Character Rigging Production Techniques

Release date:2020, April 2

Author:Carlo Sansonetti

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

1. Introduction and Base Controls 01 – Introduction 02 – Example Files 03 – Automation 04 – Related Tutorials 05 – Naming Conventions 06 – Space Switching 07 – Scripting – node naming 08 – Scripting- creating an animation control 09 – Scripting – creating space switching 10 – A word on aligning Nodes 11 – Marking Menus 12 – The World Control 13 – The local control 14 – The spin control 15 – Visibility switched for placement controls

2. Rigging a Flexy Spine 01 – Spline Initial Setup 02 – Spline Proxy Mesh 03 – Spline Flexy Mesh Creation 04 – Rigging the Flexy Mesh 05 – FK and IK with no switch 06 – Connect the spine rig to the character 07 – Cleanup the scene 08 – The COG control

3. Head, Neck, Jaw and Eyes 01 – Chapter Intro 02 – Preparing Joints 03 – Neck Rig and Space Switch Preparation 04 – Space Switch Constraints 05 – The Head Control 06 – The Jaw Control 07 – Eyes Setup 08 – Eyes space switch setup

4. Arm IK FK Rig 01 – Week Intro 02 – Preparing Joints 03 – Clavicle Setup 04 – Clavicle Twist Multiplier 05 – Finish the Clavicle 05 – Preparing IK and FK chains 07 – Arm FK controls 08 – Arm FK space switch 09 – Arm IK controls 10 – Elbow Follow Part 1 11 – Elbow Follow Part 2 12 – IK FK switch

5. Flexy Arm Rig 01 – Limitations of a non-stretchy arm 02 – Rig stretchy IK arm 03 – Cleanup Scene 04 – Arm IK space switching 05 – Flexy arm intro 06 – Flexy Arm setup part 1 07 – Flexy arm setup part 2 08 – Finalizing Flexy Setup 09 – Scene cleanup and final thoughts

6. Rigging the fingers 01 – Intro 02 – Individual Fingers Controls 03 – Standard Fingers Attributes 04 – Set fingers driven keys part 1 06 – Set fingers driven keys part 2 07 – Connect hand rig to arm rig 07 – Note on rigging opposite arm

7. Rigging the legs 01 – Intro 02 – Preparing the leg rig skeleton 03 – Create IK FK Chains 04 – Rig the FK legs 05 – IK leg solver and main controls 06 – Knee pole vector control 07 – IK FK switch 08 – Finishing the leg basic IK setup 09 – Stretchy Leg 10 – Flexy THICC thighs 11 – Flexy lower leg 12 – Flexy Knee 13 – Bind geo to flexy joints 14 – Creat footRoll nodes 15 – Connect the roll nodes to the foot control 16 – Connecting the leg switch 17 – IK leg space switching

8. Quadrupled Leg Setup 01 – Intro 02 – Joints placement 03 – Quick skinning 04 – Foot control and attributes 05 – Creating the IK handles 06 – Heel Roll Control 07 – Tricky Pole Vectors 08 – Foot Roll with full leg influence 09 – Side Roll, Ball and Toes twist 10 – Set Driven Keys 11 – Cleaning up the scene

9. Rigging Animation Friendly Dynamic Hair 01 – The general Idea 02 – Create the hair dynamic hair curve 03 – Rigging the curve 04 – Dynamic Settings 05 – Setting up the FK Controls 06 – Create the blending system 07 – Nucleus node considerations 08 – Scene Cleanup 09 – Setting up a collision object

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