djthed

Pinkie Hop Animation

Added 2017-12-12 14:35:31 +0000 UTC

It's been a while! I've been stressing over the quality of my model for a few weeks now, and it kind of got in the way of my releasing things to you guys. Thankfully I got tips from a veteran artist from the fandom and I managed to fix the issues I was having with the facial rig... Again. I'll put together a blog post on my DeviantArt page describing the improvements I made once this animation goes fully public.

Now, for the animation itself. I wanted to do Pinkie's signature hop/bounce to practice some more exaggerated squash and stretch. I think it turned out really well here. I spent a huge chunk of my time properly giving this animation some asymmetry. The first hop the left legs have priority and are the main source of the force used to jump. Next are the right legs, and then it loops.

Surprisingly I didn't have too much of a problem animating the hair. I might be getting the hang of it... maybe...?

EDIT:
Here's the blog post I mentioned:
https://therealdjthed.deviantart.com/journal/Facial-Rig-Changes-719934081