Procedural Rigging with Construction Kits using Voodoo by Matt L Derksen

Procedural Rigging with Construction Kits using Voodoo from Matt L Derksen on Vimeo.

Muscle Training to Joint Reconstruction by Hans Godard

Muscle Training to Joint reconstruction from Hans Godard on Vimeo.

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http://boutique23.com/
Some cool rigs on sale!

This is the gif we should be showing new maya animators pic.twitter.com/AnQUunl2j0

— Janel Drewis (@the_jan_man) March 15, 2016

https://vimeo.com/groups/gameanimFollow this group for some cool demo reels!

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/deadpool-visual-effects-breakdown-by-atomic-fiction/
Nice breakdown from the Deadpool film

http://ryanwoodwardart.com/animation/
I think I've shared this before but it doesn't matter, still worth the reshare! :)

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/3DSMax/files/GUID-75E03BAB-0D94-43E0-B281-3AE3299BD2B9-htm.html
Some alternative options for those that are using 3ds max

https://www.iamag.co/features/disney-real-time-skeletal-skinning-with-optimized-centers-of-rotation/
Cool tech for skinning. From Disney, nonetheless :P

http://thinkinganimation.com/new-free-rig-mr-buttons/
Free rig!! Check a test run done by Kyle Kenworthy below...

Mr. Button's Bow Tie from Kyle Kenworthy on Vimeo.

Rigging and Tools Demo Reel by Mateusz Poplawski

Mateusz Poplawski - 2015 Rigging & Tools Reel from Mateusz Poplawski on Vimeo.

Ray rig from CGTarian now available for free!

Head to the link below, fill out the form and start animating! :)

http://www.cgtarian.com/character-ray/download-character-ray.html

Malcolm 2.0 Tour

Malcom v2.0 is out! Download link is in the description of the video.

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A heavy loaded post since it's been a while I didn't post anything...

https://www.reeview.it/player

Great tool for reviewing videos directly from Youtube or Vimeo. When I tried it, it only worked with Chrome (it didn't work on Waterfox, the 64-bit version of Firefox).


http://livestream.com/gnomon/world-class-animator
Marco Marenghi's speech about how to become a professional animator.

http://rustyanimator.com/memorable/
Some tips for creating memorable animations.

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/animating-with-constraints/
I've been using these setups for a while now and they work.

http://yokai.com/
Some reference for artists.

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/going-off-model-hotel-transylvania-2/
How animators modified the rigs for extreme poses.

http://www.kruelgames.com/tools/kuadro/
Cool tool for artists!

http://www.stickybones.com/
Looks like a really interesting puppet for stopmotion

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http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1021794/Animation-Bootcamp-UFC-Animation
Great speech on the tech behind the UFC game

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/uncharted-4-dev-flaunts-new-milestone-in-face-anim/1100-6427293/
Incredible tech!

http://kotaku.com/crunch-time-why-game-developers-work-such-insane-hours-1704744577
This is true. Be ready to crunch if you want to get into the industry

https://www.rocketstock.com/blog/opinion-10-reasons-why-cgi-is-getting-worse-not-better/
I agree with most of the reasons in that list.

http://mlanimation.net/free-rocket-racoon-rig/
Rocket Racoon free rig from Matthew Lowe. Also check his website, there are other rigs available.

Intro To Character Rigging by Paul Neale

This is a long video but totally worth it. The video explains rigging in 3dsmax, but a lot of things are applicable to other 3D packages.

And if you're not following Paul in Youtube or Twitter, you're missing a lot of cool tips.

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Hey!

A couple of links I found interesting…

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/disney-infinity-combat-animation/

Disney Inifitiny Combat animation demo

http://creaturerigs.com/downloads/rigs/

Some Maya rigs.

https://vimeo.com/119164090

Character studies by Tiago Hoisel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU9mnbMJnpM

A tribute to 2D animation

Cheers!

 

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http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020639/Technical-Artist-Bootcamp-Hacking-MotionBuilder
Great tips and trick for Motionbuilder by Brad Clark. You will need a GDC Vault user to watch it though.

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/filmmaker-transforms-nintendo-power-glove-into-awesome-1679408095
Cool gadget!! Not sure how it will be useful for a 3D program like Maya, but cool nevertheless.

http://www.cgmeetup.net/forums/files/file/67-pink-panther/
Pink Panther rig!!

http://www.3dfiggins.com/writeups/fastAction/
Great breakdown on an action shot by Kiel Figgins.

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Sorry for not posting as aften as I should, but I've been busy lately between work and my course at CGTarian (more on that on a different post).


http://splinebomb.com/mery-free-rig/
Free rig!

http://www.meryproject.com/
Another free rig!

http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/09/07/naughty-dog-explains-the-tricks-behind-the-last-of-us-bloody-melee-combat-and-synced-animations/
How Naughty Dog plays with the camera and the animation on the latest Last of Us game.

http://danielgonzales3.blogspot.ca/
Great blog to follow! Lots of insight for all different levels of animators.

https://secure.sonypictures.com/animation/hotelt/zombierig/videosubmissions/
Another free rig! This one from the Hotel Transylvania movie!

Cheers!

Body Mechanics rigs by Joe Daniels

This are some crazy rigs!



BodyMech Rigs 1.1 Update! from joe daniels on Vimeo.

Drawable Facial Rig by Oscar Medina

This is, by far, one of the best facial rigs I've seen.



Oscar Medina Drawable Facial Rig Development Reel 2014 from Oscar Medina on-animation on Vimeo.

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http://www.jasondavies.com/animated-bezier/
How bezier curves works!

http://andreasdeja.blogspot.ca/2014/08/quotes.html
Good quotes from Andreas Deja blog.

http://artofjoe.blogspot.ca/
A great set of rigs for a good price!

IKFK Solver for 3dsmax now available!

Now, can we have this for Maya too?



IKFK Solver - now available for 3ds max 2013, 2014 and 2015 from Felix Joleanes on Vimeo.

Rio 2: Behind the scenes #2 - Sabine Heller

Crazy rigs! The thing with the feet is really good!



RIO 2 Behind The Scenes #2: Rigging - Sabine Heller from Skwigly on Vimeo.

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After a long absence from the internets (due to the World Cup and overtime), I compiled a long list of links for you guys. Some of them are a couple of weeks old, but good nonetheless.

Enjoy!

http://imgur.com/rn8jhB5
Seriously, if this is his first animation, there is a huge amount of talent in one person.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/12/5804070/the-amazing-animation-software-behind-how-to-train-your-dragon-2
A look at the new software used at Dreamworks

http://www.penproductions.ca/scripts/trackEditor/
New tool from Paul Neale.

http://spungellaworkshop.blogspot.ca/2014/06/marianne-bell-escape-video-critique.html
Hell of a critique!

http://www.brianwyser.com/
Crazy good demo reel!

https://www.facebook.com/AdvancedSkeleton/posts/706648342733676
Three new rigs from Advanced Skeleton! Get the tool now!

http://www.nukeygara.com/
New animation software in the making.

https://sites.google.com/a/cgspeed.com/cgspeed/motion-capture/3dsmax-friendly-release-of-cmu-motion-database
Mocap database, good for reference and for motion editing practice.

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.ca/2006/09/importance-of-having-lot-of-influences.html
This is a very interesting point of view about the current state of creativity in animation. I kind of agree with most of what John says, in the way that these days, all animation looks pretty much the same. But anyways, that would be a subject for another post.

Snappers Facial Rig

Crazy facial rig!

SuperRune - Super Simple Rig

I was looking for a auto-rig script for 3ds max and I found this great script called Super Simple Rig, from SuperRune.

The Pros are that is that the script is really solid and well done, and the rig includes eyes and jaw by default (though you can remove them from your setup if you don't need them). With a click of a button you can create a rig and deleted if you don't like it. It uses locators to setup the bones and the PEN attribute holder script is present in all the controllers, which is a nice way to create pose libraries. And it's free.

On the Cons side, the fingers are a bit hard to setup, since the script does not take into consideration the rotations of the locators (so the orientation axis of the controllers is calculated by the position of all the related locators). In addition, the setup options for the spine are different from what I have seen so far, and there is no option for IK/FK spine control (there is one but the IK and FK are active at the same time).

There are not a whole lot of rigging scripts out there for 3ds max (not really needed since there is CAT and Puppetshop), but if you're looking for some additional customization, give it a try. You won't be disappointed.


http://www.superrune.com/tools/supersimplerig.php

Cheers!