Dynamic Skinning: Kinematics-Driven Cartoon Effects for Articulated Characters

We propose Dynamic Skinning (DS), an extension of rig skinning which exhibits the appearance of a physical phenomena without the need for simulation. Our approach applies offsets from traditional skinning to produce these effects based on time-delayed, filtered joint motion. We showcase a number of effects including 1) time-varying oscillation and 2) time delay across skeletal bones to produce what we call delayed linear blend skinning (dLBS) directly on skinning computation. Our approach is easy to control by artists with simple input parameters and the method is compatible with standard rigged characters.