Meet Zinna, a dragon as small as a hummingbird. Her physical speed is reflected in her high energy personality. This commonly leads her to trouble which isn't the best outcome when her world is filled with bigger, fiercer creatures.
Photoshop was used to draw the designs, Illustrator was used to create separate body parts which were then imported into animate where the final animation was created with a parent child rig.
Final Product, pieces imported from adobe illustrator into adobe animate. A parent child rig was set up to complete animation.
Breakdown of puppet pieces ready for parent child rig.
some examples of rig set up:
feet > shin > thigh > body
body > neck > head > ear appendages
Made in adobe illustrator
facial and body expressions