Eagle Rig

Just a quick and late post about the eagle rig:

Top view:

Bottom View:

Top View with joints:

Top View with an awkward test of the rig potential:

Side View with joints:

 Side View with a less awkward test of the rig potential:

Eagle Design

This is the semi-rough character design of the eagle, on which John M. based his 3D model. It is essentially a mixture of elements from our initial eagle designs. I just sketched all the elements together on a sheet.

Rough Character Designs

Here are two rough character designs, one for the dragon and one for the eagle:

 I tried to make a nice body shape for the dragon, and I tried to make his head shape to look like the Smaug's head, from the film (big jaw, similar horns, etc). But I didn't spend much time to the wings.

On the eagle, I tried to make his wings to look nice, while I made some other body parts (head, legs) not to imitate folded paper.