For those of you who logged into my November Free Tutorial entitled Animate a Bird and Make it Fly, you'll remember that I promised to deliver a second part to it. This tutorial uses a pre-created rig, which you can buy here and explores the mechanics of bird locomotion. It costs just $5 and trust me, it’s worth it. If you'd like a re-cap of what was in part 1, you can find all the details here.

In part two of this tutorial, I look at the the mechanics of bird locomotion in greater detail. The video shows you how to take a simple avian flap cycle and put it in a believable environment. You'll also learn how to add personality and character while still retaining a simple workflow. Adjusting the flight path to make it realistic and convincing means that you'll have to create a motion path and learn to attach the bird to the motion path. Finally once you've added simple textures and lighting I'll show you how to create a batch render and produce a final demo-reel ready piece of animation.

How to Access the Tutorial
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