Mannequin - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Mannequin rig.
Head - light bounce and drag
Chest - twists to allow for the next forward movement
Hips - rotate to offset the chest and allow for the next leg movement
Legs - medium wide swing, forward movements
Feet - drag back on the passing position, land with a little recoil in the heel
Arms - hold the body up, medium low forward movements
Hands - grip the pole, drag back on the passing position, land with a little flop

Animation Time! - Mannequin Rig

Today's Inspiration:
It’s funny, but the less I worried about developing a style and just enjoyed my art, the more I seemed to develop one

- Loopy Dave (Dave Dunstan)
http://loopydave.com/
http://loopydave.deviantart.com/

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

Rig - Mannequin
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/mannequin-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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Rabbit - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Rabbit Rig.
Head - light sway side to side, with a little bounce on the jaw and flop in the ears
Chest - puffed out with flop on the belly
Hips - medium side to side, rotate to offset the chest and compensate for the movement of the belly
Legs - low small - wide steps
Feet - drag back on the passing position, land with a little toe flop
Arms - medium swing
Hands - overlap and drag from the swing of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and toes

Animation Time! - Rabbit Rig

Today's Inspiration:
It wasn't really taught, it's all learn it, so much as you just do it, and you get better the more you do it.

- Simon Bisley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bisley
http://www.simonbisleyart.com/

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

Rig - Rabbit
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/rabbit

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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Ashrafi - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Ashrafi rig.
Head - drags back with a little tip forward
Chest - dips down and pulls up with a little squash and stretch
Hips - overlap and drag from the pull of the chest
Legs - flop down and scrunch upward
Feet - overlap and drag from the sway of the legs and shins extending into the toes
Arms - pull the body upward
Hands - clench the pole, light pull down and clench