Back in January, Richard Lico released the Baquir rig in the anticipation of his amazing Animation Sherpa animation course. A week before that, I was inspired by Kiel Figgings soccer animation prototype he posted. Giving the opportunity of being inspired by both of these amazing animators that I looked up to. I created an animation of the red panda playing badminton. Using a method I have not done before, I created the blocking of the animation using basic geos to get the timing of the shot including the placement of the character.
I eventually referenced in the character and started to blocked in the animation. This was a fun project that I do plan to come back to complete, specifically after I go through Richard’s course as the Rig was intended to sync with what the course is teaching. Back in January, I was too busy with work on Hades that I wasn’t able to concentrate on learning or perhaps learning a whole new workflow wasn’t a priority on my mind as I am always learning and creating out of work. My goals in the early part of 2020 was to level up my modeling and rigging skills. I have been achieving these goals and now am ready to dive into the course especially with Hades shipped on September 17th.