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for Maya
level: intermediate -advanced
yoyo on a string
This tutorial was written by Chas Jarret and invloves animating a yoyo with the attached string wrapping around the fingers of a deforming hand. It contains some interesting techniques for solving the problem of realistic string movement between the hand and yoyo and also, an ingenious solution for getting the string to seemingly twist and wrap around the cg fingers.
©Chas Jarret
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"This tutorial is based on a recent job I did for Credit Suisse featuring two shots of an arm and hand playing with a yoyo. The overall look of the project was set out explicityly by the director and was based upon slick colourised X-ray's but here we will concentrate on the animation side of things."
©Chas Jarret