Week 16 Advanced Animation Shot

Plan: Gameplay animation

I plan to create a game action design piece. It will be a three-hit combo animation for a character using a staff/club. At the moment, I am still working on the action design.

The rig I’m using:

Munkei Maya Rig for Maya 2020+

Reference：

Melee Weapons Animation Tutorial #animation – YouTube

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First Attempt

I try do design my own combo, but failed, the animation doesn’t look reasonable.

Reference:

I find some reference and try to make the movements snappier and more exaggerated based on the reference.

Secont Attempt:

Now the movements looks more reasonable, but the key poses need to be more attractive.

Some more reference on the jumping: