Finex - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Finex Rig.
Head - light tilt and bounce with overlap in the nose and hat
Chest - light hunch with extra bounce in the belly
Hips - rotate to offset the chest and allow for the next step
Legs - low medium long steps
Feet - drag back on the passing position, land with a little flop in the toes
Arms - hang down with a medium swing
Hands - dangle downward, overlap and drag from the swing of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs

Animation Time! - Finex Rig

Today's Inspiration:
be receptive, admit what you don't know, which few are willing to do.

- Alex Toth
http://www.tothfans.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Toth

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

Rig - Finex
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/finex_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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Plain Man - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Plain Man Rig.
Head - light tip forward and out
Chest - puffed out and pulled back, twists to allow for the arm swings
Hips - rotate to offset the chest with a medium bounce
Legs - outstretched medium long running steps
Feet - drag back and flop down with overlap in the toes
Arms - extra wide swing out and back
Hands - overlap and drag from the swing of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs

Animation Time! - Plain Man Rig

Today's Inspiration:
every step was interesting in itself, ... and gave me enough confidence and a solid foundation to advance to the next.

- Thomas Brissot
http://thomasbrissot.com/
https://www.artstation.com/artist/thomasbrissot

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

Rig - Plain Man
http://artofjoe.blogspot.com/2011/02/plain-o-animation-rigs.html

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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Swarm - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Swarm Rig.
The swarm curls back and anticipates the jump. He then leaps up and forward with back legs dragging. Landing heavily his body recoils and settles with overlap and drag in the abdomen.