Hot Dogs

"I just want to lie on the beach and eat hot dogs. That's all I ever wanted."

Okay, maybe not me personally, but if you've ever seen the beach episode of The Office, Kevin admits tp this very fact. The last assignment for Naturalistic Animation was to do a lip sync. Something subtle based off live action (basically you can use anything as long as your clip didn't come from a cartoon.) As I was looking for a rig to use, I knew I needed something that would look natural with Kevin's deep voice. As soon as I saw this one (a custom Norman rig you can find on the resource page of the 11 Second Club's website) I said "YES. LUCHADOR." And so while other people used normal rigs in normal situations, I decided to make my animation about a down-and-out luchador who just wants to eat hot dogs. I'm special like that. I build the ring myself, and Mike showed me how to make blendshapes to deform/animate the ring so I could give it that something extra. Success! The youtube version loses some picture quality, but this is my favorite assignment to date. Enjoy!