Loose Leafhopper Rig

Hello, I’m André Bales, a Senior Rigger and Blender instructor since 2018 at CrazyPixelSchool.com.br.
Recently, I worked on a project with Professor Luiz Kowalski, also from the school, where I had the opportunity to develop the cartoon rig for the character Loose Leafhopper.
The main challenge of this project was to create a rig that could be applied to different characters of the same species, but with distinct physical characteristics. Additionally, we needed to ensure enough flexibility for the animators to freely deform and twist the character to meet the animation’s requirements.

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Commercial advertising made for CHD's do Brasil.

Client: CHD's do Brasil
Marketing Supervisor (Cristiane Silva)

Production Team
Luiz Kowalski (direction, production, modeling, look dev, animation, light, vfx, render)
André Bales (character artist, rigging)
Eduardo Bufara (animation)
Douglas Gigante (layout, environment artist, animation assistance)
Jorgito (music, sound design)