In my continued quest to get all the Animator Friendly Rigging tutorials available, I’ve just finished uploading Part 2b – the continuation of Part 2a.
This part focuses on finishing the Torso rig, and gets into the head and neck. It’s quite a long one.. the movie file that comes with it is over [...]
Continuing with the act of getting the Animator Friendly Rigging series up and running, I’ve now got Part 2a available for purchae from lulu.com!
Just as before with part 1, I’ve uploaded an example pdf with about 13 or so pages demonstrating some of the documentation, and also provided a 6+ minute example [...]
Heya folks!
As I mentioned earlier, the Animator Friendly Rigging instructional series will no longer be available through Autodesk. It’s been a great run with Autodesk, and they have done a wonderful job selling the series. However, they decided that they will no longer be selling the DVD online.
I have received such great feedback [...]
I received an email yesterday from a person who purchased the Animator Friendly Rigging series and found that two mel scripts were missing:
js_matchObj.mel and js_matchObjUI.mel.
I’ve heard of others missing these as well, so I added them to the downloads page, along with js_iterator.mel.
If you’re missing them.. enjoy!
note: you must be logged [...]
One of the things I’ve learned over the years is that it’s important to share your ideas as much as possible. That’s how innovation happens. It’s how things progress. It’s how we learn. I’ve never been afraid to put my own ideas out there because I know I’ll get back more [...]
A number of people have asked what specifially is covered in my two DVDs – Integrating a Creature Rig Withing a Production Pipeline and Fast Animation Rigs, so here ya go!
Integrating a Creature Rig Into a Production Pipeline
Definition of a “Pipeline” Examples: Film, Modeling, Shot Determining how animation rig itself [...]
Originally posted: Tuesday, 05 June 2007
So after finishing recording of the videos, I decided to record myself creating a walk-cycle with the AFR rig.
Enjoy!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zrObqm4Fm0
Originally Posted: Monday, 12 June 2006
We’re making the most rediculous video of all time.. it’ll either be great, or.. well.. stupid.
Edit: I finished shooting the video & editing it together. It’s available on youtube.. and if you purchased the Animator Friendly Rigging DVD series, you’ve seen it. Enjoy!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvHG0OkCWJ4
I’ve created a Downloads page that has scripts from the Animator Friendly Rigging DVD series. I’ll be adding varioius mel scripts and fixes to that page, so keep checking back!
Oh yeah, and happy holidays!
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