Maya Animation: Transformers

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neronix17
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Maya Animation: Transformers

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I have been given the task at college to make a 30-60 second animation in Maya (with other programs as needed), of anything I want, so I immediately though "Transformer", god knows why cos Im not a HUGE transformers fan, watched the cartoons when I was little and the movies now but didnt follow it like a cult. I have a tutorial that helps with making a transformer in Lightwave and having it transform fully, but its as complicated looking as the movie ones and Im looking for a happy medium between the traditional ones (blocks) and the new ones (insanely detailed) which Ive now figured out to be more complicated shapes but not too many. Im struggling to find a decent tutorial to transformer animation in Maya but the one thing Im stuck with most is, what vehicle should it be? and how should the robot look?

I mean I can choose anything really, a train, a jet, a VW Beetle or even a rocket ship, but then Id have to decide on if it is humanoid? could it be on four legs instead of 2? does it have a tail? should it have massive guns on it or concealed? maybe none at all? No Idea, so really Im wondering what people think would be cool? maybe a couple very rough drawings? As a last resort Im just going to do an old fashioned Optimus with the magically appearing trailer, but Id like to see what everyone thinks would be cool before I start doing that.

Also if anyone can point me in the direction of some good tutorials on Maya animation? Im kinda new to the program so Ive only really gotten the modelling part figured out.

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At this point I'm guessing the assignment was finished..Howd it turn out??
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Re: Maya Animation: Transformers

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D3luxe wrote:At this point I'm guessing the assignment was finished..Howd it turn out??
I dropped out and started game development instead, never even got started properly lol
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neronix17 wrote:
D3luxe wrote:At this point I'm guessing the assignment was finished..Howd it turn out??
I dropped out and started game development instead, never even got started properly lol
Good choice. Haha! Maya.. arghh!
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Re: Maya Animation: Transformers

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This thread is nearly a year old. I realize we don't get much traffic in this forum section, but please do not post in old threads.
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