Mobot - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Mobot Rig.
Mobot crouches down and lifts up. Pushing his chest out and head up his body recoils and settles. Once settled he rockets forward with limbs lightly dragging.

Animation Time! - Mobot Rig

Today's Inspiration:
you are able to contribute more with so few strokes

- Deskartesmil on Victor De La Fuente
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_de_la_Fuente
http://www.comicartfans.com/comic-artists/victor_de_la_fuente.asp

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

Rig - Mobot
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/mobot

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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Mecanic - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Mecanic Rig.
Top - tilts side to side
Weapon - side to side swing with a little up and down
Root - Medium up and down with a little twist side to side
Legs - Medium slower steps
Feet - drag back on the passing position, land heavily with overlap on the toes

Animation Time! - Mecanic Rig

Today's Inspiration:
If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.

- Edward Gorey
http://www.edwardgoreyhouse.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gorey

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

Rig - Mecanic
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/mecanic_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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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