Autodesk Character Generator (It's come to THIS...!)

[John Bigboote]

https://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/character-generator

 

Have not tried it yet... looks kinda cool. Remember when to build a character you had to start from scratch modeling? Remember the sense of accomplishment when you were done? THOSE days seem over!

[robcat2075]

I bet it won't make Tire Man for you.

[John Bigboote]

Yeah--- after I saw and spread the initial blurb I then read the comments- pretty bad, substandard newbish characters. Ne'ermind!

 

BTW- I am retired from the Belle Tire and Tireman account, after 10 years (2006-2016) The small Detroit Mom-N-Pop agency that I worked for (Atomic Ideas, Inc.) lost the account to a larger Pittsburgh ad agency (Mark USA) who entirely rewrote the entire advertising campaign, eliminating Tireman altogether. I kind of notice that animated characters, mascots and spokestoons inTV commercials usage is way down.

[robcat2075]

I'm glad you were able to ride the wave of commercial spokestoons.

[John Bigboote]

NEVER would have been able to do it at all without The Setup machine from Anzovin Studios... to of had such an elaborate animation rig in 2006 was a luxury!

[detbear]

Having a base setup like that can come in quite handy with the new rigging capabilities of today.