I checked this bird rigging reel a little while back and find these setups to be really intuitive and pretty straight forward; flexible controls producing proper articulation by Rebecca Lórien. You can see that the rigger has used a blend of fanning joints placed in anatomically correct position and spline based control/deformation, somewhat similar to or look alike Paule Neale’s Setup for the wing and feather system to achieve believable wing spreading, folding and flapping articulation.
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Maya custom node : sin calculation by Marco
Marco’s first attempt on creating a successful Maya plugin “node” using c++ and maya API. I have a feeling that this guy is going to pump out some really cool tools sooner or later 😉
“Hi everyone i have just created this maya custom node through c++ and maya API ,
A good developper might say it s not so hard to do and it s totally true but …. that s the first step for starting getting better and better as technical rigger . With this node i m starting gatting n understand of maya API . No need to say first attempt months ago was a fail , but now the first step is done!
Feel free to ask any question!”
Check it out!
Bird Wing Rig Test ~ Nicolas Rossi
A video demo for Bird Setup Workshop (The pupPetEEr’s Lounge) by Nicolas Rossi where he demonstrated some of the techniques he implemented to achieve a better wing and feather deformation.
During the online lecture session, we are always trying to figure out new and better ideas, tips and techniques to figure out more efficient rigging solution. It’s fun and always exciting to learn new stuffs and troubleshoot at the same time 🙂
Character Setup Reel by Marc
Nice reel demonstrating interactive body deformation technique by Marc!
Happy 1st Birthday to The pupPetEEr’s Lounge
Wishing you all a very warm, successful, prosperous and healthy new year 2012! The pupPetEEr’s Lounge is also celebrating it’s 1st successful anniversary on the same day. Many thanks and best wishes to all my wonderful students and well wishers. Cheers 🙂
On this special occasion, I would like to personally offer a 25% special discount to all my existing students and all new registration for the month of January for any given workshop! So hurry up 😀
Mac ‘n’ Cheese – Making of
Check this out people, this is suberb! The magic of twist deformer! Awesome Work 🙂
How Wings Work
In this video the presenter goes over how bird’s wing work in detail. This is a really good resource to see how the bird’s wing is articulated!
Reverse foot rolll with maya nodes
Check out this rigging tutorial by Marco on setting up a reverse foot setup using maya nodes unlink using traditional set-driven keys or expression! Kinda long video but he did a good job explaining 😉
iPad GUI with 3DSMAX
Check out this cool test video by Iker showing an ipad touch screen GUI to control the facial rig in 3dsMax. Iker mentions that he used TouchOSC and Motion Capture controllers on 3DSMAX to create an interface that allows the user to set expressions on the character using an iPad!
Love Birds ;)
Check out my little video on little love birds in action! The video was captured with Samsung Galaxy SII.