{"id":196581,"date":"2025-04-21T12:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T12:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animation\/tutorial-creature-animation-for-games\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:18:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T12:18:01","slug":"tutorial-creature-animation-for-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=196581","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial: Creature Animation for Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Creature Animation for Games with Christian Brierley\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v6atjBjk0Q4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Gnomon Workshop has released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegnomonworkshop.com\/tutorials\/creature-animation-for-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creature Animation for Games<\/a>, a detailed tutorial for aspiring animators, recorded by Manticore Games Animation Lead <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user3484338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Brierley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop provides over seven hours of video training in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/maya\/overview\" target=\"_blank\">Maya<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master the art of creature animation for videogames in Maya<\/strong><br \/>In the workshop, Brierley provides a detailed guide to creature animation for games, suitable for both aspiring animators and more experienced artists looking to refine their skills.<\/p>\n<p>It consists of a series of separate exercises on common types of in-game animation: a run cycle, an attack animation, and a death animation.<\/p>\n<p>Each exercise begins with the fundamentals \u2013 collecting reference materials, and motion studies \u2013 before blocking out the key poses and refining the animation.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop uses Truong Cg Artist\u2019s inexpensive <a href=\"https:\/\/truongcgartist.gumroad.com\/l\/runnercreature\" target=\"_blank\">Runner Creature<\/a> rig.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the artist<\/strong><br \/>Christian Brierley is Animation Lead at Manticore Games. He has two decades of experience in animation for videogames, TV, music videos and feature films.<\/p>\n<p>His credits include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Alvin and the Chipmunks 3, Gears Of War 3, Lost Planet 3, Mortal Kombat X, Oddworld: Soulstorm and New World.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing and availability<\/strong><br \/>Creature Animation for Games is available via a subscription to The Gnomon Workshop, which provides access to over 300 tutorials.<\/p>\n<p>Subscriptions cost $57\/month or $519\/year. Free trials are available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegnomonworkshop.com\/tutorials\/creature-animation-for-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more about Creature Animation for Games on The Gnomon Workshop\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Have your say on this story by following CG Channel on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cgchannel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thecgchannel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theCGchannel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">X (formerly Twitter)<\/a>. As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we don\u2019t post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Full disclosure: CG Channel is owned by Gnomon.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gnomon Workshop has released Creature Animation for Games, a detailed tutorial for aspiring animators, recorded by Manticore Games Animation Lead Christian Brierley. The workshop provides over seven hours of video training in Maya. 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