Boardwalk Threads - Jewel

“Jewel” or Julie, is the second character in the boardwalk threads trio. With this one I wanted to challenge myself to make a legit character rig that could be used for animation. I often make simple rigs to pose characters but facial rigs are a new territory for me. I watched a lot of youtube videos and ended up with a heavily modified Rigify rig with several damped ik chains controlling the hair and earrings. I also took inspiration from this great Akali rig by @Kani_Natto_ https://agora.community/content/akali-blender

Everything rendered in Blender this time.

Credit to the concept artist, Dan’s expressions and poses were a huge help in giving me a concrete goal to work towards.
https://www.artstation.com/donwoka