Idle Pose Take 1

I started off by creating my first idle pose for my character. My first pass at this was to create a very simple idle pose to practise getting the breathing and the timing correct. To start this, I created a very simple strong pose to follow through with. I focused on getting the shoulders moving correctly with the breathing in and out and really tried to emphasise the chest going in and out with each breath. Another thing I tried to incorporate was facial expressions. To do this, I created a relaxed expression, animated the mouth the open slightly with each breath and the cheeks to slightly contract on the breath out. I also added in a blink towards the end of the animation where the eyebrows follow as they would follow the facial muscles ion real life.

I was also careful to make sure my character was facing in the Z direction. This is to make the job easier when adding in my teams animations, with all characters facing in the same direction.