Elephant - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Elephant Rig.
Head - light tilt and swing side to side with overlap and flick in the trunk
Chest - twists to allow for the front legs to lift
Hips - little bounces and tilt side to side
Front Legs - lift up and flick out then pound back down
Back Legs - light give from the bounce of the hips
Tail - medium swing and bounce

Animation Time! - Elephant Rig

Today's Inspiration:
I go instinctively on what some call the " first flash ". In other words you instantly see it in your mind and you just know how you have to play it. It's a pure gut-feeling. Not to say that you don't re-design and tweak things here and there. Some of my best ideas come in the sub-conscience ;

- Paul Gulacy
http://www.gulacy.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gulacy

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

Rig - Elephant
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/elephant

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! - Mamooth Rig

Today's Animation Time features the Mamooth Rig.
Head - light dip and sway with a little bounce on the ears
Chest - puffed up and out, light up and down, rotates to allow for the next step
Hips - dipped down, light raise and lower rotates to offset the chest
Front Legs - low medium steps with a light drag and raise
Back Legs - drag back on the passing position
Trunk - medium successive swing with a little overlap and drag on the tip
Tail - light swish and sway side to side