Amanda Rabade

I was able to get on a call with Jonah last night to show him the progress I had made and to ask some additional questions pertaining to his blog. He was able to get more into detail about the nuances between the methods he has documented. His last two methods, Set Driven Keys and Unwrapping Surfaces, were very hard for me to differentiate in terms of creation and result. He was able to break down each method for me so I could get a better understanding of just how they work and why they are differernt.

I was also able to talk to him about any sort of benefit to layer his surface based technique with wire deformers for the eyebrows and extra eye shapes for Billy. My biggest proponent for using the wire deformer is the desirable deformations it gives. But after speaking with Jonah and diving deeper into his methods, the surface based technique alone already gives desirable results in terms of weight distribution and falloff. Since I already have the wire deformers in the works, I will continue going in that direction, but it is something I will keep in mind for improving this rig in the future.

My goal for the end of this quarter is to get the eyebrows and eyes fully functioning and then tackling the mouth for spring quarter.