Cindy Lin: Motion Studies

Motion Studies class is for us to understand the process of motion capture and bring it into Maya.

We had some rigs to choose from so I came up with a story and selected the Heavy and Pyro models (from Team Fortress).

Here's my quick storyboard. (The story is inspired from my friend Crystal Sun's idea. Thanks Crystal!)

I used Vicon Blade to capture the motion capture data and clean it up, then brought it into Motion Builder. After, I brought it into Maya and adjusted/textured/lit the environment, added dynamics, rigged Heavy's face (using clusters), and animated the hands and face. (It was a busy five weeks of T&L2 and Motion Studies!)

And here's the final product!

I also volunteered to put on the mocap suit and do some of the acting for my classmates' stories. IT WAS AWESOME! I had so much fun. I got to be a hunter, a pyromaniac, a kick-butt spy, a dancing stormtrooper, etc. It was also funny when I was acting out my Pyro and my hat fell off. Everyone immediately turned to look at me with horrified shock on their faces, because on the monitor it looked like my head fell off. HAHAHAHA!

Plus, while everyone was working on their mocap, I kept thinking, "THAT'S ME! THAT'S ME!" I'm positive that being in the suit made this class more fun for me.

Here's a photo of me in my suit. Not crazy flattering with the pant's man crotch... Also, I was busy running, dancing, kicking butt in it, so I got really sweaty and yucky in it. So, gross feeling me, right before I finally got to take off my suit and run to the bathroom: