Selfie of the Living Dead
Even zombies are getting in on the social media thing.. A quick and fun shot I animated to celebrate Halloween 2015. The zombie rig is from Sony, a free character from Hotel Transylvania they released...
View ArticleFunky Droid
Couldn't resist a quick play with the great droid rig by Carlos Contreras.Credits : Modelling/rigging Carlos Contreras "hombrepolilla" - mothman-td.com Chiptune music - RÆVCast:Brian HorganTags:maya,...
View ArticleSpeed Rigging
Speed rigging through scripting, 22 sculpt controllers hooked up in under 60 seconds..I run one proc at the start which does most of the work then I select each controller and hit 'G' (repeat last...
View ArticleA common mistake when animating walkcycles..
Looking back at some older walkcycles I've animated a few years back the other day, I noticed I kept seeing the same mistake and I've seen it in other walkcycles from beginner animators too. So I...
View Articlebh_multiples demo 1
I've been thinking recently about better ways of doing multiple-limb smear frames in CG. Most of the solutions I've seen involve modding a rig to give it extra limbs which I don't think is ideal as it...
View ArticleBrian Horgan iAnimate shots 2015
These are shots I animated while studying with iAnimate this year. I had a lot of fun and learned a lot while working on them. Big thanks to my awesome teacher Ted Ty and to all at iAnimate. Hope you...
View ArticleTurnaround Layered Workflow Test
I attended a masterclass with Kyle Balda (ILM, Pixar) over the weekend and he demonstrated his approach to animation which uses a layered method rather than working pose to pose. I've only ever used...
View ArticleLaban Study - featuring Blurp
A study piece I animated back in 2012 when our teacher at iAnimate taught us about applying the Laban principles of movement to our characters. I learn best by doing so I put this together to try to...
View ArticleHappy Halloween 2014
Cast:Brian HorganTags:animation, CG, character, spline, maya, CA, student, test, reel and zombie
View ArticleBlurp bhMultiples Test
I animated this quick shot in an hour or so to test out my bh_Multiples script to see how the workflow works in practice (vimeo.com/149532518). Not totally successful but I learned a couple of things...
View ArticleNickelodeon Bumper Christmas 2015
A shot I animated for Nickelodeon, Christmas 2015. Black and white section for context only.Cast:Brian HorganTags:animation, ident, c4d, cinema 4d, Nick, Nickelodeon, gingerbread, bumper, coco and...
View ArticlebhGhost 1.27 - HideOnPlayback
A new update for bhGhost, which takes advantage of a new feature in Maya 2016 which will give better performance when ghosting heavy geometry. Please note you need to be using Viewport 2.0 for it to...
View ArticlebhMultiples test 2 - Marty scramble
A second test of my bhMultiples script, still exploring the workflow and how best to use it. After doing this one I have a list of options I want to add to the tool now to make it faster and easier to...
View ArticleIron Girl Run Test
A quick test with the great new Iron Girl rig from iAnimate. Just a pretty generic run while getting used to how the rig works, for my next one I'll work on something more dramatic.Cast:Brian...
View ArticleBB8 and the Cat
Hopefully people on the internet like cats.. and Star wars. :) I rigged Shadow the cat for the online animation school iAnimate and wanted to try it out on my own shot so I also rigged the free BB8...
View ArticleThat Depends
A dialogue shot I animated a while back. I'm pretty sure I could animate this better now but I still like her personality in it.Cast:Brian HorganTags:3d, character, cg, animation, maya, graphite9,...
View ArticlebhGhost 1.28 - 10x outlines mode
Another small update for bhGhost, this one allows you to make the outlines much thicker for when your character is very big in the scene and it's difficult to see them. As usual it's a free download...
View ArticleSpiderman The Ballet
A little body-mechanics exercise. With Spiderman.Cast:Brian HorganTags:cg, character, cartoon, toon, maya, ballet, spiderman, animation reel and animation
View ArticleMayGraph
Trying out the new mograph tools in Maya 2016 Ext 2 to get a handle on how they work. I can see them being cool for adding elements to character shots too.Cast:Brian HorganTags:maya, motion graphics,...
View ArticleBeefy Walk Test
A quick walkcycle test with the Beefy rig to test out Maya 2016 Ext 2 for animation. Rig by Ugur Ulvi Yetiskin.Cast:Brian HorganTags:animation, 3d, cg, character animation, ianimate, character, maya,...
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