Kylee Character Rig

Kylee Character Rig from Kylee Solari on Vimeo.

Kylee character rig by Kylee Solari. Lovely animation!

Goblin Facial Rig

happy_goblin facial Rig from Artem Dubina on Vimeo.

Facial setup based on FACS by Artem Dubina.

Quadruped Animation by Layering - Horse Run Cycle

Quadruped Animation by Layering - Horse Run Cycle from Virginie Michel d'Annoville on Vimeo.

Virginie Michel d'Annoville demonstrate the technique of layering animation to create a realistic run cycle for a horse. Check it out!

iloura 2015 character creature

iloura 2015 character creature from Iloura on Vimeo.

Character animation projects with vfx breakdowns by Iloura.

Character Animation by student Ashish Karmacharya (Animation Workshop 5)

Character Animation by student Ashish Karmachary (Animation Workshop 5) from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.


Character Animation by Puppeteer Lounge student Ashish Karmacharya.

Chubby Bear

Meet Chubby Bear!

Chubby Bear will be tagging along side Bucky Bunny in Puppeteer Lounge Training Workshop programs. Find out more about these Dynamic Duos with Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs :)

Character Animation by student Selina Shakya (Animation Workshop 4)

Character Animation by student Selina Shakya (Animation Workshop 4) from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Character Animation by Puppeteer Lounge student Selina Shakya

The Food Thief RIGG - Technical breakdown & Rig Analysis

Truly a mind-bending rig by Mindbender Animation Studio! Love the 2D super cartoony look and feel of the setup and it's modularity!! Character setup by Richard Kazo and his team at Kippcase Rigging Studio. Watch trailer below.

 
The Food Thief - Teaser Shot from Mindbender on Vimeo.

Below is my crude rig analysis for this cool setup :) 

It is a very clever setup! The setup is mimicking a stop motion feel and style of cartoon design and deformation, just like how we can mold clay into any form. If we think of it simply (simplicity can be complicated :), the rig seems to be based on a lot of blendshapes (PSD), modular setup with clever deformation dependency graph (there are some benefits of modeling history in this kind of rig build where we can utilize construction history to rig advantage) and animation gimmicks setup and of-course the ShrinkWrap! The placement of the arm, leg, etc all seems to be different geometry with respective setup. The body transformation (specially the mouth) is a very cleverly art directed morph! You can see how there is a thin lining geometry for covering. Then there seems to be a final render mesh on top, with fur and all rendering goodness riding on top of the modular rig underneath! And then there are new tools like Shot Sculpt which allows you to refine shapes post animation!!

For reference take a closer look at Ren And Stimpy! :D

Shot Sculpt

Shot Sculpt from Luiz Elias on Vimeo.

Shot Sculpt tool-set by Luiz Elias looks very promising. Fantastic! You can download trial version here: http://luizelias.com/ssculpt