Animating a Grappling Hook in Maya
In this series of Maya tutorials, we will learn techniques for animating a grappling hook in Maya. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2013.
What you'll learn
In this series of Maya tutorials, we will learn techniques for animating a grappling hook in Maya. Our goal is to create an efficient rig with a sufficient amount of control. We'll learn how to animate this prop and its rope to behave naturally. We'll also learn how to work with a set of rigging and animation tools in Maya that will help us produce a very entertaining outcome. By the end of this tutorial, you will have the skills needed to animate your very own grappling hook. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2013.
Table of contents
- Where to Begin? 6m
- Starting on the Rope's Rig 12m
- Creating the Rope 6m
- Adding Controls to the Rope 9m
- Cleaning up the Rope's Rig and Planning the Animation 2m
- Animating the Rope Being Released from the Grappling Gun 4m
- Animating Forces in the Rope 5m
- Fine-tuning the Rope's Behavior 7m
- Animating the Grappling Hook and Cleaning up the Scene 10m
About the author
Delano works avidly as an animation author at Pluralsight. Starting his career at animation studios like Shilo, Delano has developed a strong passion for his talents. His animation and rigging background help him teach and create some of the most-watched training on Pluralsight. A few of his favorite projects that he has contributed to include: Character Interaction in Maya and in Softimage, Rigging the Human Face in Maya, Rigging Sea Creatures in Maya, and Rigging and Animating Transforming... more