Animation Time! - Tonga Rig

Today's Inspiration:
It’s all about communication. There’s a good word. If my stuff fails to communicate, then it has failed, no matter what I did or how I did it.

- Barry Windsor-Smith
http://barrywindsor-smith.com/

Barry Windsor-Smith Interview
http://www.tcj.com/the-barry-windsor-smith-interview/

Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives
https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/47-346/The-Barry-Windsor-Smith-Conan-Archives-Volume-1-HC

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

Rig - Tonga
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/tonga-fox-rig-for-maya

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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Dumbu - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Dumbu Rig.
Head - swung down, dips further down then shoots upward
Chest - bent over, compresses further down, then puffs out
Hips - rotate to offset the chest, dip down then fly upward
Legs - bent, light keep alive then drag upward
Feet - rest, then drag upward
Arms - drag down, then shoot upward, leading the movement
Hands - pressed down, light keep alive, then punch upward

Animation Time! - Dumbu Rig

Today's Inspiration:
I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job.

- Joe Shuster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Shuster
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795975/

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

Rig - Dumbu
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/dumbu

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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Cyborg - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Cyborg Rig.
Top - light bounce and flop with a little successive movement
Base - slight rotate forward and back with a little up and down
Front legs - lead the movement, light drag back on the passing position
Middle legs - follow the front, medium high raise with a little tilt outward on the passing position
Back legs - lag behind, light drag and lift on the passing position