External World Fox - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the External World Fox Rig.
Head - light dip and bounce with extra flop in the ears
Chest - hunched over light compress and twist
Hips - extra bounce and rotate to offset the chest
Legs - quick fast little steps
Feet - drag back on the passing position, land with a little flop in the toes
Arms - medium quick swing
Hands - loose grip overlap and drag from the swing of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers
Tail - quick bounce and swing with successive movement throughout

Animation Time! - External World Fox

Today's Inspiration:
to be able to totally replicate the natural world means we'd have to totally understand it.

- Masamune Shirow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masamune_Shirow
http://www.shirowledge.com/index_enu.html

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

Rig - External World Fox
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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Rigged Fox - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Rigged Fox.
Head - light tip and sway side to side, with overlap and bounce in the ears
Chest - pulled back with arch in the belly, light up and down
Hips - light side to side, rotate to offset the chest
Front Legs - medium low backward steps
Back Legs - drag back on the passing position, land with a little toe flop
Tail - medium sway side to side, with a little up and down

Animation Time! - Rigged Fox

Today's Inspiration:
no matter what medium one is using... a strong concept is crucial.

- Sydney Hanson
http://www.shannonassociates.com/artist/sydneyhanson
http://sydwiki.tumblr.com/

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

Rig - Rigged Fox
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/rigged-fox-for-maya

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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Fox - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Fox Rig.
Head - tipped back, light bounce and sway with overlap and flop in the jaw and ears
Chest - puffed out and pulled upward, light compress and sway side to side
Hips - rotate to offset the chest light side steps
Legs - low small side steps
Paws - drag back on the passing position land with a little compression
Front Legs - held up, light side to side swings
Front Paws - overlap and drag from the sway of the front legs
Tails - light floppy bounce with a little side to side sway

Animation Time! - Fox Rig

Today's Inspiration:
Don't just look at other illustrators for influence. Take influences from all aspects of the arts.

Take what you've learned, apply it to your work, and make it your own.

- Kevin Cross
http://www.kevincross.net/

Monkey Mod
http://monkeymodcomics.tumblr.com/

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

Rig - Fox
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/fox-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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Just a couple quick bloggestions

Another fun night of drawing.

Gilligan celebrating Earth Day a little bit early.

Mr Money bags and his turtle, I mean Claude.

Pirate a Day.

Our little hero just wanted to go home, so he got out of the pigs lair as fast as he could. Feeling so relieved to be free, he hummed to himself all the way home. Something akin to what might now sound like Zippity Do Da.

A few nights ago I talked about the trailer for Disney's new animated feature Tangled. John K also posted an entry about the movie this weekend, which has been garnering quite the attention of the animation community. He makes some very valid points, I'm not sure I agree with everything, but no matter what it's well worth the read.

I don't think I have nor can I enough recommend Inspector Cluezo's Blog. Sandro has quite the resume from working as an animator at Don Bluth, Fox and even Disney. Most of all he always has something inspiring to post and he loves Milt Kahl.

Thanks for the inspiration!