Stylized 3D hero animation of a girl in floral dress and sun hat

built and animated a stylized hero in Blender + Claude Opus 5.5.. a girl in a black floral dress with a wide white sun hat the trick is rigging the cloth, not just the body. here’s the workflow: - step 1: connect opus 5.5 to blender via mcp, send front, side and back concepts - step 2: prompt: “build this hero part by part: bob haircut, wide sun hat, puff-sleeve floral dress, white sash with a back bow, white boots” - step 3: blockout: big head, small body, a bell-shaped skirt - step 4: layer the outfit: dress > sash and bow > boots > hat - step 5: rig it with extra bone chains in the skirt and the bow ribbons - step 6: animate one clip at a time: idle with a blink > turn > walk - step 7: add follow-through: the skirt flares and the bow lags behind on turns - step 8: review scene: grey floor, fixed camera, the back-view concept in the corner, fix one thing per prompt the bow and the skirt swing are what sell the walk

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