Create a Reusable Adobe Character Animator Puppet for Math Videos

Create a Reusable Adobe Character Animator Puppet for Math Videos I am looking for an experienced character designer and Adobe Character Animator specialist to create a custom, fully rigged puppet for my educational YouTube channel, **Math in Motion with Mr. Lewis**. The character should be designed based on a photograph that I will attach to the job posting. I want the puppet to resemble me while maintaining a friendly, professional, animated style that works well for middle school, high school, and adult math education videos. The main goal is to create a reusable character that allows me to produce videos without appearing on camera for every episode. I would like to upload prerecorded audio and have the puppet automatically lip-sync, move, and perform naturally in Adobe Character Animator. ## Project Requirements The completed puppet should: * Be compatible with the current version of Adobe Character Animator. * Be fully rigged and ready to use. * Include accurate lip-sync and all necessary mouth shapes. * Work properly with prerecorded audio as well as live microphone input. * Include natural head, eye, eyebrow, and facial movements. * Include blinking and eye-gaze tracking. * Include movable arms, hands, and body parts. * Include natural body movement while speaking. * Include multiple hand positions and useful classroom gestures. * Allow the character to point, explain, wave, and present information. * Include keyboard triggers or controls for common expressions and movements. * Be organized so that I can easily reuse and customize the puppet for future videos. ## Preferred Gestures and Expressions I would like the character to include reusable triggers for movements such as: * Pointing left and right * Pointing upward or toward a math problem * Open-hand presenting gesture * Waving * Thumbs-up * Thinking pose * Celebrating or showing excitement * Confused expression * Encouraging or supportive expression * Neutral teaching pose * Natural arm movement while talking I would also like several facial expressions, including: * Happy * Excited * Serious * Surprised * Confused * Thoughtful * Encouraging ## Character Appearance and Outfit The character should be designed based on the photograph attached to the advertisement. The puppet should resemble me while maintaining a polished, friendly, and professional animated style suitable for educational videos. The puppet’s primary outfit should closely match the shirt shown in the attached photograph. Most importantly, the puppet must wear the same symbol or graphic that appears on the front of my shirt. The symbol should: * Be recreated accurately based on the attached photograph. * Be placed in the same general location on the puppet’s shirt. * Remain clear and recognizable while the puppet is moving, turning, or gesturing. * Be created as a separate, editable, and clearly labeled layer. * Be adjustable so that its size, placement, or color can be changed later if necessary. The completed character should have a clean, modern appearance that fits the branding of **Math in Motion with Mr. Lewis** and works well in math lessons, YouTube videos, introductions, thumbnails, and educational presentations. Please also let me know whether additional clothing variations can be created in the future while keeping the same shirt symbol or branding. ## Final Deliverables Please include: * The completed Adobe Character Animator puppet file. * A puppet that has been tested and is ready to import and use. * All necessary source files. * Organized Photoshop or Illustrator files used to create the puppet. * Editable layers for the character, clothing, facial features, and shirt symbol. * The shirt symbol or graphic as a separate, clearly labeled layer. * A list or guide showing the available triggers and keyboard controls. * A short demonstration video showing the puppet moving and lip-syncing to prerecorded audio. * Instructions for importing and using the puppet in Adobe Character Animator. * Commercial usage rights for my educational videos, YouTube channel, website, social media, advertisements, and other branded content. The final files must be editable so that clothing, colors, logos, facial features, and other design elements can be updated later. ## Ideal Freelancer The ideal candidate should have: * Previous experience creating Adobe Character Animator puppets. * Experience with character rigging, triggers, lip-sync, facial expressions, and body tracking. * A portfolio containing similar custom puppets. * The ability to create a professional animated character based on a reference photograph. * Strong communication skills. * Experience creating characters for educational, YouTube, presenter-style, or explainer videos. ## Proposal Requirements When submitting your proposal, please include: 1. Examples of Adobe Character Animator puppets you have created. 2. Confirmation that the puppet will work with prerecorded audio. 3. A description of the movements, expressions, and triggers you can include. 4. Confirmation that the shirt symbol can be recreated from the attached photograph. 5. Your estimated completion timeline. 6. The number of revisions included. 7. Confirmation that you will provide the editable source files. 8. Confirmation that I will receive full commercial usage rights. 9. Your total fixed-price quote, including any additional fees. Please begin your proposal with the phrase **“Math in Motion Puppet”** so I know you have read the complete project description.