Spider Animation by Mark Lawson-Hall |
A spider's walk looks complex, but is in fact very easy to animate, by following this simple tutorial.
Animator's Survival Kit - Spider in Motion
Start off by watching this short video below.
Spider Walk - Work Method
Animatr's Survival Kit |
2. Once this is working, copy and paste the animation curves onto the second set legs. Then offset the curves by 8 frames.
3. Then copy and paste the same curves onto the third set of legs
4. and then onto the final set of legs, offsetting the curves so that each leg offsets the one before.
5. Turn on infinity curves on all the legs
Spider Walk Tutorial
You can find the Spider Walk Tutorial below:
Spider Walk Part 1
Spider Walk Part 2
Spider Walk Part 3
Spider Walk Part 4
Raa Spider Rig
The tutorial uses the free Raa Spider Rig. Raa is free, and can be downloaded from highend3d.com. Ray is an eight-legged arachnid, perfect for learning creature locomotion. Like most rigs, Raa has his quirks and foibles. So how can our students get the very best out of Raa? To find out, read this blog post.
Control Curves on Raa's Feet
The control curves on Raa's feet are polygons (normally, control curves are created using NURBS). This means that if you turn off polygons in the viewport to make the controls disappear, you will also lose Raa's body. To solve this problem, shift select all the control curves on Raa's feet and add them to a layer in the Layer Editor. When you render a playblast, turn the visibility off in the layer tab. Now you won't see Raa's controls.
Other Spider Rigs
You can also use the following free rigs
Animation with Spiders & Scorpions
To see some of the great spider animation done by our students, check out the demo reel below:
Rigs
If you don't like Raa, or want another spider to tinker with, try this rig here.
To see other free and/or inexpensive rigs that we recommend for student use here at Animation Apprentice, follow this link.
Animal and Creature Animation at Animation Apprentice
Gorilla animation by Michael Davies |
To get started, see the blog posts below:
- Animal Anatomy for Animators
- How to Animate a Quadruped Trot
- Leopard Walk Tutorial
- Dragon in Flight Tutorial
- How to Animate Quadruped Transitions
- Horse Animation - Best Free Horse Rigs
- How to Plan Animal & Creature Animation
- How to Animate a Dinosaur Walking
- How to Block Out Creature Animation
- How Framestore Use Live Action Reference to Create Great Animation
- Animal Locomotion for Animators - Free eBook from Stuart Sumida
- Leopard Rig by Truong - How to Use It
- Animate Quadrupeds with Michael Schlingmann
- Spider Animation Tutorial
- Scorpion Animation Tutorial
- Crow in Flight Tutorial
- Animation Locomotion for Animators - Free eBook from Stuart Sumida
- The Five Key Rules of Animal Anatomy with Stuart Sumida
- Stuart Sumida Explores the Principal Animal Gaits
- Butterfly Animation Tutorial
- Dinosaur Walk Tutorial
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