Newton | Morphing Cartoon Character from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.
Watch Puppeteer Lounge new morphing cartoon character in action morphing into multiple characters (Multiple characters from same base rig)! The idea is having the same base rig that can blend into multiple characters. You can watch a demo about it below. Learn to model, setup and animate Newton with Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs.
BoGo Morphing Character Setup Demo from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.
Puppeteer Lounge student Jules Giraud came up with a brilliant prototype character rig based on our morphing character setup and super toon character setup training workshops. Watch Jules’s video demonstration on his WIP setup!
Angel wings rig (2011) from Seonghun Kim on Vimeo.
Wing setup by Seonghun Kim. Impressive!
Kylee Character Rig from Kylee Solari on Vimeo.
Kylee character rig by Kylee Solari. Lovely animation!
Truly a mind-bending rig by Mindbender Animation Studio! Love the 2D super cartoony look and feel of the setup and it’s modularity!! Character setup by Richard Kazo and his team at Kippcase Rigging Studio. Watch trailer below.
The Food Thief – Teaser Shot from Mindbender on Vimeo.
It is a very clever setup! The setup is mimicking a stop motion feel and style of cartoon design and deformation, just like how we can mold clay into any form. If we think of it simply (simplicity can be complicated :), the rig seems to be based on a lot of blendshapes (PSD), modular setup with clever deformation dependency graph (there are some benefits of modeling history in this kind of rig build where we can utilize construction history to rig advantage) and animation gimmicks setup and of-course the ShrinkWrap! The placement of the arm, leg, etc all seems to be different geometry with respective setup. The body transformation (specially the mouth) is a very cleverly art directed morph! You can see how there is a thin lining geometry for covering. Then there seems to be a final render mesh on top, with fur and all rendering goodness riding on top of the modular rig underneath! And then there are new tools like Shot Sculpt which allows you to refine shapes post animation!!
Game Character Setup | Callisthenics Demo from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.
Enjoy some funky dance moves! Learn to setup character rigs for video games with Puppeteer Lounge’s Game Character Setup Mini-Workshop.
Character Animation by Puppeteer Lounge student Nitin Shakya from Nepal. Character Rigging by Puppeteer Lounge student Raka S. Saptamardhika from Indonesia. Watch Raka’s demo below!
Bonnie 2 Rig Walkthrough from Josh Sobel on Vimeo.
Congratulation on the new Bonnie rig Josh! Here is a walk-through video by Josh Sobel. Very well done!!
dad character rig from abolfazl movahhedi on Vimeo.
Notice the technique used in the demo, joint path constraint to curve for better arc! Ingenious demo by Abolfazl Movahhedi.
A brief demo covering some of the features of the facial system for character “Danny”. Features in Puppeteer Lounge Cartoony Facial Setup training workshop.