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Project File: Crab Robot
🕑 Added 2023-12-06 11:56:21 +0000 UTCHey guys!
For the past few weeks I've been tinkering with this crab robot character, and it's been a lot of fun! It uses many of the same techniques as my mechanical walking creature tutorial, where I try to emulate a string mechanism to control the legs. The legs are controlled with armature, and the strings are curves attached with hooks, and I really enjoy how the result ended up as!
I spent a long time tweaking this animated texture, which is fully procedural. I wanted to make the motion resemble ocean waves going back and forth.
The rig uses an IK setup which should be very similar to my tutorial about my updated rigging workflow. It's super fun to use. Also for animating the legs, I recommend playing around with the 3D viewport snapping set to Face! That way the bones will snap to the ground, which is a great alternative to pressing shift + shift Z all the time.
The scene is fully animated with some camera movement that responds to the motion of the character. I had so much fun animating this, so I might be posting some stuff on my instagram in the next days.
Just wanted to share this now, because I think I've finished with the design and render setup. So I might have some fun with this character going forward? I don't know. Nevertheless, I hope it's a valuable project file for you to have fun with while I figure out how to have some fun with it :D
Thanks for the support!
- Asbjørn
Comments
Polyfjord
Hey B D! Thanks so much for the kind words!! Yes the project file for that guy is available in the Threadmill Room post from october 2021: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57927460 Have fun with it!!
B D
Hey Polyfjord, I followed your tutorial to Animate a character in 15 minutes and it was amazing but I wished that you included a part for turning the legs into glass and those finishing touches - is there any chance you could upload the project file for that little Creature? Thank you, you are awesome <3
PPablo
Hi ! it would bee awesome to have some phone format for the next wallpaper !! Love your work man , love from france !
Polyfjord
Nice, your character io looks super cool!!! Sorry I can't take a look at stuff like that, but maybe someone in the discord server is up for the challenge? Especially if you describe what's the issue with the rig, maybe someone can help just based on pictures!!
Drzigzag
Oh that's my character io know that I need to get rit's about 300 MB if you could take a look can I send You a picture of it and Then You could decide what do You Want To try or not https://80.lv/talent/p/bobbyy-y
Polyfjord
Hey!! I’m not sure if I understand, rigging “io” 🤔Sorry if it’s obvious, perhaps you could explain 😅
Drzigzag
Polyford I have a problem and I wonder if you could help me there I created a robot I can't seem to get a rig correctly I would enjoy Watch a video of you rigging "io"
Polyfjord
Nice, thank you so much drzigzag!! Appreciate it! 🙏
Drzigzag
Wow fantastic rigging tutorial. Something I've been looking for to add to a new character I'm working on right on time.
