This was a self-driven project where my primary focus was to create a product animation where I could explore mechanical rigging. The Laptop Riser and Laptop were both modeled, textured, animated, and rendered in Blender. I composited the renders in Adobe After Effects.;
My original intention was to create an IK/FK rig – however, after creating the IK rig for the stand, I realized that it was unnecessary and did nothing but add complexity to the rig. I decided to remove the IK rig and make a simple FK rig.
After creating the Besign Laptop Riser, I realized that I needed an additional prop to demonstrate the purpose of the laptop riser. So I modeled a laptop which I also gave a simple FK rig to.
I then created a simple animation to demonstrate the function of the Laptop Riser.