Week 12

 This week I worked on rigging.  I was able to make a simple rig for my Kirby model.  The parent is in Kirby's head and then the rest of the rig goes down.  The rig also goes outward to reach the arms and legs.  I was able to bind the rig to Kirby as well and I made a short animation testing out the rig.



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  1. testingMay 2, 2021 at 10:27 PM

    Alex - your Kirby rig looks like it works really well. It's a fairly straightforward model that lends itself to a simple skeleton, which is not a bad place to work from. You know that professional animators really love to find ways to simplify things where possible, while always wanting to animate characters to the Nth degree. The arm wave is really attractive.

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