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Character Rigging Setup - Rick

Rick is... supposed to be some alien dinosaur. He is the main character of my graduation movie "The Big Date".

I modeled and sculpted the character using ZBrush, including facial blend shapes, and the rigging setup done in Maya 2016.5.
Rick was initially setup via Proxy through abAutoRig II Premium 6.66, just for having a base structure joints and controls. Additionally, the tail and tie joints and controls setup were added after. The video includes 3 short scenes of the movie, showcasing Rick animated.

This is my first character setup project as my own character model. It was a crazy ride doing this, and I've learned a lot from working on this. I've made quite an amount of mistakes during the process, have a couple of redos of the project, but that's how we learn with rigging, and that's what I had fun with. I hope I can make a better project next time, hopefully not involving too much with Blend Shapes, ahah.

Rigging Demo Reel - May 2017