Glyde The Dragon - Rig Demonstration

Showing off some of the capabilities of this rig I built for Glyde the Dragon!

All bone groups include an IK-FK Switch, FK-IK Switch, FK-IK Snapping, IK-FK Snapping, Tweak Bones, as well as a customized Control Panel.
This is my first professional rigging project, so I tried to make it as user-friendly as possible.
The previous model and rig didn't have facial skinning or bones. Since the lead dev specified there would be animated cutscenes in the future, I was also tasked with adding things to support that.

I was also given the task of transferring all animation data onto this new rig and model.
Since Glyde was given a new model, not all of the animations transferred cleanly. All of these animations required clean-up and polish by hand. I built several tools within the Control Panel to expedite this process.

I had so, so much fun building this rig. I learned several new skills and techniques in the process.
Before this, I had only barely tinkered with Python here and there. But after this project, I feel incredibly empowered as a technical artist.

Info about Glyde -   / glydethedragon  
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AUDIO USED
Spyro 2 - Hurricos
Spyro 1 - Ice Cavern