Animation Time! - Tonga Rig

Today's Inspiration:
It’s all about communication. There’s a good word. If my stuff fails to communicate, then it has failed, no matter what I did or how I did it.

- Barry Windsor-Smith
http://barrywindsor-smith.com/

Barry Windsor-Smith Interview
http://www.tcj.com/the-barry-windsor-smith-interview/

Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives
https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/47-346/The-Barry-Windsor-Smith-Conan-Archives-Volume-1-HC

Program - Maya 2014
http://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview

Rig - Tonga
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/tonga-fox-rig-for-maya

Animator's Bibles:
Character Animation Crash Course
Animator's Survival Kit
Illusion of Life
12 Principles of Animation
Drawn to Life

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Dumbu - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Dumbu Rig.
Head - swung down, dips further down then shoots upward
Chest - bent over, compresses further down, then puffs out
Hips - rotate to offset the chest, dip down then fly upward
Legs - bent, light keep alive then drag upward
Feet - rest, then drag upward
Arms - drag down, then shoot upward, leading the movement
Hands - pressed down, light keep alive, then punch upward