Tail Animation

I used Maya to create and experiment with a 3D tail made with very simple shapes and looked at how I could animate this in different ways. Firstly, I decided to simply look at how I could make the tail move from side to side and how each part could be adjusted to create this movement. Next, I wanted to look at movement of the whole character by making it jump. I then wanted to add character to the tail and body by making it seem quite playful through jumping and rolling over.

I then added in the extra features of the character by giving it a fox face in order to express the characterisation and reason for the tail.

Clip Made on 16th October 2017