Free script to help you with versioning in Autodesk Maya. Takes a screenshot of the active viewport using the playblast feature and saves it next to the scene file.
Maya Playblast Tool (MayaCapture) With GUI
Found this nice tool for playblast control in maya, its a GUI for another playblast python script.
Playblast Script (MayaCapture): https://github.com/abstractfactory/maya-capture
Playblast GUI: https://github.com/BigRoy/maya-capture-gui
Make sure to review all the available commands and place both scripts on the same folder.
Figure it out (Figure drawing tips)
Found this website to bee pretty simple and self explantory when it comes to styling your figure drawing and simplifying the complex shapes onto your own style.
https://figureitout.carrd.co/#introduction (By Diana)
Creativity and Graphics Lab Research Papers
Y por acá los papers del CraGL, algunos interesantes con texturizado y manipulación de normal fields.
https://cragl.cs.gmu.edu/publications.html
Interesantes:
Rigmesh
Modelado y rigging basado en sketching y trazo de curvas para asignación automática de joints
https://cragl.cs.gmu.edu/rigmesh/
Pixelated Image Abstraction
Sistema para abstraer y pixelar imágenes con controles más artísticos
https://cragl.cs.gmu.edu/pixelate/
https://cragl.cs.gmu.edu/pixelate/journal.html
Shading Based Surface Editing
Para esculpir meshes basado en strokes de sombreado
Jun Xing Research Papers
Herramientas para assets en tiempo real, como generación de pelo, reconstrucción de detalles faciales.
HairBrush for Immersive Data-Driven Hair Modeling en VR
RUBAIAT HABIB Research Projects
De nuevo revisando papeles y publicaciones me encontré con otro de los egresados del laboratorio IGARASHI de la Tokyo U. Rubaiat Habib.
TAKEO IGARASHI Et All – Modeling & Animation Software
Así que volví a tropezarme con la página web de Igarashi san, un profesor de la Universidad de Tokio (la antigua universidad de mi ex) y vi que Teddy (el software de modelado Sketch) todavía estaba disponible, junto con una tonelada de otros programas gratuitos súper útiles que no son muy habituales.
INK LECTURE
Software de pizarrón minimalista que guarda en svg
https://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/inklecture/index.html
Volume Paint
Para dibujar y pintar los archivos DICOM que salen de los CAT SCANS
https://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/volumepaint/
Smooth Teddy
Modelado basado en sketchs
https://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/java/smoothteddy/index.html
BEADY
Generación de patrones para modelos de esferas decorativas y bisutería basados en meshes
http://www.isc.meiji.ac.jp/~yuki_i/beady/index-e.html
More work from the IGARASHI Laboratory
https://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/projects/
https://www.jst.go.jp/erato/igarashi/en/projects/index.html
Drop by at: https://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/
More research materials and publications
https://sites.google.com/view/tsukasafukusato/projects?authuser=0
Maria Larsson at Tokyo U
Paintool SAI V2 Brushes
I decided to share all of the brushes we use for background, character design and painting at the studio. From pencil, markers, chartpaks, BIC ballpoint pens etc…
- CHARTPAK MARKER
- FLAT ANGULAR BRUSH
- BIC BALLPOINT PEN
- PENCIL 3B
- INKING PEN
- ACRYLIC BRUSH
- PASTEL BRUSH
- SQUARED BRUSH
- CLOUD BRUSH
- AIRBRUSH
- KIDS DRY MARKER
- DISNEY BRUSH
Quick Overshoot and Settle in Maya
Two very similar methods for quick overshoot/overlap and settle using maya.
One by Paul Creamer
The other method by Brian Horgan
Remember, scrub your timeline, to the inbetween frame on linear, middle click and drag to the new time, add keyframe. Once done just offset by group of parts.
Also there are a few scripts available to do this automatically.
Overlapper $20 US
https://dkolpakov.gumroad.com/l/Overlapper
Brodynamics $99 US
https://brotools.tech/
Overlappy (Free)
https://www.highend3d.com/maya/script/overlappy-for-maya-105076
Luismi Herrera LMSPRING (Free)
https://luismiherrera.gumroad.com/l/LMspring
LMSPRING Demo
Spungella, Great resources for animators
I just stumpled across this blog that holds a great deal of content regarding animation making, animation art, comments and critique.
It’s made by the talented Jean-Denis Haas
You really gotta drop by as it has tons of information and assorted material.
Some of my favorite posts:
http://spungella.blogspot.com/2008/06/best-of-spungella.html
Which has an assorted list of the most popular posts.
- Sounds simple? Doesn’t it?
- Time and Effort
- Personality
- Thinking outside the Box
- How to use Reference
- The Bouncing Ball- The key to all animation
- Don’t let the computer do the work for you!
- Clear Silhouette
- Contrast
- My animation workflow (wip)
- Original Ideas
- Blog Collections #1, #2, #3
- Acting Reference
- The Keys to Getting a Job
- Squash and Stretch
- You need to have a plan
- Polish: #1, #2
- Facial Animation & Lipsync
- What should I animate? pt.1 demo reel & pt.2 exercises
- I can animate, now what? pt.1 and pt.2
- How to choose the right audio clip
- The importance of watching a lot of movies
- I’m rarely using the graph editor.
- Dirt – Controlled Sloppiness
- Animal Locomotion for Animators by Stuart S. Sumida
- Animation Salvation Interviews JD
- Cloverball – And the Importance of having fun
- Animation Article Database
- Top 5 Essentials of Animating Creatures
- Demo Reel Tips