New basic toon character rigged

[dav_]

Hi everyone Ive made a toon character for those who want to start animating. It has basic controls is easy to use and is cute
The rig is far to be finished but functional. I plan to keep working on it and will post the updates as soon as I can.
You can find it at my new blog . Don't forget to comment your experiences with it, as its a wip every comment sugestion or critic will be wellcomed.
Here the new Blender friend Donky!
Since my friend's server seems to be broken I added the file into a free file hostin... crappy but works.http://www.filefactory.com/file/61da6e/n/Donkey001_rar

Newer version 01-08-2008

[kernond]

Hey, he looks great! He'll probably work great with some Shrek sound clips. Thanks!

[simonwuzere]

Awesome work. i like the style.

[dav_]

Hey guys thanks! Ill be happy if you find it useable . Just remember help me improve it telling me what it need to be improved removed or redone, or whatever you like to tellme.

[cesio]

i love this character!. it's amazing!

[-[Killer]-]

Looks great!

But you posted in the wrong forum, this belongs in either focused critique or WIP

[FreakyDude]

screens look good, I agree it might fit better in another forum, like finished projects though.
I'll have a look at it, looks like one of those oldskool mikey characters.

[blenderman345]

Well, if a new Mancandy came out I think they'd post it in News and Discussion! (Awesome looking rig, can't wait to try it out)

[danifou]

Could not download the file - problems with the host server ?

dan

[bataraza]

Hey!!! nice!!! I'll try it and I'll let you know

Think you should give it with some animation test, dont you think???

[dav_]

I appologize for the download problems... I added a new link in the first post

[kbot]

Wow there - that guy has great personality. Great expression.

[dav_]

As some of you said this is a work in progres so next post will be in the respective forum
By now I leave you a little animation I made to test the rig.
http://www.vimeo.com/1303285

[kkrawal]

Very Nice Toon Character. Very nice.

[Nichod]

Nice animation. The character could have crouched over a bit more...since it appeared to be sneaking..but an excellent demonstration of the rig.

[blenderrenegade]

can i use it for comercial purposes lol

[reynante]

Wow, hey, thanks! I'd probably go over and study the set-up here. Thanks. ^_^

[bov]

Hi Dav, I really like this rig – it’s straightforward to use and all the controls look easy to locate. The only thing I have noticed in the 10 minutes I’ve been playing with it is the eyebrows don’t appear to work (up and down). Missing from the rig (and really important I think) is good shoulder control – I would really like to be able to shrug Donkey’s shoulders. This looks like it could be a very useable cartoon rig – I will be glued to your blog for updates – brilliant stuff.

Cheers

Ps, would be great to have one solver to use the future IK FK function to maintain the simplicity of animating - to see what I mean go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO2TIdy2ymU

[freeblender]

Can you make a tutorial on how to animate this character?
And how to lipsync it!
Sure Walk-Cycles are good - but there is a need also of Talk-cycles=lipsynced sound.,.,

Thanks in advance,,,

[freen]

That is one groovy rig!
I really like the 20s style rubber hose look.
@bov: eyebrows are working for me...

Nice one Dav!