Two pricing paths: if you supply existing character artwork or Figma components, I'll rig and animate from there - $500-$3,000 depending on complexity and number of states. If you need the character designed from scratch (concept, visual design, rig, animation), pricing starts at $2,500, with complex mascots featuring multiple interaction layers ranging up to $5,000+.

Not necessarily. If you already have a brand mascot or character in Figma or as vector files, I can work directly from that. If you don't have a design yet, I can handle the full concept and visual design as part of the project - this is priced higher and takes more time.

Rigging is the process of adding a bone structure (or mesh deformation) to a flat character so it can move naturally - limbs bend, faces express, body parts follow each other. In Rive this is done with bones, constraints, and mesh vertices. The result is a character that animates fluidly without frame-by-frame drawing.

A Rive State Machine lets your character respond to real triggers from your product - a button hover, a loading event, an error state, a user completing a step. Instead of a single looping animation, your mascot becomes interactive and context-aware. I build the State Machine as part of every mascot project.

Yes, lip sync is possible in Rive using a bone or mesh-based mouth rig driven by audio amplitude or manual keyframing. For basic lip sync (open/close mouth synced to audio), it can be included in the standard scope if the character design supports it. For full phoneme-based lip sync (distinct mouth shapes per sound), this is scoped as an add-on - typically +$500-$2,000 depending on the number of visemes and audio length.

Standard scope covers 4-6 states (e.g. idle, hover, loading, success, error, wave). Additional states can be scoped separately.

You'll receive a production-ready .riv file, an .mp4 preview reel covering all animation states, and a short developer handoff doc with State Machine inputs and integration guidance.