Animals Creatures WK 2! Match Move and References

Ok. week 2 in AC2 and we are getting into match moving and backplates.  Here are my choices and also I have attached all my large bird references

Animals Creatures 2 - Final Dragon Vanilla Flight

So here is my final Dragon Vanilla Flight cycle.  There was a lot of fixes done on this bad boy.  There are some tweaks I'd like to clean up but right now I'm sick of looking at it.

Animals Creatures 2 - Dragon Vanilla Flight

OK, here is my first pass on my Vanilla dragon flight cycle.  I will post my mentor's crit notes on this puppy shortly - as soon as I have a second.

Large Bird Reference

ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS get your butt some reference!  Good sources are FramePool, BBC, YouTube, and Pond5.  Also, make sure your referencing birds/animals that are the right size for what your animating.

Animals Creatures 2 - Dragon Flight Cycle Thumbs 2

Here is more work on what is happening mechanically in bird flight but from a side view.

Animals Creatures 2 - Dragon Flight Cycle Thumbs

Do your work b4 U touch maya.  Thats what this is.  I have gone in and began to understand the mechanics of flight.  This was a doozy.

Progress Reel

Oh man, time is flying.  Here is my current Progress Reel.  I still haven't had time to go in and polish all my pieces.  Animals and Creatures 2 is kicking my butt!  But here it is anyway.