hell

his rig is.. FUNNY.

He was going to have so many shapekeys, I had to learn custom bone shapes. Some stuff STILL isnt optimal, I got lazy for the iris shapekeys basically and the bones get too big in pose mode but ehh. I can reorganize that later.

The ruffles move when the hand pushes them. You might not think its a big deal but I took a long time figuring out how to make it so they wouldn't bend when the hand doesn't interact with them. In order to achieve that, I had to use shapekeys instead of weight painting them to the hand. I did not look up any tutorials so there surely is a more optimized way to do that (bone constraints maybe?), but it works for me.

Expressions! I had a lot of fun with these. Got to the point I can somewhat replicate some other characters' iconic faces. And yes, he has a toggle for the rainbow eyes and sharp teeth.. I felt like it!

And to finish this off, this was my first time working with transparent textures.

This part of his design wasn't the easiest to handle, but I'm proud of how this turned out. Knowing how to do this properly will allow me to do his other form much easier than without :)

and here are alt backgrounds idk what to think about