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Published: 2011-06-08 18:51:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 10633; Favourites: 271; Downloads: 222
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This is my first ever serious attempt at a model in Maya, as well as my first ever attempt at animating in Maya. It was a pretty big step to take in one go, but I found it surprisingly easy and a lot of fun
. It was done for a project. I'm definitely going to experiment in Maya during the summer, who knows in a while I may even be able to take modelling/animation commissions!Things I would do better next time is the frame rate, as the animation doesn't quite run as smoothly as it could, and I'd take more time working on the texture. Of course my overall modelling and animating skills need a lot of work, but for a very first time I'm pretty pleased with the result
. It was a lot of fun anyway!Art by me, *Dragoness77 .
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Similar to how any bird does it really, the bones would just be pulled close to the body. It didn't look quite as good because the wireframe would be a little squashed, but that was the idea. Thank you!
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Awesome. Again great work!
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Very nice^^ I don't really know much about it, but I like it. I hope it is okay if I use some moves from perspective to perspective for my own animation project (for school)?
Sorry for any english mistakes~
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Not at all, go ahead. Though be sure to study actual films of birds flying as well, you can't really go wrong there
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I hate texturing and wrapping in maya ( first month in maya school )
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Whats full name of programm i wanna learn to use it too
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This is awesome! Im in my first maya class and just browsing for ideas for my final project. Great job!
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Thank you, good luck with your own project!
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Great model, and great animation! <3
Perhaps I will have to try out maya....
Planning on doing any other models? c:
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Perhaps
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Practice makes perfect? xD
I have been trying out Blender, and I think I am getting pretty good with it, maybe I can offer advice? Though I think you are better then I am currently xD
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Great 'attempt'(you say anyway) at animation, just a little pointer;
Do some studies of how an eagle/bird flies with its wings and the movements in there, 'cause they tend to be more substantial and deeper, with their back muscles visibly moving, and a little bit of a shift in the chest from the muscles there working.
Otherwise, its really good for a first go, I know a couple of people who've tried to do something like this on their first go and completely flopped it, well done (:
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Thanks; I did in fact study bird movement, but it was hard to find a good video of eagles or other predators flying in such a pace that it was a good reference. I ended up with some pretty good swan and duck videos but they do fly differently :<.
Thank you!
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That bird. I want it now.
Also, I want to try Maya too, but my pc is too old for it to run. :L
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I'm working a lot with Maya lately, great job really like the flow of the animation and the model is very well detailed!
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I really love this, the wing movement is so smooth.
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you are so talented....
i'm just starting to learn Maya and I got stuck on the rigging because something's not working for some reason
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i also learned maya any way your work is really nice
i am doing rigging
its a Maya resources blog
[link]
and also we have a forum can u please post your demo reel there
[link]
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This is awesome
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I remember the first time I worked for real in Maya. It sure is a lot of fun
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how did you model in maya? i can't figure out how to start even rendering/modeling it it, yet i can figure out the animation
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Hmm, I don't actually know how I could possibly explain that to you xD. Just make sure Maya is set to "Polygons" and play around with the various shapes to create what you're going for. Look up tuts on how to transform the basic shapes, there are plenty of them online
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Ah XD That's what i've been doing wrong! 
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Nice work!
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I used the trial. Sorry for the incredibly late reply xD!
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xD It's perfectly fine! I would use the trial version, but my computer wouldn't be able to handle it. I think it would just explode right there. -__-
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I can't believe that you think that maya is easy, I think it's so complicated XD
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Fantastic work! The curve editor is GOD when making good animations. That thing makes animating so much easier. O_o
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Curve editor? xD I'm sorry I'm not very familiar yet with Maya terms ^^!
Thank you though!
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If you do more animating, look up how to use the curve editor. It's the most handy tool to make really smooth animation. 'Tis awesome.
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This is absolutely amazing and awesome! Great job! I hope to do this stuff someday and I'm working towards it in school. For your first model and animation, this is just wonderful and the flying is way smooth enough.
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That's... really impressive. .-.
You can animate a bird flying much better than some professionals.
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