Dazzle - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Dazzle Rig.
Head - light bounce and tip with drag in the jaw and flop in the hair
Chest - hunched over, slight compress and release with a little twist
Hips - light up and down rotated toward camera
Legs - low medium steps, left leg leads
Feet - drag  back on the passing position, land with a little flop in the toes
Arms - flexed upward, light bounce and sway
Hands - grip the staff, light up and down and overlap from the movement of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers
Staff - light bounce and drag with overlap in the rings and tail

Animation Time! - Dazzle Rig

Today's Inspiration:
If I don't feel a little bit like I'm on a tightrope then I'm doing something wrong.

- Mike Huddleston
https://twitter.com/mkhddlstn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Huddleston

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

Rig - Dazzle
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187943419

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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Warlock Ward - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Warlock Ward Rig.
Central Controller - floats up and down with a little rotate back and forth
Outer Protectors - press inward and outward with a little back and forth and tilt
Chain Link - light rotate forward with a little raise and lower
Rock - slight rotate side to side and back and forth

Animation Time! - Warlock Ward Rig

Today's Inspiration:
How you think is most important

- Earl Oliver Hurst
http://www.americanartarchives.com/hurst.htm
http://www.societyillustrators.org/Awards-and-Competitions/Hall-of-Fame/Past-Inductees/2010--Earl-Oliver-Hurst.aspx

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

Rig - Warlock Ward
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187943419

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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Beastmaster Beast - Animation Time!

Today's Animation Time features the Beastmaster Beast Rig.
Head - focused forward, light lean and sway side to side
Chest - hung down rotates to allow for the next forward move
Hips - rotate to offset the chest slight up and down
Front Legs - pressed downward, low small steps with overlap in the feet
Back Legs - low medium steps with overlap and drag in the feet extending into the toes
Tail - sways and whips back and forth