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The kow rig is finally finished. i had to go back and re rig the character due to the mesh having to much history and it hadn't been deleted. so here is the updated version and its working a lot better. it was seriously stressing me out.

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the duck rig i have took a similar approach to all my rigs but just altering the skeleton to be able to fit the Duck, here are some reference images i have used to understand the skeletal structure of a duck/bird.

 i have rigged a second character a duck that has recently just been added to the film it has to be able to string a guitar.using the material of the structure of the duck i was able to use this information to assist me in completing the duck rig. i took into consideration the model of the duck and used my knowledge gained from the previous rigs .

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As i mentioned earlier i have been rigging the farmer character. i have been exploring how to rig a foot, through my research i came across a fantastic easy to follow tutorial on the this blog (http://patimrie.blogspot.co.uk) by following this tutorial along with digital tutors i was able to construct the foot with no problems.

i encountered some problems with paint weighting the upper body of the farmer as there was a double mesh created by the modeller as it is to late to send it her back and have it fixed i have managed to work my way around it. it just gave me another few days work to do :(

(Stupid Kow blog) http://stupidkow.blogspot.co.uk/

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My work is progressing well. although i had to re rig the kow i have now started to animate.

 i am now posting to update my animation on 'Stupid Kow' the director has had a strong idea of what performance he has wanted out of the characters so i have been animating what he has wanted. here are the final shots animated by myself. i was in charge of the Kow movements.

Too help the team with the animation an attempt was made to film the action out it  :o

Voice acting ! I have been asked to do the voices for the farmer and kow characters in the short film 'Stupid Kow' i have been using Hagrids voice from harry potter and the owner of the prancing pony from LOTR the fellowship.

Update : ) Krokodi animation start.

I have started to animated scenes from 'Krokodi', i will be using the character rig i made for 'Dee' i have shot 2 fully completed here is a breakdown video of the shot.

I also filmed myself for this shot as my animation skills were quite rusty also to understand the action more.