Ostrich

Model and Textures by Daniel Futrell

This Ostrich is an NPC from Prime Mates!

While animating this character, I was unsatisified with the way the neck moved as an FK, and equally dissatisfied with how it moved as an IK. So I took this opportunity to learn how to make it do both!

This rig uses a driver to change between IK and FK control. The demo animation starts with IK and slowly transitions into FK to have control over the individual segments of the neck for the pendulum effect I was going for.