learn how to make the most of breakdowns, take the terror out of tangent types and overcome the oft-feared graph editor.

Each chapter includes insight and advice from world-leading character animators, and the companion website, www.bloomsbury.com/Osborn-Cartoon-Animation, includes a short animation featuring the star of the book, Mr. Buttons. There's also a specially created rig of Mr. Buttons for you to animate with, as well as walk-through videos demonstrating key techniques. Everything you need to help you animate your own cartoony creations!

Includes interviews with: Ken Duncan, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, 9; Jason Figliozzi, Wreck it Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6; T. Dan Hofstedt, Pocahontas, Mulan, Planes; Ricardo Jost, The Nut Job, The Snow Queen 2; Pepe Sánchez, Pocoyo, Jelly Jamm; Matt Williames, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, The Princess and the Frog

Edition details

• Publisher: Fairchild Books
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472533674
• ISBN 13: 9781472533678
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176