Jack_Skellington
07-31-2006, 02:56 AM
Hey fellow cgtalkers...lets talk...about cg.
I'm currently animating a character that has to drink from a bottle in his scene. I have a rig setup where I can switch back and forth between FK and IK arms. Here's the problem:
Its nearly impossible to co-ordinate the hand, bottle and mouth drinking in unison without some form of skating/floating when the bottle hits the mouth.
FK arms mean I have to key 3 seperate controllers (shoulder, elbow and wrist). Making it hard to keep the bottle wrapped around the lips while the character is holding it.
IK arms make it a little bit easier cause I just have to key the wrist controller, but still...the bottle is floating around the lips area.
Currently, my bottle is parented to my wrist joint. I think it would be easier to have that wrist joint's pivot be located around the lips of my character. but it's impossible to change a bones pivot point (at least to my knowledge).
Has anyone had to animate something like this? Let me know. I can also provide more detail and info upon request.
your help is appreciated as always guys, take care.
-Mark
I'm currently animating a character that has to drink from a bottle in his scene. I have a rig setup where I can switch back and forth between FK and IK arms. Here's the problem:
Its nearly impossible to co-ordinate the hand, bottle and mouth drinking in unison without some form of skating/floating when the bottle hits the mouth.
FK arms mean I have to key 3 seperate controllers (shoulder, elbow and wrist). Making it hard to keep the bottle wrapped around the lips while the character is holding it.
IK arms make it a little bit easier cause I just have to key the wrist controller, but still...the bottle is floating around the lips area.
Currently, my bottle is parented to my wrist joint. I think it would be easier to have that wrist joint's pivot be located around the lips of my character. but it's impossible to change a bones pivot point (at least to my knowledge).
Has anyone had to animate something like this? Let me know. I can also provide more detail and info upon request.
your help is appreciated as always guys, take care.
-Mark