Rig design process Part 3 Exaggeration

Exaggerated pose advanced the “cartoony” style



In the “cartoony” animation, exaggeration is pushed something beyond what you think is natural and realistic, it helps achieve a stronger dramatic or comedic effects, is a useful way to emphasize the emotion or humor. The more exaggerated your animation, the more “cartoony” it will look. In terms of pose, the intention of exaggerate the pose of characters is effective communication. The pose should be strong enough for the audience to get what is happening with the characters by read one image of the characters.
In order to push the pose exaggerate and “cartoony “enough for audience, the rig should be able to perform a kind of broken effects and without any limitation.