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Like Riding a Bike

For the BFX competition, I decided to practice bike riding animations. I used the mannequin rig I had already downloaded from Troung’s website and Méabh’s bicycle model. It’s just a simple cycle on a bike (pun intended) with a small dust particle simulation thrown in. It’s harder than I thought to find decent reference of…

Lip Sync and Facial Animation

I downloaded the Meryl rig and choose to replicate the scene in Stranger Things where Joyce finds out she was right all along :O (From 0:43 to 1:00) I broke the video down into 3 parts and then scrubbed through the frames 20 at a time to block in the key poses. The gaps inbetween the animation…

Quadruped Walk Cycle

I downloaded a free tiger rig from CGSpectrum made by Morgan Loomis. I found it very easy and fun to work with! My one criticism is that it’s missing the front wrists so I had to improvise by rotating the paws in more and compensate by flexing the toes a bit more. Research and Notes My main…

Guns

References Looked at gameplay shots, heavier weapons, steampunk guns. The wider the bottom of the gun or more solid the shape, the heavier it feels.   Kit Bashing Kit bashing is a technique involving the manipulation of photos to create silhouettes to play with and create concept models. Using the handle for scale, I made silhouettes of parts of any…