At first glance, these may appear to be ordinary goldfish, but up close, you’ll realize they’re far from fish and resemble more of a bizarre human-like capybara in some way. For this project, Yota Tanabe was inspired by a dragon rig, aiming to replicate its movement while working with a range of characters, successfully achieving this with 50 fish in real-time.
Now, the setup follows the animated points properly and has been optimized to be even lighter. This is kind of gross but also amusing:
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