Adventure Cat

But what if the cat did more than bounce?

Client

Me!

Services

Character Animation

Tools Used

Autodesk Maya

Date

2022

Two videos using the "bouncer" rig from CG Master Academy

Part of my big 2022 goal is to push further and further into 3D animation. I love C4D and motion design, but there's always been this lingering desire to try character animation and learn a little bit of Maya. I joined a short CGMA class taught by Lukas Niklaus from Animal Logic and started thinking more critically about performance and appeal in my animations.


This is just a bouncing ball, but there is so much emotion that can be brought out in a ball bounce that I hadn't thought about through motion graphics. Getting that feedback was huge and I think it made a nice little shot because of it. I'll continue pushing to use Maya and think more critically about my animations because of it.
Take a look! I hope you enjoy it.

Working on getting a simple bounce and getting personality in it. I was given freedom of the performance as long as the cat got over the book in the end.

The first video was getting the bounce down, but I took it and ran with it making a little story for our dungeoneering feline. I though bouncing over the book was fun, but what if we up the stakes?

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Made with framer

while waiting on a render

while brewing coffee

after walking my corgi

after Maya crashed

while waiting on a render

Thanks for stopping by!
Let's get the conversation started

Made with framer

while waiting on a render

while brewing coffee

after walking my corgi

after Maya crashed

while waiting on a render

Thanks for stopping by!
Let's get the conversation started

Made with framer

while waiting on a render

while brewing coffee

after walking my corgi

after Maya crashed

while waiting on a render