If this is only your second animation in maya I'd recommend doing something a bit more simple. Like starting with a bouncing ball. Currently your character feels like they are being pulled up..not jumping. Think of his root as a bouncing ball. The start of the jump would be fast, then it would slow at the top of the arc (where gravity is starting to pull him back down) then he would speed up as he falls to the ground. Like I said I would start with something a little more simple than a jump then go from there

I think you shouldn't start off right by learning things like jumps and other body mechanics stuff. You need a strong foundation at the beginning so that your following work will be on a higher level. I know that it might sound hard right now, but you need to go back to the very beginning and start off with the bouncing ball exercise and learning the principles, when you REALLY want to be an animator. We will definetly help you on that way
Your piece of work isn't on a level where we can actually give you critiques on, right now.

I think comment number 1 meets exactly what i want to say: http://www.11secondclub.com/helpful_hints/the_top_5

Now don't feel discouraged by these words. It's a hard way to learn animation and the community will definetly help you by learning all this stuff from the beginning!

Keep moving forward!

3dMisterT wrote:

But kindly tell me that his hand and chest movements are correct here or not.
Thanks.

I would say "not".  You really need to have the core motion correct before those can be judged.

We have hit on bouncing balls previously here.

In this post in this thread...

http://www.11secondclub.com/forum/viewt … 27#p117327

...  I link to two videos that, while not quite tutorials, do cover some aspects of bouncing ball in CG that are often gotten wrong.

Last edited by robcat2075 (02-16-2012 8:50 pm)

Don't rush it.  It's better to get it right than to get it fast.

Yeah, this is much better now! I think you should fix the hoppy pop at the beginning. Make it softer or leave it out, it's not really necessary unless you want him to take extra momentum. The timing works really good now. I would add another pose when he hits the ground. You don't feel much weight right now. So when he hits the ground let him travel down a bit further. Right now that end seems a little bit stiff.

But all in all, this is a huge improvement!

Last edited by TheAnimatroid (02-21-2012 2:14 pm)

I have made a few changes in my jump animation, kindly watch it and tell me that is it better than the previous one..

Direct Link

Thanks for the review...I have made a few changes in my animation..Kindly watch it and give your review . This time i am using dropbox, hope it will work fine..
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/63909400/JumpShort.avi

Last edited by 3dMisterT (02-24-2012 12:51 pm)

^Hi!
If you're using a .mov or .mp4 instead of an avi, the forum will automatically embed it into the post, and my browser won't crash trying to play it