Animations from Research

AER: Aesthetic Exploration and Refinement for Expressive Character Animation (SCA 05)

• Video to accompany paper.
• Shorter video highlighting the effects of character sketches and edits.

Methods for Exploring Expressive Stance (SCA 04)

• Video to accompany paper.

Artistically Based Computer Generation of Expressive Motion  (AISB04)

• Kinematic animation of a character giving the direction "go left".
• Dynamic version of the same animation using tension control to generate a loose feel.
• A side by side comparison at 1/3 speed of the kinematic and loose dynamic animation.
• A side by side comparison at 1/3 speed of the kinematic animation and a stiff dynamically simulated animation.  Notice that in the stiff simulation, most of the nuances from the loose dynamic animation are missing.
• A sequence of movement properties are applied to a "beauty line" reaching motion.
• A same reaching motion is performed, but "repellant" properties are applied.

Aesthetic Edits for Character Animation (SCA 03)

• The succession edit is applied to kinematic and dynamic versions of a bowing motion.
• A side by side comparison of a bowing motion with and without the succession edit.
• Succession, amplitude and extent edits applied to a "twist" dance motion.
• By reducing the amplitude and extend of a large motion, you can create a small nuanced motion that can be used to add colour to a character.

Modeling Tension and Relaxation for Computer Animation (SCA 02)

Animations from this paper are available at the accompanying resource page.