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Rive Mascot Animation
Project Overview
Design an expressive, interactive mascot animation in Rive that reacts to user actions and brings personality into the product experience.
Role: Rive Animator
Services:
- Character redrawing (AI raster → clean vector)
- Interactive Rive mascot animation (only 40 Kb)
Tools: Rive, Adobe Illustrator
Process:
1. Character Preparation
The character was originally generated as a raster AI image. I manually rebuilt it as a clean, fully vector-based character, optimized for animation.
2. Rigging & Animation States
I prepared the character for animation and created several expressive states, including:
- Idle
- Happy
- Smiling
- Winking
To make the mascot feel more alive and responsive, I added an interactive behavior where the mascot follows the user’s mouse cursor when it gets close.
Thanks a lot! So happy to hear you love it =)
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