Rubber Hose 3D Monkey - Animated character

🌟 I’m excited to share the new character I’ve been creating as a personal project for my portfolio!

🐵 It’s a 3D cartoon monkey inspired by the classic rubberhose animation style from the 1930s, reimagined in 3D with a more modern and colorful design.

✏️ I’ve worked on this character from concept to final result. The goal was to create a highly expressive and exaggerated character to focus especially on rigging and animation.

🦴 The rig is fully custom-built from scratch in Blender, with special attention to flexible limbs, stretch & squash, and compatibility with game engines.

To achieve that, the rig is made entirely with bones (no shape keys) and doesn’t use bendy bones as deformers. 👾

🎥 I’m exploring timing, acting, and exaggeration inspired by classic animation.