Muskelunge - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Muskelunge Rig.
Head - light tip and raise with a little clasping in the jaw
Chest - slight up and down with a little sway side to side
Tail Fin - Medium swish and sway side to side
Front Fins - pull out and push back helping to propel the movement
Middle Fins - medium pump back and forth to help the momentum

Animation Time! - Muskelunge Rig

Today's Inspiration:
most of the knowledge I now have I acquired on my own

- Leonard Starr
http://www.leonardstarr.com/
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/starr_leonard.htm

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

Rig - Muskelunge
https://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/fish-rigs-25-rigs-in-total-final-version

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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Red Fish - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Red Fish Rig.
Head - light up and down and tilt to direct the next movement
Chest - medium sway side to side with a little up and down
Back Fin - whips back and forth propelling the movement forward
Front Fins - light splay out and pull back to help push the movement forward
Middle Fins - light pump up and down

Animation Time! - Red Fish Rig

Today's Inspiration:
We NEED to be uncomfortable, so that we can feel the urge to keep
searching until we find new and better solutions.

- Eduardo Vieira
http://eduardovieira.deviantart.com/
https://twitter.com/eduardovieirart

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

Rig - Red Fish
https://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/fish-rigs-25-rigs-in-total-final-version

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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Azary - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Azary Rig.
Head - leads the movement light bounce and tip
Chest - light pull back and push out
Hips - overlap and drag from the sway of the chest
Legs - kick forward and pull back
Feet - overlap and drag from the swing of the legs extending into the toes
Arms - light circular movements
Hands - drag back and pull in overlapping the movement of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs

Animation Time! - Azary Rig

Today's Inspiration:
so you have to learn also with real life

- Xavier Houssin
https://www.artstation.com/artist/xaxa
http://xa-xa-xa.deviantart.com/

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

Rig - Azary
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/azary

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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Octomall - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Octomall Rig.
Head - pulls back and pushes forward
Body - scrunches in and drags back
Tentacles - flail out and pull inward from the base outward

Animation Time! - Octomall Rig

Today's Inspiration:
I’m always miserable about not getting on paper what I’m seeing in my head.

- Mark Schultz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Schultz_(comics)
http://fleskpublications.com/flesksite/index.php?route=product/category&path=18_67

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

Rig - Octomall
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/octomall

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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Jon - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Jon Rig
Head - light bob
Chest - slight twist and sway side to side
Hips - small bounce and rotate to offset the chest
Legs - medium fast kicks
Feet - overlap and drag from the movement of the legs extending into the toes
Arms - big overarching circular moves
Hands - overlap and drag from the swing of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs

Animation Time! - Jon Rig

Today's Inspiration:
Beckhoff understood that the design comes first. Everything else flows from that.

- Illustration Art on Harry Beckhoff
http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2010/02/harry-beckhoff-illustrator-you-should.html
http://wulibraries.typepad.com/mghlnews/2011/12/artist-spotlight-harry-beckhoff.html

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

Rig - Jon
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/jon

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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Golden Fish - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Golden Fish Rig.
Head - light bob
Chest - puffs out and pulls back
Hips - light up and down and side to side
Front Fins - light paddle and swim
Back Fins - sway and pump back and forth

Hammer Head - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Hammer Head Rig.
Head - light raise and lower with a little tilt side to side
Chest - raises and puffs with successive movement, a little twist and sway side to side
Tail - whips back and forth with extra overlap and drag
Fins - light forward strokes
Dorsal Fin - slight tilt and wave side to side

Catfish - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Catfish Rig.
Head - leads the movement light tilt and sway side to side
Body - light up and down with twist and push left and right
Tail - flaps back and forth at double the speed of the body
Fins - row forward and back, front fins lead and back fins follow

Simple Fish - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Simple Fish Rig.
Head - leads the movement, light tilt down and upward with a little side to side sway
Body - light up and down with a little tilt and weave side to side
Fins - pump up and down
Tail - slight swing side to side

Ryan - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time feature the Ryan rig.
Head - light dip down and pull up
Chest - puffed out, light twist and compress side to side
Hips - rotate to offset the chest and allow for the movement of the legs
Legs - medium swing kicks
Feet - drag and overlap from the swing of the legs and shins extending into the toes
Arms - Pull out and inward in a circular motion
Hands - overlap and drag from the swing and swim of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs

Animation Time! - Ryan Rig

Today's Inspiration:
The purpose of my work was never to destroy but always to create, to construct bridges, because we must live in the hope that humankind will draw together and that the better we understand each other the easier this will become.

- Alphonse Mucha
http://www.muchafoundation.org/

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

Rig - Ryan
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/ryan-s-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! - Panther Grouper Rig

Today's Inspiration:
You learn patience and persistence when learning to be an animator, you know?
So that’s all there really is to say. Just keep going. Just keep at it.
It you have an idea or a vision to do something, just keep at it.… Just keep at it and you’ll get there.

- Tomm Moore
http://theblogofkells.blogspot.com/

Secret of Kells Pencil Test
https://vimeo.com/33842019

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

Rig - Panther Grouper
http://edge-cgi.com/category/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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Peacock Bass - Animation Time!

Today's Animation is a Peacock Bass.
Head - light dip down and tilt with a little keep alive on the mouth
Chest - light up and down and meander side to side with a little tilt
Fins - pull out and push back
Bottom Fins - light tilt and sway side to side
Tail - side to side flap with a little up and down to offset the chest

Animation Time! - Peacock Bass Rig

Today's Inspiration:
The believability factor was the most important thing. They have to move and breathe as if they’re really alive.

Always have a little bit of story in [your] drawings. I think that's good advice.

- Chris Sanders
https://www.facebook.com/chrissandersart

Chris Sanders Sketchbook
http://www.amazon.com/Chris-Sanders-Sketchbook-5/dp/B005M1FXS6

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

Rig - Peacock Bass
http://edge-cgi.com/download-free-maya-rigs-fish-rig-pack-v2-shaun-keenan/

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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Whale Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a whale walk.
Head - light bounce and sway side to side
Chest - bounce up and leans to favor the next move
Tail - flops and offsets from the movement of the chest to propel the movement forward, with extra drag and successive overlap
Fins - rotate side to side with a little tilt and drag, to help direct the movement
Dorsal fin - light side to side twist and rotate, offsetting the movement of the chest