Animation Time! - Piggypiggyback Part 1

Today's Inspiration:
One should not approach the work as an obligation but rather something that you love to do.

- Karl Kopinski
http://karlkopinski.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Art-of-Karl-Kopinski-382449358500042/

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

Rig - Goon
http://www.routledge.com/cw/luhta-9780240525907/p/2013/

Stewart
http://www.animationmentor.com/free-maya-rig/

Malcolm
https://www.animschool.com/DownloadOffer.aspx

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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Conejo - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Conejo Rig.
Head - medium bounce and drag with extra overlap and jiggle in the jaw and ears
Chest - light lean forward with a little compression in the chest
Hips - rotate to offset the chest and allow for the next step
Legs - low medium running steps
Feet - drag back, lift up and slap down with overlap in the toes
Arms - bent up and inward, light bounce and compress
Hands - dangle downward overlap and drag from the movement of the arms and forearms
Egg - spins under the movement of the rabbits feet

Generic Dude - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Generic Dude Rig.
Head - light bounce and drag
Chest - slight hunch with a little compression and twist
Hips - extra up and down rotates to offset the chest and allow for the next step
Legs - high medium heavy running steps
Feet - drag back and slap down
Arms - bent medium small swings
Hands - loose clench, overlap and drag from the swing of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs

Animation Time! - Generic Dude Rig

Today's Inspiration:
you don’t want someone to say everything you do is fabulous because in the end you get suspicious, everything can’t be that good! Something’s got to be bad.

- Chris Baker
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1193276/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Baker_(artist)

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

Rig - Generic Dude
http://www.davidoreilly.com/downloads/

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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Rohan - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Rohan Rig.
Head - light bounce and tip with overlap and flop in the hat
Chest - slight hunch with a little compress and twist to offset the hips
Hips - medium bounce, rotate to allow for the next step
Legs - medium high running steps
Feet - drag back on the passing position, land with a little pound and overlap on the toes
Arms - bent medium swings
Hands - loose clench overlap and drag from the swing of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs

Animation Time! - Rohan Rig

Today's Inspiration:
You just give all you've got to this big effort

- Alberto Vargas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Vargas
http://www.bpib.com/illustra2/vargas.htm

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

Rig - Rohan
http://tjphan.blogspot.com/2009/03/rig-preferences.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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Fireman - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Fireman Rig.
Head - light bounce and jut forward
Chest - bent over, light compress and release with a little twist
Hips - medium bounce, rotate to offset the chest and allow for the next step
Legs - medium long strides
Feet - drag back and pound down with overlap in the toes
Arms - medium long swings
Hands - loose clench, overlap and drag from the swing of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs

Animation Time! - Fireman Rig

Today's Inspiration:
This is wartime and you've gotta have a good strong line.

- Ed Vebell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vebell
http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2013/08/ed-vebell-commitment-to-life-as.html

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

Rig - Fireman
http://www.davidoreilly.com/downloads/

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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Basic Guy - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Basic Guy Rig.
Head - flops and tilts side to side
Chest - puffed out, light compress and twist side to side
Hips - medium up and down with a little sway side to side
Legs - medium high, long running steps
Feet - drag back and and slap down with overlap in the toes
Arms - medium long outward swings
Hands - loose clench overlap and drag from the swing of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs

Animation Time! - Basic Guy Rig

Today's Inspiration:
I really appreciate the slightly deviant and offbeat...

- Nicolas Nemiri
http://nemirishop.blogspot.com/
https://www.instagram.com/nicolas.nemiri/

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

Rig - Basic Guy
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/basic_guy

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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Knacklesaur - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Knacklesaur Rig.
Head - light bounce and drag with overlap in the jaw
Chest - pumps up and down with each new step leading the movement
Hips - medium bounce, rotate to offset the chest and allow for the next leg move
Front Legs - pop up and slap down with medium forward running steps
Back Legs - push back and drag on the passing position with overlap in the toes
Tail - medium heavy successive bounce and drag

Animation Time! - Knacklesaur Rig

Today's Inspiration:
Unless you consider illustration so fine a thing as to be worth your last ounce of strength and effort - don't be an illustrator.

- Dean Cornwell
http://www.bpib.com/cornwell.htm
http://www.americanartarchives.com/cornwell.htm

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

Rig - Knacklesaur
http://www.3dfiggins.com/Resources/FreeRigs/index.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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Liam - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Liam Rig.
Head - medium bounce
Chest - light twist side to side
Hips - rotate to offset the chest and allow for the next step
Legs - low medium running steps
Feet - drag and overlap from the movement of the legs extending into the toes, land with a medium heavy pound
Arms - medium bent swing
Hands - loose clench, drag and overlap from the movement of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs

Animation Time! - Liam Rig

Today's Inspiration:
We’re just not interested in doing anything “common.”

- Jonathan Wayshak
http://www.scrapbookmanifesto.com/
http://wayshak.tumblr.com/

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

Rig - Liam
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/liam

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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Super Gramps - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Super Gramps Rig.
Head - light bounce with a little drag in the jaw
Chest - puffed out with a little twist side to side
Hips - rotate to offset the chest, extra bounce
Legs - medium high, long steps
Feet - drag back and lift up with a little pound down and overlap in the toes
Arms - medium long swings
Hands - overlap and drag from the swing of the arms and forearm extending into the fingers and thumbs

Animation Time! - Super Gramps Rig

Today's Inspiration:
I always think about what my work wants to say and then I design to communicate that feeling,

- Sachin Teng
http://www.sachinteng.com/
http://sachinteng.tumblr.com/

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

Rig - Super Gramps
http://www.rigging101.com/freestuff.htm

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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Rupert - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Rupert Rig.
Head - medium bounce and tip with extra flop in the ears and nose
Chest - puffed out with a little twist
Hips - extra bounce and rotates to offset the chest
Legs - low kick back steps
Feet - kick back and flop forward with extra overlap in the toes
Arms - medium forward swing
Hands - loose clench, 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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