Vampire Car - Animated

A project I created at university that required me to create a 50 second animation.

In the past I had created character animations but I had never attempted a vehicle. And to gear this project as close to my interests as possible, I wanted to attempt a vehicle animation but to also design, model and rig the vehicle myself.

The vehicle concept is for a kart game idea that I came up with myself. Think what you would get if you mixed Mario Kart with Wacky Races and Halloween! I imagined each character was a Halloween monster, each with their own stylised vehicle that harmonises with their look. The example character I chose to build a vehicle on was a Vampire.

The vehicle was modelled, rigged and animated all within Maya. The rig I followed is available at https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/vehicle-animation-dynamics-maya-69. I also plan on texturing the vehicle at some point.