Storyboards

What is a storyboard? A storyboard is a collection of pictures often used to break down the plot of a work of fiction in early stages. It includes pictures, arrows to point in which order the slides go, and sometimes a brief description of what the picture shows below it. Who uses storyboards? Everyone on […]

Wagon Wheel Modelling

By this point I moved the pivot into the center of the hob so the spokes would rotate around the axis. Next i used Shift+D to duplicate with transform the pivot and set the first copy to 25.7 as that’s what 360/14 equals. This set the foundation for the first spoke turn and allowed me […]

Risk Assessment

Who or what are you protecting? Yourself, others on set as well as any equipment being used. A good risk assessment takes all 3 of these things into account when detailing what could go wrong. If there’s anything that happens which causes damage to a person or thing that isn’t accounted for in a risk […]

Game Pitch Research

Platforming games are games in which the player controls a character and they hop, skip and double jump across platforms, gaps and other obstacles to complete an objective, whether said objective is “collectathon” style like many of the historic N64 titles, or just getting from A to B trying to finish levels as quick as […]

The 12 Principles Of Animation

Principle 1: Squash and Stretch Squash and stretch is when an object is animated in the way of adding weight. An example of this could be a ball bouncing, or maybe a stomach wobbling when a larger character stands. The stomach would appear smaller and squashed while the character was sat, but as he stands […]

Maya Help sheet For Reference

Move camera – alt + left mouse Move object – W Rotate object – E Scale object – R

Designing Trainers For Characters

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