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C4D Character Customizer Tool - Modeling, Rigging, & Xpresso Breakdown

I was tasked with delivering 4x Animation-Ready Characters within a weeks time frame. To avoid having to handle the same workflow 4 times over to actually meet the deadline, I came up with a new workflow, and developed an original Character Customization tool. This allowed me to basically build a base mesh, pose morphs, and assigning them to various parameters to rapidly change between the characters styles!

This solution allows you to very quickly hot swap different character elements, including after animation has begun; no need to reanimate a new character if the Producer wants a different character/style in their place, just hit a couple buttons, and done!

I also utilized some minor python to create certain presets, so you don't have to go through every single attribute to change the main characters, you can just hit the UI button, and it does it all for you! :)

( Project was unfortunately cancelled due to higher up design clashes. I un-branded the models as they are no longer representative of the Clients image. )

Client/Studio: Trade School Atlanta

Demonstration of Character Customizer

Full UI Breakdown

Full UI Breakdown

Modular Facial Control setup

Xpresso setup

Xpresso setup

Python for UI Presets

Python for UI Presets

Procedural rigging; a quick solution for needing stylzied-rigged fingers, with not enough time to rig them properly with bones

Female head/hair model

Female head/hair model

Female body redesign (before project got cancelled (and had to abandon the customization tool workflow))

Female body redesign (before project got cancelled (and had to abandon the customization tool workflow))

Close up of shoes modeling redesign

Close up of shoes modeling redesign

Male 1 Head/Hair

Male 1 Head/Hair

Male 2 Head/Hat