Lina - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Lina Rig.
Head - light tilt and drag with extra bounce and float in the hair
Chest - puffed out, light compress and release with a little drag in the belly
Hips - light up and down, rotate to offset the chest
Legs - slight raise and lower
Feet - drag down and overlap from the movement of the legs
Arms - held outward light up and down starting at the shoulders
Hands - overlap and drag from the movement of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs

Animation Time! - Lina Rig

Today's Inspiration:
Keep your eyes open, think before you draw and practice, practice, practice.

- Florian Satzinger
http://paperwalker.blogspot.com/
https://www.instagram.com/floriansatzinger/

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

Rig - Lina
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187943419

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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Dazzle - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Dazzle Rig.
Head - light bounce and tip with drag in the jaw and flop in the hair
Chest - hunched over, slight compress and release with a little twist
Hips - light up and down rotated toward camera
Legs - low medium steps, left leg leads
Feet - drag  back on the passing position, land with a little flop in the toes
Arms - flexed upward, light bounce and sway
Hands - grip the staff, light up and down and overlap from the movement of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers
Staff - light bounce and drag with overlap in the rings and tail

Animation Time! - Dazzle Rig

Today's Inspiration:
If I don't feel a little bit like I'm on a tightrope then I'm doing something wrong.

- Mike Huddleston
https://twitter.com/mkhddlstn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Huddleston

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

Rig - Dazzle
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187943419

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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Warlock Ward - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Warlock Ward Rig.
Central Controller - floats up and down with a little rotate back and forth
Outer Protectors - press inward and outward with a little back and forth and tilt
Chain Link - light rotate forward with a little raise and lower
Rock - slight rotate side to side and back and forth

Animation Time! - Warlock Ward Rig

Today's Inspiration:
How you think is most important

- Earl Oliver Hurst
http://www.americanartarchives.com/hurst.htm
http://www.societyillustrators.org/Awards-and-Competitions/Hall-of-Fame/Past-Inductees/2010--Earl-Oliver-Hurst.aspx

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

Rig - Warlock Ward
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187943419

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! - Beastmaster Beast Rig

Today's Inspiration:
I have left the explanation of the drawings completely to the viewer, so that they are not bound by my interpretation of what each picture should be.

- Sulamith Wülfing
http://www.bpib.com/wulfing.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulamith_W%C3%BClfing

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

Rig - Beastmaster Beast
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187943419

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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Darkseer - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Darkseer Rig.
Head - focused forward, light tip with extra sway and drag in the beard
Chest - rotated to favor the right side, light compress and twist
Hips - turned to favor the right leg, with a little up and down
Legs - low medium long steps
Feet - drag back on the passing position, land with a little flop in the toes
Arms - Right arm held up and forward with a little bounce and keep alive, Left arm drags back with a little bounce and sway
Hands - overlap and drag from the movement of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs

Animation Time! - Darkseer Rig

Today's Inspiration:
I notice more and more, that it is from the oldest and most primitive artists that one must learn to become an artist oneself.

- John Bauer
http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/bauer.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bauer_(illustrator)

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

Rig - Darkseer
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187943419

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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Pudge - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Pudge Rig.
Head - light up and down
Chest - bent over, with extra sway and bounce in the belly
Hips - rotate to offset the chest and allow for the next step
Legs - Left leg low medium heavy steps, Right leg drags
Feet - Left foot drags back on the passing position, lands with a little toe flop, Right foot drags out and back on the passing position then leans into place
Arms - Left Arm held up and inward with a little bounce and keep alive, Right Arm medium wide swing
Hands - loose clench, overlap and drag from the swing and move of the arms and forearms

Animation Time! - Pudge Rig

Today's Inspiration:
I still somehow believed in it and kept going.

- Brian Froud
http://www.worldoffroud.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Froud

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

Rig - Pudge
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187943419

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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Doom - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Doom Rig.
Head - light bounce and tip
Chest - bent over with a little compress and twist
Hips - rotate to offset the chest and allow for the next step
Legs -medium heavy slow steps
Feet - drag back on the passing position, land with a heavy flop in the toes
Arms - held up near the chest, holding the sword that rests on the shoulder
Hands - grip the sword, light up and down and keep alive extending into the fingers
Wings - light bounce and overlap with successive movements

Animation Time! - Doom Rig

Today's Inspiration:
You have to go out and collect happy accidence yourself.

- Claire Wendling
http://www.claire-wendling.net/
http://clairewendlingblog.tumblr.com/

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

Rig - Doom
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187943419

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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Axe - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Axe rig.
Head - light drag and bounce
Chest - puffed out and bent over rotates to offset the hips and allow for the next forward movement
Hips - light up and down twist to favor the next forward step
Legs - low, medium steps
Feet - light drag on the passing position, land with a little overlap on the toes
Arms - propel the movement forward
Hands - knuckles pressed against the ground, drag back on the passing position, land with a little clench and relax in the fingers

Animation Time! - Axe Rig

Today's Inspiration:
illustration was always my guiding light through the years.

- Michael Whelan
http://www.michaelwhelan.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan

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

Rig - Axe
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187943419

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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Kunkka - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Kunkka Rig.
Kunkka steps back and anticipates the jump. He then steps forward and leaps up and over with chest leading and arms dragging. Pounding down, Kunkka lands, feet first, with arms pounding downward and the body recoiling until he finally settles and relaxes.

Animation Time! - Kunkka Rig

Today's Inspiration:
the first step is to feel your subject, then the idea, and last the composition.

- Harvey Dunn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Dunn
http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/dunn.htm

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

Rig - Kunkka
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187943419

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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Augury Guardian - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Augury Guardian Rig.
The Augury Guardian dips forward and straightens up pulling its petals together and grouping its leaves inward. Where it holds and pulls backward, then flops forward and out. Upon flopping over, it spits, throwing its petals open and splaying its leaves outward. After opening it then recoils and reverts back to its original relaxed position.

Animation Time! - Augury Guardian Rig

Today's Inspiration:

it takes a lot of sacrifice. You have to be prepared for that.

- Greg Capullo
https://twitter.com/GregCapullo
http://www.dccomics.com/talent/greg-capullo

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

Rig - Augury Guardian
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187943419

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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Weaver - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Weaver Rig.
Head - light bounce with extra sway in the antennae and overlap in the jaw
Chest - puffed out, light tilt and compress
Hips -light up and down, rotate to offset the chest and allow for the next step
Front Legs - higher medium slower steps
Back Legs - low medium slower steps
Tail - light tilt and sway back and forth