Zoo Keeper

April 2025

Model and Textures by Daniel Futrell

The ZooKeeper is the main antagonist in Prime Mates!

Most of my previous rigs had been animals, so this was a nice change of pace to rig a humanoid character

I wanted to take extra attention to the additional parts of this rig that I do not usually have in animal models (human face and accessories). So I made the hat a posable part of the rig, and made parts of the face able to deform as well.

The art style was low-poly, so there was not a lot of geometry to work with, but I was still able to get a cartoonish effect in stretching the eyes, eyebrows, and chin.

Face Deform

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Neck Deform

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Shoulder Deform

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