Hello, I’m an experienced animator specializing in creatures like dragons, all types of quadrupeds, birds, sea creatures, etc. I recently had the thought it would be very fun and maybe helpful to others if I created some quality animal animation packs. But as I looked at the Fab marketplace under the “Animation” section I discovered a problem, it seems there are only animations for humans/bipeds, probably due to the fact there is only a standard UE skeleton for human/bipeds. There are no standard quadruped rigs.
And it looks like animal character models usually come with their own animations. I assume these are usually just animated by whoever modeled the character?
I have no experience making models/assets. What if Fab allowed animators to sell animation packs LINKED to a specific character/rig sold elsewhere (by another creator) on Fab? For example, I actually asked the creator of a beautiful dragon rig if I could sell animations with his dragon, and he said yes. So buyers would have to buy the character then my animation pack separately. There could also be bundle deals or something.
Because as it stands now, character modelers are forced to create their own creature animations which they might struggle with, and buyers are stuck with ONLY those animations which could be much better if an animator could help. Let us animators help!