Animation Time! - Robo'o Rig

Today's Inspiration:
practice all the time, learn the fundamentals, and recognize your bad habits or weaknesses
and try and address them as soon as possible.

be professional but persistent, and always draw or paint what you love because it shows.

- Ryan Church
http://ryanchurch.com/

Art of Avatar
http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Avatar-Camerons-Adventure/dp/0810982862

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

Rig - Robo'o Rig
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/the-robo-o-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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Animation Time! - Pixo Jr Rig

Today's Inspiration:
I just follow what inspires me as an artist and a storyteller, and stay true to myself in my work. I try to make the kinds of things I want to see out there in the world, and hope they end up resonating with other people too.

- Bryan Konietzko
http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/BryanKonietzko

Meet the Creators
https://youtu.be/i7kRkAOY8Fo

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

Rig - Pixo Jr
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/pixo-jr

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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A few months vs 11 minutes

While reading through the Avatar the Last Airbender (the art of the animated series), something really caught my eye. People talk about loving the work, and how much effort goes into a piece of art, but when you're actually given time frames on how long things took or how short, it really hits home. I was shocked at 3months for 11 minutes and I couldn't figure out if that seemed really long, or really short. Three months in most people's view is a significant period of time, but when it comes to creating something that you really love and want to be perfect it doesn't seem like nearly enough time.

Find Inspiration in Everything!

I've been listening to a lot of Art and Story and I've also been reading through Avatar the last Airbender the Art of the Animated Series. One thing I've really picked up on is how much the creators talk about other things they're interested in and how that always inspires their work or at least their other hobbies seep into and influence their art. So, I challenge you to do the same. Find Inspiration in Everything!

Today's devastation is financial!

Cleaned up!

Got a chance to cleanup my rough excitement sketch from a few days ago!

Tried out a second ball bounce. For some reason the Z tangent in the graph editor really threw me for a loop!



Had a few minutes to try out some more poses using Animation Mentor's Stu Rig





On these ones I tried to use directional lights to highlight the lines of action!

Today's inspiration provided by the great art styling of Mike DiMartino. I just started watching Avatar, the Last AirBender, and I instantly fell in love with it. It reminds me a lot in both the drawing style and the way they treat the story and the characters of Hayao Miyazaki. I can't wait to find the time to watch more of it. Thanks for the inspiration!