CGCircuit – Rigging Techniques Cartoon to Realistic

Building a robust and solid baseRig and learn tips and techniques as well as production proven workflows along the way. You will see me work and learn how I approach rigging after having worked as a character TD at companies such Dreamworks PDI, Framestore, MPC, ILM and Atomic Fiction. This workshop is intended for riggers that already have some knowledge of rigging and is not meant as an Intro course.

The workshop week by week

• Week 1: Week01 – Basics: Starting out with a solid base Part 1
  What makes an advanced rig? | Analyzing some existing rigs coding | Locking and hiding attributes
  Week 2: Week02 – Basics: Continuing to build the base rig.
  Week 3: Week03 – Basics: Connecting everything together and rigging the rest of the base rig.
• Week 4: Week04 – Getting more advanced: The Spine
  Week 5: Week05 – Getting more advanced: Arms, Shoulders and simple PoseReader
• Week 6: Week06 – Deformations
• Week 7: Week07 – Faking Muscles and adding Dynamics
• Week 8: Week08 – Tying up some loose ends