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JoshWeiss
JoshWeiss
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February 12, 2021
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Do Character Rigs Need to Start from Neutral Position?

  • February 12, 2021
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I have to make 2 characters dance. In the provided artwork, they are already dancing. Before I waste the time to rig this, Is this going to work?

Character stills attached.

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alank99101739
alank99101739
Legend
February 12, 2021

If you just want them to bob around a bit (no leg movements, more swaying, arm moving a bit etc) it should be fine. The hands touching the body would make that arm hard to move, but the other arm you can put a dragger and sticks on the arms to get some movement going - or a dangle even.

JoshWeiss
JoshWeissAuthor
Known Participant
February 12, 2021

Ok, so if I really want leg motion, I start form a neutral position. 

If I start from neutral, what is the best way to get a subltle dance? Walk motion hack or draggers in IK? If draggers, what is best way to keyframe the various movements to make it fluid? Try to set one frame recordings and blend a few into each other? Then create a pose with that and blend to another pose?

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KylePHX
Known Participant
February 14, 2021

If you make your 2 frame positions, and ease them, you can make replays out of them, and then dancing is as simple as hitting trigger buttons on (or before) the beat and the character will go between poses. You can even mix up which order, or separate bodies, arms and legs for mixed moves.

Replays are very powerful.

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