Creating the Cactus

For my next piece, I wanted to demonstrate rigging by creating a character.

Creating the model

Creating the flower

Adding the spikes

Rigging

I had a bit of an issue when it came to the rigging; when creating the model I had already warped the arms and baked them as warped objects, when really I should’ve kept them warping to the spline, as I had to do this anyway to rig it. However, now I have made this mistake, I will know not to do in future.

Keyframing

I found the keyframing so much easier using the dope sheet, and I am really happy with this model.