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CGWorld Vol. 296 Interview with Creatures

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March 2023

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CGWorld vol. 296

This is an interview in the "Animation Workflow for Games" series on CGWorld — interviewed by Ryo Wakasugi (chief editor, CG animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks); text by Miyuki Ogata from CG World; transcribed by Yoichiro Oue. The magazine later posted the article online in three parts.^[1]

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Yuki Yoneya, Pokémon Character Motion Lead;
Shun Onodera, Pokémon Character Modelling Lead;
Suguru Fukaya, Pokémon Character Motion

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Motion Consideration, Based on the Ecology and Temperament of Each Pokémon

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Bottom Middle: Hair / Gel / The gel is bouncy / The same colour as the body, but it has eyeballs (only on textures)
Bottom Right: Non-gel form
Top Right: It folds its wings (arms) only when swimming

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From left to right: Idle; Half-closed; Closed; Angry; Sad; Joyful; Damaged; Surprised

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Collecting Reference Material for Inanimate Objects, Let Alone Living Things

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Example video: Fidough sleeping

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Example Video: Sandy Shocks walking

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From left to right: Open; Half-closed; Closed; Joyful; Angry; Damaged

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Rebuilding Texture-based Facial Expressions with Joints

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Goomy's Facial Joints

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Goomy's & Jigglypuff's Facial Expressions, when taking damage.

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The motion team tells the modelling team what motion they want the Pokémon to have. Their ideas [must be] shared in detail: ex. whether [the motion] involves whole or partial body scaling; and whether [the Pokémon] also flails when opening the mouth wide.
The modelling team sets up the joints and the rigging weight, using this shared information. The team sets the Root Joints that allow the entire eyes to move as the parent nodes, and configure each [child node] for the intended facial expressions and shape, depending on each Pokémon.
As for older Pokémon, the motion team tries using the existing facial asset data, checks for errors or clipping glitches, and debugs them.
The final assets for the facial expressions will be formed into a preset and registered to the in-house tool.

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Passimian idling, SV: Passimian holds the berry in one hand in its idling motion
Passimian walking, pre-SV: The previous titles didn't require a transition between idling and running, so the berry was held in its tail in its running motion
Passimian Running, SV: Scarlet & Violet has added transitions between idling and running in the open world, which has changed the motion so that it now runs with the berry kept held in its hand

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Post-attack Animations are Meticulously Developed, even through Weighted Motion

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Example video: Floragato attacking, then idling

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Screenshot of a dedicated tool for the workflow of animation-state transition adjustments

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A player and opponent's Quaxwell in their idle animations during battle

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A player and opponent's Quaquaval in their idle animations during battle

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Quaquaval's idle animation in four views: its silhouette has been carefully arranged to keep it looking really cool from all angles

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Some Animators Challenge Themselves in a Type of Animation They Find Themselves Not Good at

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Portraying Life-likeness, in Spite of Various Limitations

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Example videos:

Chi-Yu attacking: Chi-Yu's attacking animation, where both its eyes and magatamas glow at the same time
Chi-Yu joyful animation: Chi-Yu's joyful animation, where its eyes are wide open and only its magatama shine

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Example video: Iron Thorns attacking

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Iron Bundle doesn't have knee joints either; additionally, it has shorter back legs than Iron Thorns'

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Varoom is based on a single-cylinder engine, which caused difficulties when discussing how it should be interpreted in motion

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Roaring Moon has long front legs and claws, and short back legs, which makes it prone to clipping during development of its walking motion and the like

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Chien-Pao has very long swords in its mouth

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Developing Movement, Not Only on Land but Also in Air and Water

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Creatures, Inc.'s Role: Expanding How Pokémon are Expressed

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↑ [1], [2], [3]; although the website offers a "LANGUAGE" menu, it's just a Google Translate tooltip.

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