- Poses need altering
- Need to go higher in the jump and more forward in the air
- Bend arms
- Legs need to be stretched out further
- End pose is too early
- Arch back
I went back and made the edits I had to for the block poses.
Updated Hulk:
I went back to my animation and made the correct changes. I think it looks a lot better already which is great! Even though it doesn’t follow the reference exactly I think now the character definitely has more appeal in his movement. I now need to spline his spine and render the animation.
Spline Tips
- Start with hips then feet
- Have a floor
- Smooth spine then arms
- Head should be done last
Here the translate x of the hulk is not in a smooth arc which is what will give the character good slow in and out of his jump. I need to move the point over and smooth out the spline.
I tested out what it would look like once rendered but the water doesn’t seem to be coming up/registering. I looked up online and this has happened to other people so need to speak to Luke about why this is occurring.
Luke had explained that I would need to find another way of creating a water effect.
I really wanted the rendered animation to look like a peaceful and care free environment just like how the hulk is gracefully jumping. I hadn’t really done much staging on my own but I was determined to find a really lovely sunset. I tested with different shapes and images but they always seemed to drown out the hulk. I settled on a subtle/dark sunset so that the green of the hulk popped and wasn’t lost.
Final Hulk Animation Rendered
This is my final animation for the body mechanics. I added in spine and head overlapping to the animation so it was more splined. I also edited in the graph editor that the jump was more dramatic and more height. I feel most proud of this animation just because I think i liked the concept the most. I like how when it was rendered that there is a reflection on the water of the sun. If I could change anything it would be that I would want to give the wooden pool and plank textures also to make the water move like waves.