SLOT MACHINE RIG
The Slot Machine Rig is actually two rigs made in separate files for the sake of saving space and to not have to juggle turning off layers when modelling and rigging separate objects. One being the slot machine itself and the other being the comically large boxing glove on an iron rod.
The biggest take away from this rig was figuring out how to cleverly link up alternative means of mesh deformation onto a rig so I may accomplish a desired exaggeration of shape to make a character's key poses really stand out or feel more powerful!
My second favorite part of this project was making some real cornball looking graphics for the static slot machines I put in the background of the animation. I learned from attending G2E in Vegas that some machines tend to have a shared theme so I decided to start with a volcano and decided to make that the stand out joke for its sister machines. The last two were made to break up the monotony of the other three and add some additional silly sounding phrases.
