Toolkit 2 - Maya: Character Posing

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So for our first Maya session of the academic year, our tutor, Alan, tasked us with recreating 5 different action poses in Maya using the "Moom" Rig provided. He is a fun and quirky character that's interesting to work with! Below are my attempts at posing Moom.


Pose 1: I would say that this pose was the most successful as it has character and is quite close to the reference.


Pose 2: Although Moom lives, to me, he doesn't quite portray that strength that the reference photo does.


Pose 3: Fortunately for Moom, he still lives, but unfortunately, I may have broken his hips!


Pose 4: Once again, another broken hip, and he doesn't look as dynamic as I would've liked him to.


Pose 5: Even if he isn't the most graceful looking character, Moom certainly knows how to dance!

Overall, I had a lot of fun in this exercise, however there are things that I would like to improve. I need to not be so afraid to push myself further out of my comfort zone and perhaps make these poses a little more dynamic without breaking Moom's bones any further! It's definitely something that I hope to work on in future sessions.

Comments

  1. Art of Max Ashby7 October 2019 at 00:23

    Hey, Chelsea. Awesome stuff :) Quick tip, if the rig has them use the shoulder controls to really accentuate the the shoulder joints, for instance in the running pose!

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    1. Chelsea Butler7 October 2019 at 17:14

      Thank you for the awesome tip Max! I'll have a go at adjusting these in my next lesson :)

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