Bizarre Creature - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Bizarre Creature Rig.
Front Tentacles - lift up and out and lead the movement
Back Tentacles - stretch back and follow
Middle Tentacles - follow the movement and push the front and back legs into the next move
Middle Portion - drags and bounces with a little extra flop
Head - squishes down and pushes out and forward
Eyes - successive blink starting with the lower eyes

Animation Time! - Bizarre Creature Rig

Today's Inspiration:
always explore and expand beyond the convenient way...

- Eric Canete
https://twitter.com/EricCanete
http://ericcanete.deviantart.com/

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

Rig - Bizarre Creature
http://www.davidoreilly.com/downloads/

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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Knacklesaur - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Knacklesaur Rig.
Head - light bounce and drag with overlap in the jaw
Chest - pumps up and down with each new step leading the movement
Hips - medium bounce, rotate to offset the chest and allow for the next leg move
Front Legs - pop up and slap down with medium forward running steps
Back Legs - push back and drag on the passing position with overlap in the toes
Tail - medium heavy successive bounce and drag

Animation Time! - Knacklesaur Rig

Today's Inspiration:
Unless you consider illustration so fine a thing as to be worth your last ounce of strength and effort - don't be an illustrator.

- Dean Cornwell
http://www.bpib.com/cornwell.htm
http://www.americanartarchives.com/cornwell.htm

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

Rig - Knacklesaur
http://www.3dfiggins.com/Resources/FreeRigs/index.html

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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Thresher - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Thresher Rig.
Head - light bounce with extra drop in the jaw and clasp in the tusks
Thorax - medium up and down with twist to allow for the next step
Abdomen - rotates to offset the thorax with a little bounce
Front Legs - medium high reaching steps
Middle Legs - drag back and tilt forward during each step
Back Legs - lift up and drag back during each step
Tail - medium whip back and forth

Creature - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Creature Rig.
Head - focused forward, light tilt and sway side to side, with extra jaw drag and flop
Chest - crouched down and bent over, light raise and twist to allow for the next arm movement
Hips - rotate to offset the chest and allow for the next step
Legs - low, small, wide gaited steps
Feet - drag back on the passing position, land with extra flop on the toes
Arms - propel the movement forward, medium small movements
Hands - press against the ground, drag back on the passing position, land with a little compression in the fingers

Animation Time! - Creature Rig

Today's Inspiration:
Drawing comes naturally, but also, it is hard work. It never gets easier. You soon find it's hard to draw, but you do it, because you don't know how to do anything else.

- Brian Bolland
http://brianbolland.blogspot.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Bolland

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

Rig - Creature 1.0
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/creature

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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