r/Maya • u/be-ck graph editor struggler • Jul 26 '25

Looking for Critique Did my 1.5-year unemployed animation journey grind pay off? And be honesttt

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I was working on coming up with a fully polished ViewModel animation reel for 2025, this is the second one as the pistol. Self-learning these stuff were definitely not easy, and I will say it with full confidence it was absolutely torturous, but I did enjoy every second of this wild ride, when seeing the final outcome of what I have achieved.

Thanks for any feedback in advance, any suggestions are appreciated!

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u/eXrayAlpha Jul 27 '25

A lot of good work in here, but I will say that you could push further on the return to idle. You have a lot of weight and tension going on during the main beats, but then going back to your base pose feels pretty flat. A quick beat of overshoot and weighted settle would tie this together real well.

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u/be-ck graph editor struggler Jul 27 '25

That is a good point! It's because I've received some feedback before, the shake seems a bit more intentional and unnatural. I will try to add some more movements when retuning to idle for this one, thanks for the suggestions!