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Running Horse Wip
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01 Feb 2007
hi,
l found a horse model (model is not mine) and rigged it.
l tried a run loop. crits are wellcome
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Claymation 600 posts02 Feb 2007That looks really good! I did a running horse animation a few months ago. There's a couple small things I see.
-The back legs deform a little wierd near the butt.
-The shoulders could be rotated forward a little bit more when his front legs go forward. Not very much, but just a bit.
-The Head movement could be pushed more, and could be a little smoother too. It looks like it snaps back too fast. I think it should come forward a bit farther too.
But overall very very nice. Rigging and animating a horse isn't the easiest thing to do. -
02 Feb 2007
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04 Feb 2007Yep... I've had my fill of horses! They are difficult to get right as they are so familiar to everyone.
I'd like to see a proper playblast of this - looks like you use a screen capture prog so it's a little bit laggy.
There does seem to be some issues with the deformation - that's a rigging thing, and four legs is not easy! Just be sure to get some movement around the shoulders... In fact the front legs stretch out quite a lot on a gallop.
One thing that did strike me about this anim is that the head seems to be in reverse... I mean that it pulls back when it should push forward. Have a look at some reference from Muybridge. (fantastic reference material!)
Just found some great reference here on wikipedia (has a Muybridge gif)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse#Gaits
Or another one here is quite cool
http://ultimatehorsesite.com/info/gaits.html
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