Body Mechanics - Maya Beginner's Animation Tutorial | In 5 simple steps

This tutorial teaches you the basics of body mechanics concept and how to create a fun animation using Bony rig with a breakdown in 5 simple steps guide walkthrough. By going through this tutorial , you have some fundamentals of understanding on how prepare references, set keys , setting up key poses poses , creating in between, adjust animation keys in Graph Editor to fine tune the smoothness of animation.

You need a copy of Maya to follow this tutorial. Here's where to get Maya for free: https://www.autodesk.com/education/edu-software/overview?sorting=featured&page=1

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Download the Ultimate rig here - https://www.behance.net/gallery/17774...

Here's the rig I'm using :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yxjb6cjuan73yhz/Ultimate_Bony_v1.0.5.rar?dl=0

Reference Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqXEZlvo7kc

Music that I'm using:
The Jam - Slynk & Mr Stabalina

▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

0:00 - Intro
00:40 - Getting Reference
01:05 - Setting up the basic standing pose
02:42 - Create a quick selection button
04:45 - Defining Key Poses
07:00 - Start Setting Key Poses
10:40 - Building Box Dummy
11:50 - Continue with Key Pose
15:50 - Setting In Between Keys
18:30 - Graph Editor
20:20 - Hips tweaking

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21:00 - Finalizing
22:12 - Finishing & End Smooth Playback