Digital and physical 3D artist John Twycross

artist John Twycross . . . +447493677040 . . . 3D artworks and animation for games. VR, television and film . . . including; Props, Sets, Characters, Animation, Prototyping, Workflow Development, 360 photography, Motion Capture, 3d scanning, Clay and Wire Sculpture, Publishing, Reasearch

Animation

Animation (archive)

An old animation showreel (2009)

Animation

Animation (promotional): The Star Faced Crocodile

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Post date January 17, 2023
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Promotional video produced for Hachette Publishing.

Animation

Animation (installation): Ashmolean Museum

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Post date January 17, 2023
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Ashmolean Museum
– Threads Of Silk exhibition – 9th November 2012 to 27th January 2013

Tutorials

Tutorials: Animation

Some tutorials showing animation methods.

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3D Animation Week2: Motion Paths for Vehicle Animation using Maya & Unity

3D Animation Week2 Keyframe Car Animation

3D Animation – Maya Camera Sequencer, Maya software & Arnold redering

week 5 – Maya Character Animation – Using HIK retargeting motion capture clips & the Time Editor

Creating an eye control rig to key frame a character’s gaze

Tutorials

Tutorials: Motion Builder retargeting motion capture animation

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Post date January 3, 2023
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Demonstrations of methods using mocap data in Motion Builder

MotionBuilder Non linear Animation Part 1

MotionBuilder Non linear Animation Part 2

Motionbuilder – Constraining props to motion capture markers

Storing poses in Motionbuilder to keyframe hand gestures

MotionBuilder part 1 – Using actors & motion capture data

MotionBuilder part 2 – Use an actor to drive a character

Tutorials

Tutorials: Workflows for Unity and Maya

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Post date January 3, 2023
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A series of introductory tutorial videos for those who are new to 3D digital media sotware. It is designed to demonstrate methods and workflows using Unity and Maya.

Masterclass 01 ^|^ Quickstart for 3D artists, Workflows for Maya to Unity by John Twycross

Masterclass 02 ^|^ Phisically Based Shaders – Using Stingray PBS materials from Maya to Unity

Masterclass 03 ^|^ Modelling a Sword; Manipulating Polygon Primitives using the Modelling Toolkit

Masterclass 04 ^|^ Modelling a Mug in Maya for a Unity Game

Masterclass 05 ^|^ Modelling a Sofa using Booleans & Multicut Tool

Masterclass 06 ^|^ Modelling Level of Detail LOD Houses in Maya for Unity3D

Masterclass 06 ^|^ Look development in Unity3D

Tutorials

Tutorials: Rigging a mesh for 3D Animation

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Post date January 3, 2023
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This page contains a series of five video tutorial demonstrating the rigging process in Maya. It covers different common methods for biped humans, fish and quadruped animals.

Rigging part 1: Maya 2019 HIK, Quick Rig and Paint Skin Weights Tools

Rigging part 2: Maya 2019 Using HIK Interactive Skin Bind & Paint Weights Tools

Rigging part 3: Maya 2019 HIK Rigging and UV layout for a Box Modelled Character

Rigging pt4: Maya 2019 Rigging a Fish

Rigging pt5: Maya 2019 Rigging a Quadruped Binding a Cat Skeleton with IK handles

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Blog post

GDC Building Strong Studio Culture

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Post date October 1, 2022
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Research Projects

The Reading Machine

https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/hss/projects/agast/

Research Projects

Traak!

2015 – Augmented Reality Research Project

https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/hss/projects/agast/traak