The first 5 and a half seconds of the 25 second animation sequence blocked out and splined. There are a lot of moving parts. Jacket, glasses, headphones, loose hanging fabric of the jeans and finally the tongue and shins of the sneakers. I tried not to animate too many of the controls that take away from the main performance. This hand-keyed animation was produced in Maya 2024. The showcased result is just a viewport preview and not an actual rendering.

3 tiers of jacket controls worked out well. Don’t think I will need to be simulating any cloth in marvelous or maya for this character. It’s not a perfect cloth result but it’s good enough for this simplified character style.

Visit my YouTube page to see some highlights of the animation process. https://www.youtube.com/@KoteyAnnan

The reference for the warmup hops are from Julien Alfred and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at the  Budapest 23 women’s 100 meter track and field contest.  

“Boom” graffiti image behind jacket by NACreative on Freepik

PRODUCTION TIMELINE

Character Concept   |    (6/15/2023 - 6/16/2923)   |    [2 days]

Character Modeling/Retop/UV   |    (6/18/2023 – 7/24/2023)   |    [36 days]

Character Shading   |    (7/24/2023 – 7/31/2023)   |    [7 days]

Character Rigging   |    (8/10/2023 – 10/4/2023)   |    [55 days]  (*it took me a little under 2 months because this was my first time creating a production level rig)

Breakdance Anim Reference Study   |    (10/5/2023 – 10/7/2023)   |    [2 days]

Breakdance Anim Pencil Test Drafting   |    (10/7/2023 - 10/13/2023)   |    [7 days]

Breakdance Anim Part 1 Stretch & Hops Blocking   |    (10/16/2023 - 10/19/2023)   |    [3 days]

Breakdance Anim Part 1 Stretch & Hops Splinning   |    (10/20/2023 - 10/21/2023)   |    [2 days]

Breakdance Anim Part 2 Main performance   |    (Working on Next)

Breakdance Anim Part 2 Main performance | Splinning

Breakdance Anim Part 3 Leap and landing | Blocking

Breakdance Anim Part 3 Leap and landing | Splinning

Breakdance Anim Part 4 Closing | Blocking

Breakdance Anim Part 4 Closing | Splinning

Breakdance Anim Polish

Breakdance Anim 3D VFX

Breakdance Anim Arnold Rendering

Breakdance Anim Video Editing, 2D VFX, pack and publish