Maya - Cartoon Character: Head and Body

Maya tutorials: Non-Linear

Non-linear from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.

Maya tutorials: Camera shake

Camera Shake Passby from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.

Camera Shake drop from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.

Maya tutorials: Contra zoom out

Contra Zoom from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.

Maya: Distance tracking

Distance Tracking Close from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.
Distance Tracking Mid from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.

Distance Tracking Far from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.

Maya: Crane shot

Crane Shot from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.

Maya pre-vis: Dolly rig

DOLLY RIG SHOT from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.

Maya pre-vis: Pitch

Pitch Shot Start from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.

Maya pre-vis: Roll

Rolling 180

Staircase Roll 180 from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.

Rolling 360

Staircase Roll 360 from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.

Rolling 540

Staircase Roll 540 from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.

Again, very easy, I would say from the tutorials I have completed so far, I find sorting out the camera is easy but the rigging and creating was definitely the hard part, as well as choosing the perfect frame to frame moments, capturing everything right.

Maya pre-vis: Panning

Panning shot short from Lisa Huntley on Vimeo.

I found this extremely easy and simple, step 1 complete! :)

Maya pre-vis: Camera Rigging

Here are some snapshots of my camera rigging. Each shots show's a quick build up of what I did.

Here I created a basic camera and set up the groups and created the camera control ring.

 Here I set the camera control ring to function with Panning, Rolling and Pitching. I also set up the plane to be used with the focal length, I added thirds to the viewpoint.

Here I am creating an over screen channel and setting the plane to fit properly with the camera when I change the focal length. 

Finally, I cleaned up the groups, merged then and named the group. This photo demonstrates all functions working correctly.

I found the tutorial hard at first when adding all the controls together, but once I understood I felt i flew through the tutorial.

Maya tutorials

Here are my Maya tutorial screen shots so far.

Cups

Pencil and Eraser