My first rigging showreel

AviKohl3D

First cut. I'll add explanatory captions later. Hope it's okay that the camera cuts to different positions because I was struggling to get the hang of Fraps.
Thoughts?

https://youtu.be/LEsozMIx8y4

DireWolf

Show less basic stuff. Going through all controllers moving them just slightly bit, that doesn't show anything and is extremely boring.

What we're interested are the difficult poses, such as arm raised straight up, squash/stretch, or other cool things your rig can do. Have some animators use your rig to pose and do basic animation test. That's great to show in your reel

And for your final reel, I wouldn't recommend generic looking model that can't really be used you know. Pick a more complete model that people can animate and put in their scenes. It will improve the appeal of your reel 10 folds.

This may be a bit advance and extreme but is definitely a goal to strive for
http://cgjosh.com/2011/08/looney-tunes-ves-submission/

AviKohl3D

Thanks DireWolf. I had no insight as to what employers look for in a rigging showreel so I was "cargo culting" from other examples on youtube.

blinKX10

I'd also recommend putting some more up beat music in, the current stuff kinda adds to the "meh"

AviKohl3D

blinKX10 wrote: »

I'd also recommend putting some more up beat music in, the current stuff kinda adds to the "meh"

Yeah I've been trying to find something that's not too distracting.

DireWolf

Music should be the last thing you worry about Most of us watch these reels with sounds turned off.

But if I have to make recommendation, this is the sort of music I can watch all day long.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctESAMUQYv8[/ame]