Horse Rearing Animation

By Alex 1 year ago

For my ninth animation (Unit 7) I returned to the horse again and had to follow live action footage to create a horse rearing up. For this task I continued to use the horse rig by MothmanTD and found this very good reference video of a horse rearing on Youtube called “Horse rearing on commnad (sic)” created by Miss_Crazie_Maisie

Despite following the instructions I found that the method suggested in the tutorials for uploading a video into Maya didn’t work and so had to find a different solution. Following the video “Import Video Reference Into Autodesk Maya” created by Michael Swartz I had to convert my video file into an image sequence. However, after doing this and uploading it into Maya, I found the video was twice the speed of the original, something I didn’t realise until after I had completed the task. As I am unsure what caused this issue I have been unable to rectify it. When I have slightly more time I will do more indepth research into what caused it and hopefully fix the problem.

Despite the issues with the speed of the video I am very happy with how it looks in principle. Learning how to use live action footage is very helpful as it is a very different method used than that of the previous units.

Due to the previously mentioned issues I would suggest watching the final video at half speed to get a more accurate picture.

Horse rearing on Commnad (2018) YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wyschH6K3o
Swartz, M. (2022) Import video reference into Autodesk maya, YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McwVhyXtK1M

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Hi, my name is Alex.

I’ve been passionate about animation since I was six years old. I used to create short videos with my Star Wars Lego figures bringing my stories to life. I’ve been doing the same kind of thing ever since and when I had the opportunity to learn the skills and software needed to build and animate for games, I jumped at the chance. My love for video games meant that Game Design was an obvious choice for my degree and showed me that, actually, animation was the way I wanted to go. I am currently doing a Master's in Character and Creature Animation at the University of Hertfordshire. Before that I studied Game Design at the University of Wolverhampton.

I am proficient in Maya, Blender, and Unreal Engine, and also have experience of 3DS Max and Rokoko Motion Capture Software.

Maya, Blender, Unreal, 3DS Max, Rokoko Studio, Quixel Mixer
Maya, Blender, Unreal, 3DS Max, Rokoko Studio, Quixel Mixer