This is my entry that I created for the 11 Second Club February 2020 competition. I hand animated both characters, and lip sync (For the first time) within the month time limit, and used Arnold for Maya for the first time to render the animation at better quality than the usual play-blasting method.
I used the Anim School Malcolm Rig for this piece as it the rig I was most comfortable working with and had recent experience using it which was an important factor considering the month time limit imposed by the competition. For the female character, I used Josh Sobel's Female Malcolm Mod, available on AnimSchool's website for Malcolm.
The animation was created at 30FPS, totalling 330 frames (11 seconds exactly) as per the specifications for the 11 Second Club entry.
Character Rig:
http://www.animschool.com/MalcolmInfo.aspx
Malcolm character courtesy of AnimSchool.com
Female Malcolm by Josh Sobel:
https://www.joshsobelrigs.com/
Unbelievable - 11 Second Club February 2020 Submission - 1080p Render Version
Rough Lip Sync Pass
Blockout for Male Character
Final Blockout for both characters
Interpolated and cleaned body animation
Facial adjustments completed after body animation was complete.
'Finalised' Animation playblast before moving on to Arnold rendering. Minor changes added later.