Horse Trot Animation Layered

I added horse hair. I hope I can get a nice final rendered image. :) HAPPY NEW YEAR!

So I'm pretty happy with the setup now..I'll resume work on this when I get back from winter break! Happy Holidays!

Match move is still a work in progress... Thank you for the awesome semester!!!

I really want to add a shadow across the ground, that way you can see it coming before it enters screen.

Kind of burned out right now :(

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/animation/c/arc-tracker I've just found out a very useful mel script from creativecrash.com. It is arc tracker which tracks an arc(spacing) of a selected obj and automatically update the arc. additionally, this has camera zoom tool so that we can zoom in and fix spacing conveniently. Try out! you'd love it. :D

This Gypsy Vanner canters into a hard stop and then rears. A nice trot from front view too.

5 Successful Traits -Attitude -Good-"Choices" -Entertainment Value -Physicality -Charicature Attitude -No Ego -Open to Feedback -Communication with others -Organization -Willing to take on any assignment(or shot) -Works for the greater good of the production(does thing without being asked) -is open to critique(from anyone) Professionalism -Communication with leads -willing to take other projects(Pre-pro) -Aware of Schedule Organization -Preparing for a shot -Clean blocking -Working clean -Uses everything to achieve the best result Mannerisms, attitudes, gestures - all add life and personality to out character on the screen, but first we should work out a very basic plan for out action -know what our movement and dialoque patterns are and then add the subtleties. In short, we plan thoroughly and simply -and then add to. we shouldn't put the roog on the house before we pour the foundation. -Eric Larson Shot Briefings -Take notes -ASk questions -if possible, have director ac...