Along-side our Unreal engine work, we are also required to make 3 separate animations using a single rig, these animations are a Walk, run, and a “body Mechanics” animation, which could be anything from a run and a jump to a full-on summersault, It just needed to involve the whole rig.

I decided to get a slight head start on this, thinking that we needed to be doing both assignments at the same time in this early stage, so I first began by visualizing what it was I wanted from each walk cycle..but First I scanned through the options I had available in terms of rigs, and settled on the Azri Rig, a free rig of an Elf warrior girl. This re-shaped what I wanted out of the animations, as I knew she had a sword and would be more feminine in terms of her body movements. 

So I took both my Phone and my actual camera and went outside with some cosplay equipment and began filming.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nxd3PiBrahtKsDf651aiAzzWrY_gTI2I/view?usp=sharing

Whilst embarrassing to look back on, I filmed a total of 5 actions, 2 different walk cycles, and 2 different run cycles, as well as a single body mechanics animation. 

 

I then came back to the rig and began with readjusting the new poses to the rig, whilst also giving her more expression to give her more personality. Other than that I just made sure to get the initial Pose as correct and accurate as possible.