In a lot of ways this piece was inspired by the Muppet 'Animal.' We wanted to create an homage to that character by incorporating a lot of personality. This would end up being a challenge as early iterations lacked that 'oomph' quality that all drummers have when they are really feeling the beat.

We started out very basic, simply animating the limbs striking the different drum heads, and creating a simple foot rig for the bass hits. After the timing was locked, we added in style and embellishments, using reference from many different drummers.