Test Animation

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2.3Mb DIVX - 13 seconds

There were 3 main reasons for building a test animation.

Test the:
1. Rig.
2. Texturing.
2. Blendshapes for voice dialogue.
3. idea of using Laotian as the voice.

Results
1. Rig: create character set
- create controls for knees
- fix wheels to chair - both wheels should be moving together
- parent right elbow to root control
- seat controls warp when rotating
- paint weights on rotating chest / suit
- set drive the fingers
- paint weights on the wrists vs the shirt cuffs
- add black poly to mouth

2. Texturing
- collar
- darken ears
- skin is too rich-desaturate

3. Blendshapes ok and will be stylized.
4. Possibly half Lao/half english. Translations are difficult and finding quality voice actors.