Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this Maya tutorial, I cover the entire process step by step on how to animate a dinosaur run cycle from start to finish using the free Jurrasic World Irex dinosaur rig. This tutorial assumes some prior knowledge of Maya and animating in Maya, but everything is in real-time so following along should be relatively easy. I've combined each part of this animation tutorial into one complete course! You can find the individual parts of this course in the playlist here: youtube.com/watch?v=M_D71G3vK-8&list=PL6JtfrTN-l3wwmD3v7IcQF9YQc_zFh7BW
The approach we will take throughout this tutorial is a straight-ahead layered method, which is a great workflow, especially when focusing on body mechanics animation.
Flip Animation Script: ackNegateKeys;
IRex Rig: truongcgartist.gumroad.com/l/irexrig
Social Media 📰
Twitter: twitter.com/markmasters92
Instagram: instagram.com/markmasters92
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mark-masters-062a89a4
Chapters 📘
0:00 Intro
1:00 Getting Ready to Animate
3:28 Creating the Contact Pose
11:20 Mirroring the Contact Pose
13:23 Animating the Main Body Movement
23:32 Animating the Chest Ctrl
33:10 Animating the Right Foot
39:49 Copying the Right Foot Animation to the Left Foot
42:53 Animating the Hips
48:23 Adjusting the Follow Attribute
50:31 Animating the Up and Down of the Head
53:25 Animating the Head Rotation
55:30 Animating the Neck
58:40 Adjusting the Hip and Chest Side to Side Movement
1:01:05 Animating the Tail for the First Step
1:15:20 Animating the Tail for the Second Step
1:22:48 Animating the Arms
1:38:00 Mirroring the Arm Animation
1:38:42 Adjusting Arm Pose on Animation Layer
1:39:46 Refining the Leg Animation
1:50:57 Mirroring the New Leg Animation
1:52:39 Translating the Run Forward in Space
1:56:40 Outro
Related Videos 🎥
My Animation Workflow: youtu.be/Kk_Uhe2y1ok
How to Setup Maya Animation Constraints Using AnimBot: youtu.be/bycG7_9zoKI
The Importance of Balance - Creating Believable Movement in Animation: youtu.be/o9nzoJCMmDU
In this Maya tutorial, I cover the entire process step by step on how to animate a dinosaur run cycle from start to finish using the free Jurrasic World Irex dinosaur rig. This tutorial assumes some prior knowledge of Maya and animating in Maya, but everything is in real-time so following along should be relatively easy. I've combined each part of this animation tutorial into one complete course! You can find the individual parts of this course in the playlist here: youtube.com/watch?v=M_D71G3vK-8&list=PL6JtfrTN-l3wwmD3v7IcQF9YQc_zFh7BW
The approach we will take throughout this tutorial is a straight-ahead layered method, which is a great workflow, especially when focusing on body mechanics animation.
Flip Animation Script: ackNegateKeys;
IRex Rig: truongcgartist.gumroad.com/l/irexrig
Social Media 📰
Twitter: twitter.com/markmasters92
Instagram: instagram.com/markmasters92
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mark-masters-062a89a4
Chapters 📘
0:00 Intro
1:00 Getting Ready to Animate
3:28 Creating the Contact Pose
11:20 Mirroring the Contact Pose
13:23 Animating the Main Body Movement
23:32 Animating the Chest Ctrl
33:10 Animating the Right Foot
39:49 Copying the Right Foot Animation to the Left Foot
42:53 Animating the Hips
48:23 Adjusting the Follow Attribute
50:31 Animating the Up and Down of the Head
53:25 Animating the Head Rotation
55:30 Animating the Neck
58:40 Adjusting the Hip and Chest Side to Side Movement
1:01:05 Animating the Tail for the First Step
1:15:20 Animating the Tail for the Second Step
1:22:48 Animating the Arms
1:38:00 Mirroring the Arm Animation
1:38:42 Adjusting Arm Pose on Animation Layer
1:39:46 Refining the Leg Animation
1:50:57 Mirroring the New Leg Animation
1:52:39 Translating the Run Forward in Space
1:56:40 Outro
Related Videos 🎥
My Animation Workflow: youtu.be/Kk_Uhe2y1ok
How to Setup Maya Animation Constraints Using AnimBot: youtu.be/bycG7_9zoKI
The Importance of Balance - Creating Believable Movement in Animation: youtu.be/o9nzoJCMmDU
