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I find or shoot my own video reference for pretty much everything I animate, including creatures.🦖No matter how ridiculous it may look 😂 #animation #animator #3d #3dart #maya #gamedev #tutorial #howto #cg #cgi #vfx #3danimation #cgart #animationtips #animals #creatures

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ikhandle2 years ago

dude i love your dauntless stuff this is really awesome!!!

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zooposaur2 years ago

Love it.. I think a lot of ppl forget as well.. acting isn't just for the ref but you can feeeel it through your body and it really helps you figure out where the energy is going. Now I just need to implement it and my #animation might actually look decent 😂👍

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Daniel Droid2 years ago

Have you ever considering teaching a class about creature animation. It find really requires a different mindset than animating humans.

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GrizzlyPan2 years ago

Yooo.... That's absolutely amazing! I thought it was gonna be some guy doing a jump attack with a sword but that was (unexpectedly) very far off.

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