ToonBoom Harmony Build. Duck/Goose idea.

The below pictures show a bit of build up on a character. I have not gone into the actual rigging part of the build but rather some places along the journey.

The first thing was sketching out a bird shape that I was happy to start out with.What type of bird. I eventually settled on a Duck/Goose. Then a rough Turn Around for the shapes. I made the shapes simple so that the flow would work smoother.

Brought the image into Harmony and added my articulation circles as guides to where pivots should be placed and rough line curves.

The build was relatively straightforward, keeping it simple.

The build used Envelope deformers and some drawing instances or a mix, such as the beak. The first instance is a enveloped drawing and the it is followed by drawn mouth shapes without deformers. The choice then comes down to which you prefer to use.

Selectors are throughout the build to turn on or off certain elements (like brows or eye lids/lines)

Sliders were added for ease of use to parts (like a blink on the eyes or the opening/closing of the wing)

I threw in a Master Controller for a full turn around. Really its just a turn around to one side and then flipped with the flipped Front View right beside the normal Front View.