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Sascha Selent
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May 17, 2021
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How would you do a lamp character?

  • May 17, 2021
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Hey community.

 

I have a question regarding a non-standard-character. How would you do a lamp character like scribbled below? Basically it is a 3 part IK chain with the head attached to the end.

Is this possible in CA?

 

Thank you all and kind regards.

 

Sascha

 

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Sascha SelentAuthor
Participant
May 20, 2021

Hey community.

 

I would say this is a successful first test 🙂

 

 

I basically followed Dave Werners IK Limb tutorial, et voilà...

 

I like Character Animator 🙂

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    natevplas
    Known Participant
    May 21, 2021

    Looks great!  I'm guessing you're just treating the support part of the lamp as an IK leg?  You should add some long "Sticks" to keep the straight parts from getting bendy.  Otherwise it looks like it's working perfectly!  You could even add a dragger onto the "foot" to make him jump 😄

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    Sascha SelentAuthor
    Participant
    May 23, 2021

    Yeah, it's an IK leg. I wanted to add sticks, but by accident I forgot and know what: I do like the bendyness! I tried sticks then, but the character looses a lot of "toonieness". I think I will stick with the bendy style.

     

    What I really do like: the character already has "character". Even with his simple structure - only with his eyes - I can give him soul and uniqueness.

     

    And I'm sure the lipsync setup will be funny 🙂

     

    I will update...

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      alank99101739
      Legend
      May 17, 2021

      I would start with an easy approach and see how it goes. Take you drawing, erase the background (so it's transparent), load into char3acter animator, then put sticks where you don't want bending (along two straight sticks, along edges of head, across base). Then put a pin on the base and a dragger on the head and see how it goes.

       

      ''There are more advanced things like hinge joints, but doing the above is pretty quick and gives you a bit of a feel without much work.

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