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Introduction to Rigging
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Introduction keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    01 Welcome And Some Rigging Philosophy

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  2. 02

    02 Feature Overview And Some Tips And Tricks

2D Bouncy Ball keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    01 Demo Animation

  2. 02

    02 Building a Simple Ball Rig

  3. 03

    03 Building a Better Ball with Empties

  4. 04

    04 Building an Even Better Ball Rig with Bones

Mr. Squeegee Feet keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    01 Demo Animation

  2. 02

    02 Planning

  3. 03

    03 Legs and Inverse Kinematics

  4. 04

    04 Feet and Transform Space

  5. 05

    05 Eye Tracking

  6. 06

    06 Putting It All Together

3D Bouncy Ball keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    01 Demo Animation

  2. 02

    02 Planning

  3. 03

    03 Rotation Theory

  4. 04

    04 Axis Angle and Euler Rotation

  5. 05

    05 Quaternion Rotation

  6. 06

    06 Transform Matrices

  7. 07

    07 Rigging the Ball

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  1. 01

    01 Demo Animation

  2. 02

    02 Planning

  3. 03

    03 Fingers with Action Constraints

  4. 04

    04 Body

  5. 05

    05 Eye Rig

  6. 06

    06 Arms with IK-FK Switching

  7. 07

    07 Basic Mesh Deformations

  8. 08

    08 Putting It All Together

Mr. Biped keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    01 Demo Animation

  2. 02

    02 Planning

  3. 03

    03 Head and Neck Rig

  4. 04

    04 Foot Rig

  5. 05

    05 Palm Rig

  6. 06

    06 Advanced Torso Spine Rig

  7. 07

    07 Pivot Slide Reverse Chain Rig

  8. 08

    08 Putting It All Together

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    01 Setting Up a Rig for Linking

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Course

Introduction to Rigging
Introduction keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    01 Welcome And Some Rigging Philosophy

    Free
  2. 02

    02 Feature Overview And Some Tips And Tricks

2D Bouncy Ball keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    01 Demo Animation

  2. 02

    02 Building a Simple Ball Rig

  3. 03

    03 Building a Better Ball with Empties

  4. 04

    04 Building an Even Better Ball Rig with Bones

Mr. Squeegee Feet keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    01 Demo Animation

  2. 02

    02 Planning

  3. 03

    03 Legs and Inverse Kinematics

  4. 04

    04 Feet and Transform Space

  5. 05

    05 Eye Tracking

  6. 06

    06 Putting It All Together

3D Bouncy Ball keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    01 Demo Animation

  2. 02

    02 Planning

  3. 03

    03 Rotation Theory

  4. 04

    04 Axis Angle and Euler Rotation

  5. 05

    05 Quaternion Rotation

  6. 06

    06 Transform Matrices

  7. 07

    07 Rigging the Ball

Mr. Hotdog keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    01 Demo Animation

  2. 02

    02 Planning

  3. 03

    03 Fingers with Action Constraints

  4. 04

    04 Body

  5. 05

    05 Eye Rig

  6. 06

    06 Arms with IK-FK Switching

  7. 07

    07 Basic Mesh Deformations

  8. 08

    08 Putting It All Together

Mr. Biped keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    01 Demo Animation

  2. 02

    02 Planning

  3. 03

    03 Head and Neck Rig

  4. 04

    04 Foot Rig

  5. 05

    05 Palm Rig

  6. 06

    06 Advanced Torso Spine Rig

  7. 07

    07 Pivot Slide Reverse Chain Rig

  8. 08

    08 Putting It All Together

The Proxy System keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    01 Setting Up a Rig for Linking

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    2D Ball

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    Mr Squeegee Feet

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    3D Ball

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    Mr Hotdog

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    Mr Biped

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    Mr Biped for Linking

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    Errata

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Introduction

01 Welcome And Some Rigging Philosophy

24th September 2015

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Nathan Vegdahl

An introduction to the ideas behind rigging.

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tacoma76

13th March 2018 - 22:02

Fantastic work, Nathan! Your videos are clearly eye-opening. Your explanations of the fundamental concepts of rigging and supporting examples are extremely helpful and make this complex topic easier to understand.

Siddharth Sahay

10th July 2018 - 22:49

This is the best intro to rigging out there, period. Nathan really knows how to teach concepts in an entertaining way and I love his sense of humour. Absolutely recommended if you want to learn how to get started. Also, for anyone who's wondering, I did this on Blender 2.79b, it's compatible with a few very, very minor differences (Drivers properties needs one extra click to go to the correct tab, and so on). I didn't have any issues. Will redo this in 2.8 once that's finalized (already playing with the alpha and it's a blast!).

Pranavjit Virdi

21st February 2018 - 05:20

developers can someone answer me! since the 2.8 project will be getting a new system for rigging and a new animation system how much of the knowledge in this course is or will be relevant that time?

Pablo Vazquez

21st February 2018 - 12:43

@Pranavjit Virdi: Rigging philosophy is applicable to any system. Besides, Blender 2.8 will have the same rigging methodology.

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Pranavjit Virdi

21st February 2018 - 12:49

@Pablo Vazquez: thanks

PlumpMath

3rd February 2018 - 00:48

Transcript please. (no subtitle)

rebeccamarye

10th March 2018 - 16:01

Nathan, this is superb! I write tutorials for a living and fancy that I know something about how to do it. I've rarely seen a better one. Thank you sooo much for this wonderful introduction to a terrifying subject

milmon

19th January 2020 - 16:24

Hi Nathan! Your videos are amazing! I have learned a lot but I have been having some trouble with the language since my english isn't as advanced as I'd want it. That's why I have a request for you, is it possible to add english subtitles to all the videos? hope you consider this request. Thank you

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