Animation Time! - Shoeless Joe Rig

Today's Inspiration:
And my own style was different from Wayne's, just as Wayne's was from Joe's. I don't think any of this was intentional; each artist just had his own way of drawing.

- Curt Swan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Swan
http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/comics.php?topic=creators/c-creators-swan

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

Rig - Shoeless Joe
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/shoeless-joe--2

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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Max - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Max Rig.
Head - focused forward, light tilt and sway side to side
Chest - bent over rotates to allow for the next forward arm movement
Hips - curled up, rotate to offset the chest and keep the legs up
Legs - low small side to side movements
Feet - overlap and drag from sway of the legs
Arms - low medium forward movements
Hands - drag down and back on the passing position, land with a little scrunch in the fingers and thumbs