HD Heroes Sonic Development Reel (2020-2022)

A reel showcasing the highlights in developing my HD Heroes Sonic [HDHS] Character Rig for Blender. This includes all the animations and renders I've made during development along with mini-guides on rigging, texturing, and material techniques I used to create the character. Most of this is aimed at intermediate level Blender users, don't expect a full-service tutorial.

HDHS Download: https://ko-fi.com/s/036480150d
Renders: https://ko-fi.com/i/IU7U3MAOWO
Animation Reel:    • HD Heroes Sonic Animation Reel (2020-...  
Animation References:    • References for... HD Heroes Sonic (20...  
Scrapped Content: https://ko-fi.com/i/IV7V0KHLHA

Tutorials I Used:
Eyelid Controllers by Level Pixel Level-    • Eyelid Rig - Bone Rig | Blender Riggi...  
(I have mostly the same process except I used a Copy Rotation constraint instead of a driver for rotation and step 3 shown in the video)
Universal Sonic Mouth by KamauKianjahe- https://blenderartists.org/t/universa...
Foot Roll by Joey Carlino-    • Advanced Foot Rig Made Easy - Blender...  
IK on FK & FK on IK by Max Zhang Learn 3D-    • Blender Tutorial: Simple IK/FK Switch...  
Cartoon Eyes by Pierrick Picaut:    • Simplified cartoon eye rig in Blender  

Credits:
Sonic Team - The Original Model
KamauKianjahe - Additional Modelling, Rigging, Texturing, Materials, and Animation
Feedback and support during development:
​⁠‪@InfiniteDXI‬
Also created the background render: https://twitter.com/PsifinityDXI/stat...
​⁠‪@sheepdogful‬
​⁠‪@Remour‬
​⁠‪@dancada6816‬

Music:
Frog Forest - Sonic Heroes OST
System Selection - Sonic Heroes OST

Chapters:
00:00 - Debut (Jun.20)
00:18 - Mouthless Updates (Mar.21)
00:54 - Universal Sonic Mouth (Apr.21)
01:32 - Materials (Jul.21)
02:19 - Finalizing (Aug.21)
03:09 - Release (Aug.21)
03:30- 3.0 Update V1.1 (Feb.22)
03:48 - 3.2 Update V1.2 (Jun.22)
04:40 - Today