Growing Plant/ Seedling Rig

#1

Hi everyone,

I’ve been given the job of growing a seedling for a 2nd year student project. Originally I was looking at L systems in Houdini, but due to workflow we have decided to create it in Maya and hand animate for more control.

Only problem is I am new to rigging, I get the basic principles but am finding it hard to apply it to a growing object.

Anyway does anyone have any suggestions as to how I could approach this.

I’ve sketched some rough growth so it makes more sense,:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f5ycd86rrneidb7/Plant_growth_keys001.jpg

And here is a video my ‘director’ showed me for reference:
https://vimeo.com/46393093

Thanks for your help :slight_smile:

Emm
PS I am new here.

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