Small Dragon Rig: Motion Test

Here's the link for a motion test for my dragon rig so you guys can see more of the rig, instead of just poses :) I will be posting up the animation for it in about a week or so once it is finished. The model was created by Kyle Havrilesko, and the textures were created by Shane King.  Let me know what you guys think and if you have any questions! Thank you for your time and interest. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6GGAA-4aaE&spfreload=10

Dragon Rig Poses

This week I submitted my small dragon rig! I am happy with it overall. If I was given more time to work on it, I would've really added more to it improve it even more. I know that I need to add some blend shapes to it for some better deformations in certain areas, and I will add to it continuously to make it better over time. This dragon rig really gave me a lot of technical hurdles to overcome, as well as issues with the model itself. I learned A LOT while working on this model and I cannot wait to see how much more I improve as I continuously create new rigs in the near future.

Today I posed my dragon rig just to show him off a little bit. As said before, I need to add some blend shapes in certain areas for better deformations, but this is what he looks like right now. Also, I have an animator creating a short animation for him as we speak so I will be able to post that up soon. I can't wait!
Thank you for your interest and time!

Small Dragon Update: Fleshy Eyes

My small dragon rig is coming along nicely! Today I have been setting up facial controls and blend shapes for the facial rig. Here is a some tests for the fleshy eyes. :) The first video is the very first test I did for the fleshy eyes, and the second one is what I decided looked better as it tugs less of the skin around the eye and more of just the eyelids. The rig will be complete by this Thursday so I will be creating a motion test for the entire rig soon when it is more polished up and complete. Critiques are welcome and encouraged, as always. Thank you!

First test:

Current end result: 

Foot Squash Test

Here's another cool little thing I did for my dragon rig! I added in a squash to the feet so that when it's animated, it can show the characters weight and I feel it is very  suitable to the character, as he a little bit chubby anyways. I'll get a motion test of the entire character done tonight to share with you guys! Thanks. :)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kTghjusR-8&spfreload=10

PCC2: Small Dragon Rig Update

This past week I have been working nonstop on my Small Dragon rig! I am feeling confident about it being on my demo reel. Last night, I mainly focused on doing final touches on the rig - SDK's, hiding attributes that don't need to be there, and also adding nCloth to the dragon's wings. I have created two test videos of the wings and how they interact with the character. This is my first attempt at nCloth wings, so critiques are welcome and highly encouraged. Changes will continuously be made to this rig during this month to improve it, and I already have some animators lined up for this character for my demo reel presentation of the rig. Later on, I will post a motion test of my dragon rig. There are still some issues with it that need to be fixed, but I plan on troubleshooting those problems today and then getting started on it's facial rig immediately afterward.

I am very excited to see the turnout of this project. :) Thank you for your time and interest! 

Update on Demo Reel

Hi guys!

So, if you are interested in checking out the first part of my demo reel go to www.ShannonGilmoreCGWork.com. I plan to edit it and fix up the asset at the end of this month. Right now, I am working towards completing my second asset for my reel - a dragon rig.
I should have it's basic rig completed by the end of this week and I will post up a short motion test video. Stay tuned!

Thank you for your time. :)

Demo Reel Update

My demo reel is still most definitely a work in progress! However, I do have part of it posted. I plan on fixing up this project some more this month by fixing some of the weights and topological issues on the model. This week, I started PCC2 so I am now starting the second asset for my reel. You can check out my reel at: www.ShannonGilmoreCGWork.com.

I will do my best to keep you all updated on my progress as I go along. Thank you for your time!