Animation Time! - Bender Ghost Rig

Today's Inspiration:
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

- Michelangelo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo

Leonardo, Michelangelo, and the Art of the Figure
http://www.amazon.com/Leonardo-Michelangelo-Figure-Michael-Cole/dp/0300208200/

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

Rig - Bender Ghost
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/bender-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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Flower Character - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Flower Character Rig.
Head - bobs side to side with a little dip down and tilt
Petals - wave back and forth alternating front and back
Top Leaves - bob and bounce up and down
Bottom Leaves - light bounce and recoil
Pot - light tilt and sway side to side

Animation Time! - Flower Character Rig

Today's Inspiration:
I think a lot of my ideas just float up from my subconscious mind like a bubble from the bottom of the lake.

- Ralph McQuarrie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_McQuarrie

Art of Ralph McQuarrie
http://dreamsandvisionspress.com/

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

Rig - Flower Character
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/flower-character-rig?os=windows

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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Kio - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Kio rig.
Head - light bob and sway side to side with a floppy mouth
Chest - light tip side to side with a bit of raise and lower
Hips - rotate to offset the chest with extra squash and stretch
Arms  and Legs - Dangle downward with successive movement and drag
Wings - flap up and down with a little overlap in the tips