Lucky Vs the Rig

This was a personal project created to replicate the look and feel of stop motion in 3D. This shot was inspired by behind the scenes of stop motion films where a rig is usually present to support the character, before it is digitally removed. I wanted to lean into this look and have the character acknowledge and even fight with the rig. 

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I also wanted to treat this shot as a stop motion project, working only with stepped keys and manually posing each frame. The shot was animated in Maya and then rendered in Blender, where I created the environment to make the shot look more authentic.