Your link has an extra bracket at the end, might want to edit that. I see a bunch of commercials, and some cinematic/narrative pieces, just playing in the default sort order. So I'd suggest if you're targeting game animation work, you create a web page for it, and only show game work. All the rest is distracting from the…
The poses don't always have to match all the way through the pipeline. It might be more beneficial for artists to bend the arms in A pose and curl the fingers so they can be at the mid point of deformation like poopipe mentioned. But depending on the rigging system, that might be a nightmare to rig. I like to think of the…
Hello, everyone! I'm a Computer Animation instructor at Sheridan College in Ontario, Canada. I'm pursuing my Master's, and my topic is rigging education. I’ve found rigging to be one of the more challenging aspects of our curriculum--and I'd like to figure out how to do a better job teaching it. (I’d also like to use my…
Shoulders are a tricky beast and they make a lot of trouble for almost everyone, so don't get discouraged or think you're alone. Without seeing the rig or the problems, here are some general tips to help you get the most out of the least rigging possible. Rig in a T-Pose, so your arms are easy to work on, if you are…
Hey all, I've got a mech that I've rigged in Blender and want to animate in Cascadeur. Sadly it is a chicken-leg mech and not at all humanoid. I spent the better part of an hour trying to play around with getting it configured for use in Cascadeur (it's barely functional), but I'd rather just pay someone who knows what…
I'm looking to bring on a 3D character artist for Zenith, a VR MMORPG. We're currently 6 strong and backed by a leading startup accelerator here in the bay area. Role will be 2 months, full-time, freelance initially, with room to grow into something more permanent if interested. I'm already working with another artist…
Hi i just want know the easiet way to rig a flamingo. It's actually my first time rigging animals and would like to know if there are any plugins or 3rd party software that i can use. thank you.
Hey guys, I'm a student at Otis College of Art and Design. Im currently rigging a character for my thesis. I followed the digital tutors tutorial to rig a head and the production character rig tutorial but i can't seem to connect the two. The head tut told me to wrap deform the head on the rigged body mesh but when i do…
Hey guys, I'm looking into buying a rigging plugin for Maya. These are the two tools that I'm interested in: - The Setup Machine for Games - Rapid Rig Advanced I have used rigs made with both rigging tools. I really like how Setup Machine-rigs feels when I'm working with them but it cost $99 compared to Rapid Rig which…
Hi! I'm creating a face rig in Maya for my showreel using a mixture of ARKit's blendshapes and joint based systems! Here's what I have so far. Demo Video: https://youtu.be/A1MzcbM9J4k I am using an asset from Blender's public domain Human Base Meshes v1.4.0 pack as the mesh for my rig. The head model was created by Dan…