Alan O

21 days on this character. 16 of them before a single animation existed. Layers, bones, four joysticks — face turn, pupils, upper lid, lower lid. All wired first. After that the animation part was fast. Not because I rushed it. Because I wasn't solving technical problems...

Documenting how this carrot character was built in Rive— rig, joysticks, state machine, the trigger that wakes it up. Full breakdown soon.

Experimenting with data binding in Rive. One component, multiple instances — change the values, the chart updates.

I built an assistant character in Rive that's wired into the product's actual state — not a loop on top of the UI, but a face that responds in real time. It blinks and breathes while idle, leans in the moment you start typing, jumps when the answer lands and winces when...