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Happy Halloween 2014
Cast:Brian HorganTags:animation, CG, character, spline, maya, CA, student, test, reel and zombie
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bh playblastOnTwos test 1
Playing around with some ideas to make Maya playblast 'on twos'. I can't make it render each frame twice yet but I can make it skip every other one, so if you play that back in something that can play...
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bhGhost 1-10 - Arc Tracker
A small but useful update to bhGhost, the Create Tracker function allows you to quickly set up the tool to make it easier to polish arcs for a characters nose, or anything else you want to track during...
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Lip Sink
Lip Sink test. The model was a freebie on Turbosquid. The rig, animation and terrible, terrible pun I take responsibility for :)Cast:Brian HorganTags:lipsync, animation, cg, character, talking and sink
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Badimation - 10 things to avoid in CG Character Animation
Most videos on animation tell you what you should do to make nice animation. This video does the opposite.Cast:Brian HorganTags:animation, cg, character, tutorial, instructional, moom and bad animation
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bhMagicButton.mel demo
A quick demo of my latest tool for animators, this one allows you to make amazing animation with almost no effort.Cast:Brian HorganTags:mel, maya, scripting, animation, workflow, tools, character,...
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WS6ActingReference
My acting reference for my animation assignment during Workshop 6 at iAnimate. Previously I've been a bit self-conscious about acting on camera, but this block I decided to just go for it and try to...
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That Depends Animatic with Music WIP 180115
Rough audio mix of some music I'm writing for an animation sequence I worked on during workshop six at iAnimate. I used my rough animatic as the video rather than the CG shots as I'm still polishing...
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bhNudge Vs TweenMachine
A short video discussing my slightly different approach to a tweening tool for Maya. It's not something I've made available yet, I'm just interested to see what people make of it. It's very much...
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Man meets Cat
Having some fun with a quick pencil test in TV Paint. My drawing skills are limited but it's fun to be able to try out an idea quickly without thinking about rigging, graph editor, or anything else...
View ArticleSuper Beard - Desktop Edition
I've got critters living on my desk... quick test of the camera tracker in C4D.Character rigs from iAnimate, animated in Maya and exported to C4D for lining up with the camera and quick render. Rather...
View ArticleChampagne Sim - Maya Bifrost
A little behind-the-scenes clip from a short I'm working on, I'm using Bifrost in Maya to simulate some champagne one of the characters will be drinking. The plane you see moving is a Bifrost...
View ArticleChad Vantastic Guitar Workout
Chad Vantastic, the worlds best shredder, reveals his secret guitar workout for the first time.Cast:Brian HorganTags:animation, cg, animatic, characters, music, work in progress, student reel and...
View ArticlebhGhostColorsDemo
Working on an update to my bhGhost tool for Maya, this new version allows you to choose two different colours, which can make it easier to see tight spacing, or colour keys and breakdowns separately....
View ArticlebhGhost Smooth Mode
Another update I'm working on for bhGhost. These days with OpenSubdiv and Maya 2016 getting faster at handling rigs it's nice to work with the characters smoothed in the viewport. The current version...
View ArticlebhGhost 1-25 Demo
The latest update to bhGhost, my onion-skinning tool for Maya. New features are colour options and a smooth mode.Cast:Brian HorganTags:character, mel, bhGhost, maya, ghosting, onion-skinning,...
View ArticleNICKELODEON Ident Test 2013
A test ident animation I did for Nickelodeon back in 2013. I did all of the rigging and animation here. The deadline was very short with not much time for polish but it was a fun job.Cast:Brian...
View ArticleWhy does Lipsync Animation look bad on Vimeo ?
A quick video explaining why your lipsync will look late when you upload your animation to Vimeo. This is a known bug that's there for a while but once you're aware of it you can work around it. Hope...
View ArticleThe animators assistant..
A little tribute to a member of our family who sometimes prevents me from having my keyboard on my lap while I'm animating, but I never mind :)Music by B.Horgan 2015Cast:Brian HorganTags:c4d, work in...
View ArticlebhGhost 1.26 - Ghost selected parts of a character
A new update for my bhGhost script for Maya animators. The latest feature is the option to ghost only selected parts of a character mesh. This can increase legibility and will slow the scene down less...
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