Animation Time! - Ryan Rig

Today's Inspiration:
The purpose of my work was never to destroy but always to create, to construct bridges, because we must live in the hope that humankind will draw together and that the better we understand each other the easier this will become.

- Alphonse Mucha
http://www.muchafoundation.org/

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

Rig - Ryan
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/ryan-s-rig

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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Tonga - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Tonga rig.
Head - light tilt side to side, with a little bounce
Chest - puffed out, light compress and twist side to side
Hips - rotate to offset the chest and allow for the next step
Legs - low, medium steps
Feet - drag back on the passing position, land with a little toe flop
Arms - medium swing
Hands - loose clench, overlap and drag from the swing of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs
Tail - light swing and sway side to side