Animation test #1

Made a quick test armature last weekend and got a few steps in before it broke... Will fix it to keep some personality screen tests going while I build the puppet, going to take some practice to get him walking the way he should. It's really short so having some trouble getting it to embed.. if it won't play here, check it out on vimeo

The Armature

This is the original sketched out plan for Dogbody's body armature and some details of the joint I planned. I worked on some mock ups of the puppet and sets over the Christmas break and he's probably going to be 50% smaller than these plans(which put him at about 9.5" long 6" tall)...Not sure how to make his head yet, probably a combination of mechanical brow and replacement mouths...

Front Foot Design

Front Forearem

Belly Mover

Lung Mover

Front shoulder

Head Mechanics Ideas

First Post- waiting for some glue to dry...

 and decided I would make a blog to track my progress as I make the short, stop motion film, Dogbody. To get this started right-- some Mariah, in a remix of the song that helped inspire the character
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gFpSw0AETs