This week’s focus was on building animations in Maya’s stepped mode, which emphasises essential poses over interpolated transitions. Working in step mode enabled the animation to priorities poses.
The practice included breaking down moves into various poses to show the character’s weight shifting and balance. This strategy highlighted the importance of strong posing as the foundation for a credible performance. However, attempting to express fluidity and timing without interpolation proved difficult, as certain transitions between positions appeared abrupt or disjointed.
due to lack of experience stiffness is reoccurring within this module, in animation often happens when transitions between crucial postures lack fluidity or natural arcs, the clip above is an improvement that would seem more natural and add to the animation. This problem is frequently attributed to insufficient spacing, strict timing, or insufficient overlap and follow-through.