Slow Motion Magpie

As it was fairly difficult to observe actions in real time, I slowed down a video I took of a magpie taking off, so that I could observe key points more easily.

Flight Video 3

seagulls taking off and landing in water

Flight video 2

video of seagull in flight

motion studies - Flight video 1

I filmed various birds during take off, landing and flight - although this proved difficult it allowed me to see the differences in flight style depending on wing span, size and breed.  

Take off, short flight and landing of a pigeon.

Maya push Final

Push pose sketches

Push Reference

Similarly to the Pull exercise, I decided to get some reference photos of people pushing.

Maya - Push 1st attempt

My first attempt at Maya - I was quite happy with the posing, but some of the movements and angles looked quite unnatural - as well as the character floating/sliding at some stages.

Pull 3

Research