Im in the process of working through an advanced rigging book suggested by another polycounter, and have come to the realization that I knew jack about actually rigging characters till now. Or rather, my actual control rig knowledge was dated from bone envelope only days. So my question becomes, how do you stay up on the…
I learn a fair bit from other people, but I also figure out quite a lot on my own. You have to get into the experimental mindset. Always be watching for potentially useful things while you work. Maybe you try something new, and the result isn't what you wanted, but try to think if it'd be appropriate in another instance.…
Fogmann: no sadly. I wanted the art of rigging vol1 but it was sold out, so I picked up Inspired 3d Advanced Rigging and Deformations. Thanks for the tips. I do experiment and try new things, but sometimes there are things I don't even know exist to experiment with. (like one time when writing javascript I didn't know I…