Online Fall Session
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 6th 2021
SESSION STARTS: September 20th 2021
Rigging: Introduction to Body Character Rigging
Daniel Lima
Sr. Technical Artist, Undead Labs
Length of Workshop: 12 weeks. Once a week.
Days:*SPECIAL DAY* Saturdays starting April 24th, 2021
Time: *SPECIAL TIME* 10am – 1pm pacific time
Tuition: $1,900 (Includes a $200 non-refundable registration fee)
Prerequisite: Familiar with Maya in general, specifically with Outliner, Timeline, Curve Editor and Attribute Editor
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Introduction to Body Character Rigging will introduce the mechanics, concepts and good practices to a complete solid cartoon character body rig.
The goal of Introduction to Body Character Rigging is to guide the student to have a solid knowledge and comprehension of artistic decisions to maintain the character body rig ready for animation.
CURRICULUM:
- Joints and its properties.
- Parenting Spaces.
- Concepts of clean character topology.
- Concepts of a body Skeleton.
- Skin methods and introduction to tools.
- Deformers for paint weights.
- Node Editor is your best friend.
- Cartoon limbs.
- Spine.
- Neck.
- Twist rigs.
- Space Rig.
- Controls and Animation style.
- Assignment and Reviews.
PREREQUISITE:
Familiar with Maya in general, specifically with Outliner, Timeline, Curve Editor and Attribute Editor. Bonus if the student knows a little bit of Node Editor, Component SpreadSheet, Script Editor and a tiny bit of coding.