10.06.2015

Animation Time! - Troll Rig


Today's Inspiration:
Anyone who's pleased with their work will stop right there, because if you're satisfied then you don't have to improve.

The human race has so much brains and so little intelligence.

- Harold Foster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Foster

Prince Valiant
http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Valiant-Vol-1-1937-1938/dp/1606991418

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

Rig - Troll
http://www.rigging101.com/freestuff.htm

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

http://www.caseyturbos.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/caseyturbos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caseyturbos
Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/caseyturbos

IK Joe - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the IK Joe Rig.
Head - light raise and tip outward and back
Chest - bent over, light squash and twist side to side
Hips - extra bouncy, rotate to offset the chest and allow for the next step
Legs - low medium steps
Feet - drag back and lift up, with overlap on the toes
Arms - low medium swing
Hands - overlap and drag from the swing of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs




Animation Time! - IK Joe Rig


Today's Inspiration:
Art is long; life isn't.

- Randolph Caldecott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Caldecott
http://www.randolphcaldecott.org.uk/works.htm

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

Rig - IK Joe
http://www.rigging101.com/freestuff.htm

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

http://www.caseyturbos.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/caseyturbos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caseyturbos
Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/caseyturbos

Xkylome - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Xkylome Rig.
Cycle - orbits the inside of the sphere
Base - light up and down
Front Wheel - light in and out, with a little turn and raise
Back Wheel - slight drag and lift