I built ChibiRigKit: turning a single character image into an animated 2D rig

Описание и применение

ChibiRigKit автоматизирует создание 2D‑ригов из одной иллюстрации, используя AI только на этапе подготовки, а финальный персонаж работает без зависимостей от AI и редактируется в браузере.

Задача

Creating an animated 2D character from a single illustration is tedious and error‑prone, especially when trying to add realistic motion and interactivity.

Результат

The workflow reduces manual effort, keeps runtime independent of AI, and produces portable, editable 2D rigs with realistic motion.

Рабочий процесс

• Upload a single character illustration
• AI (Codex CLI) analyzes image and extracts parts (face, eyes, hair, clothing, etc.)
• AI generates missing visual info and expression variants
• Generated assets and JSON configs are assembled into an editable 2D rig
• Open the rig in a browser to adjust motion parameters (head rotation, eye movement, blinking, etc.)
• Export the finished character as a ZIP containing index.html, assets, rig.project.json, motion.json, head-poses.json, background.json
• Optionally record the animation directly to WebM from the browser

Доказательства

ChibiRigKit uses Codex CLI during the automatic creation process.

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The browser UI can also record the animation directly as WebM.

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