can you pose characters in adobe dimension

These are not the first sketches I did, by the way. Here are some of my thumbnail drawings of Danny and Sawyer from Cats Don’t Dance: You can do quite a few quick thumbnails in the time it takes to work out one good pose in Maya. The fastest way to plan a scene is with thumbnail drawings-small exploratory drawings where you work out the staging and poses. When I started at Disney on The Fox and the Hound, my mentor Eric Larson (one of Walt’s “Nine Old Men”) stressed that you should spend half your time planning and half your time animating, and that you shouldn’t start animating until you know exactly what you’re going to do. I recommend life drawing for every animator-not so much for the goal of making beautiful drawings, but to train the eye to recognize natural poses and to study how bones, muscles, and fat work together with gravity to form dynamic poses. Maybe in this computer age, we should call this principle “Solid Poses.” Although great draughtsmanship is not a necessity for a computer animator, an understanding of what makes a good drawing can definitely help. In order to make his animation convincing, a traditional animator has to be able to draw a character from any angle. Since the 12 Basic Principles of Animation were written before computer animation existed, the solid drawing principle is more fundamental for a traditional animator. Solid drawing generally refers to the ability to render a three-dimensional character in two-dimensional space and give it weight, depth, and balance.

Think you don’t need drawing skills as a 3D animator? Think again! Jay Jackson-who trained under legendary Disney animator Eric Larson -explains how solid drawing skills are essential for every animation style and shares some insider tips too!

Can you pose characters in adobe dimension