One of the things that people have asked me about over the years is why are there two different versions of the shelves in the Animator Friendly Rigging series. There’s an OSX version and a PC version. They also ask about whether or not there is a linux version. The only version of Maya I […]
Heya folks! Sorry it’s been so long since any updates and posts on my site! As most of you know, I’ve been very busy for the past three years as Head of Character Animation on Dreamwork’s Megamind . It was quite an exciting and amazing journey, but VERY very very busy! Once the movie […]
You know I love Animation Mentor. Not only is it one of the best places to learn character animation in the world, but the founders and the staff are such awesome human beings that they infuse the entire Animation Mentor experience with pure, unfiltered, pure awesome. Seriously.. you just mention “Animation Mentor” to someone and […]
I’m super jazzed about what the awesome people at Rigging Dojo are doing to help people interested in character rigging learn more about the craft. They’re all fantastic teachers, excellent riggers, and just darn-right awesome human beings. I’m really excited to be able to offer a 10% discount on the Animator Friendly Rigging DVD series […]
One of the things that I’ve always said is that the techniques I discuss in Animator Friendly Rigging can be used in almost any package. The main idea is that even though the tutorials come with all sorts of mel scripts and files and explicit instructions for Maya, what people should take away are the […]
A couple of years ago I posted this walkcycle workflow demo on YouTube.. it shows me using the AFR rig to do a walk. Thought it might be interesting to put it up again in case people haven’t seen it before.
I’ve now added the Animator Friendly Rigging – Part 4 page to the website, complete with example pdf files and links to the example youtube movies. Here’s an example of the movie for part 4a: Now that all of the parts are up and available for purchase either independently, or as a bundle, I’m continuing […]
Heya folks! I have some great news! As of tonight, the entire 8 set of Animator Friendly Rigging materials are available for purchase from my new store at fastspring.com! You can buy bit individually for $14.99 a piece, or you can jump in with both feet and buy the entire set at once! If you […]
Whew! Part 3b is up and available now! I’m finding that it’s taking about 2 hours or so to convert each section to be available for download through lulu, so at this rate hopefully I’ll be done by the end of the week! 🙂 Go straight to the page, or check out the preview video:
I’ve started working on getting Part 3 up and available. This morning I finished with Part 3a. This section discusses arms, and how to handle switching between FK and IK. It also looks at locking down elbows, and a whole bunch of fun stuff! Go straight to the page, or check out the preview video: […]