In this beginners' animation tutorial, part of our series on animal and creature animation, we show how to animate a cute "jelly" in motion. The tutorial uses the free "Jelly" rig which you can find here at Animation Buffet - a great source of free rigs for character and creature animation. It is a very simple rig but gives a good range of movement and also facial expressions.
Jelly Rig
Free "Jelly" Rig from Animation Buffet |
The Jelly is a very simple rig - great for beginners - but it gives a good range of movement and also allows for squash and stretch and facial expressions.
Jelly Thumbnails
"Jelly" 32 frame swim cycle |
The extreme half way point is frame 17, which is the "up" part of the cycle.
Jelly Animation by Daniel Baidoo
To see some excellent animation done with the "Jelly" rig (showing that it can also be used for Lipsync and dialogue), check out the Jelly animation by Daniel Baidoo below:
Jelly Animation Tutorial
Jelly Animation Part 1 - Setting the Scene
Jelly Animation Part 2 - Jelly "swim cycle"
Animal and Creature Animation at Animation Apprentice
Gorilla animation by Michael Davies |
To get started, see the blog posts below:
- Animal Anatomy for Animators
- How to Animate a Quadruped Trot
- Leopard Walk Tutorial
- Dragon in Flight Tutorial
- How to Animate Quadruped Transitions
- Horse Animation - Best Free Horse Rigs
- How to Plan Animal & Creature Animation
- How to Animate a Dinosaur Walking
- How to Block Out Creature Animation
- How Framestore Use Live Action Reference to Create Great Animation
- Animal Locomotion for Animators - Free eBook from Stuart Sumida
- Leopard Rig by Truong - How to Use It
- Animate Quadrupeds with Michael Schlingmann
- Spider Animation Tutorial
- Crow in Flight Tutorial
- Animation Locomotion for Animators - Free eBook from Stuart Sumida
- The Five Key Rules of Animal Anatomy with Stuart Sumida
- Stuart Sumida Explores the Principal Animal Gaits
- Butterfly Animation Tutorial
- Dinosaur Walk Tutorial
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