In this project, I combined two big passions of mine: animation and Star Wars!
A year ago, on May 4th, I decided to join a lightsaber fighting workshop, organised by fellow students. It quickly became a new obsession, ahem... I mean hobby. Practising a wide variety of sports has helped me a bunch in understanding how to animate body mechanics.
This little animation is the result of months of work, including learning the proper lightsaber fighting form in real life. That is why I am super excited to finally be able to share this with everyone. A special thanks goes out to my lightsaber friends!
For more behind the scenes, check out this video: https://youtu.be/qBe89EgEoGc
Rig by Agora: https://agora.community/content/ahsoka-tano-maya
Final rendered in UE5
Breakdown of my process. Note that attack 5 and 6 were cut in the process.
Some reference of the early days when I had just gotten into lightsaber training
Lots of reference I did myself. Knowing how to do these movements in real life is a huge plus!
A more in-depth breakdown, explaining the full process