ABOUT

This is my current progress on my Hybrid bike and Rider project. This project was started after graduation, during the National Lockdown as I wanted to showcase my current animation and concept designing skills. This Helmet and suit is for a futuristic motorcycle-drone-bike hybrid that switches between a flying drone mode and motorcycle road traversing form. The helmet can be opened or closed automatically depending on the rider’s needs.

I used a third party human model from CGTrader to get the proportions of the character right, before augmenting it in its entirety to design the airbag suit for the rider. The Helmet was designed first, with the panelling and opening designed and animated before implementing telescopic two or three stage ball jointed pneumatics to support the movement of individual parts. The Helmet alone consists of 122 entities, most dummies, allowing for organised movement hierarchies and smooth opening and closing for the helmet, as shown below.