The Apprentice Animator

PART ONE: Maya Interface and animation basics

Chapter 1: General introduction to Maya basics; animate a Bouncing Ball
Chapter 2: Basic Modeling - creating a simple set
Chapter 3: Texturing, Lighting, Camera and Rendering. Master in brief all the stages of making a film in Maya.
Chapter 4: The Luxo Lamp: Animate an inanimate object and give it life and personality.


PART TWO: Locomotion. Character locomotion, including walks, runs and jumps

Chapter 5: Animate a Basic walk
Chapter 6: Animate a character walk
Chapter 7: Animate a run
Chapter 8: Animate a character jumping


PART THREE: Mechanics. Chapter 9: Animate a character shifting its weight
Chapter 10: Animate a flour sack leaping and bouncing
Chapter 11: Animate a spaceship with overlapping action
Chapter 12: Animate a character throwing a ball


PART FOUR: Character Performance

Chapter 13: Create a series of poses on "stepped curves" which tell a story
Chapter 14: Animate a "Take" - a reaction shot.
Chapter 15: Animate a character lifting a heavy object, such as a rock.
Chapter 16: Pantomime Project
Chapter 17: Short dialogue shot using a character with no mouth
Chapter 18: Short dialogue shot with lipsync
Chapter 19: Medium dialogue shot with lipsync
Chapter 20: Long dialogue shot with lipsync



PART FIVE: Animals and Creatures

Chapter 21: Quadruped Walk
Chapter 22: Quadruped Trot
Chapter 23 Quadruped Run
Chapter 24: Spider locomotion
Chapter 25: Scorpion locomotion
Chapter 26: Bird locomotion


PART SIX Demo Reel, blog and finding work

Chapter 27: Your demo reel
Chapter 28: Creating a blog or website
Chapter 29: Finding a job

Glossary

Resources

Index