Rigging and Technical Animation
For Season 3 of Ask the Storybots I animated collisions and rigged some characters. Full episodes “Where Do Planets Come From?” and “Why Do People Look Different?” are available to stream online now.
Credits: Technical Direction by Christopher Barrischoff, Episodes Directed by Nate Theis and Edlyn Capulong, Planet Facial Animation by Chris O Hara
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Nucleotide Models and Rigs
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Polymerase Model and Rig
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nParticle Collision Effects
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Ribosome Model and Rig
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Protein Model and Rig
Answer Song
My first assignment on contract with Ask the Storybots was to design and animate this song section for The Season 3 Episode titled “Why do we need to Recycle?”
The storyboards had been provided by Story artist Jackson Read, and I had to translate them into clear designs with smooth, communicative motion. Up against a tight timeline, I found the most effective way to execute this was to keep things simple - snappy transitions, focusing movement on each shot’s main action, and adding flourishes as needed to keep things feeling fluid.