Friday 12 February 2016

Rig review 002 - Fift

Another review on a Partner's Rig from Animation Mentor. Fift.


Similarly tried out 3 poses trying to experience the constraints of the rig. And get a feel what character it can fit into.





The rig controls are very similar to Deivi's. Proportion and geometry has a feel similar to Stan, with short neck, arched back, long arms and short legs. The 1st impression it gave me is that it is very squishy or blob like. So i managed to pose the limbs in a very curvy way without hard edges.

- Simple facial controls.

- No teeth and tongue limiting even more variety of expressions.

- Eyes are very small making it hard to read eye expressions.

- Finger proportion looks better.

- The shoulders are way behind the head so it is hard to position it forward without deforming weirdly.

- Availability of "Bow" control allows flexible adjustments of elbow and knee positions in polish.

- Similar FK for arms and spine, IK for legs.

Like Deivi rig, Fift has limited expressions and mouth shapes. And given that the arm cannot be easily rotated without deforming it, it is hard to give it dynamic poses. So i would say use for body mechanics practice or used as background character. 



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