Morgan Loomis also has some great free scripts and tools, go check his page out.During the last month I was attending a Facial rigging session at rigging dojo ( ). Apply for the course nowĪpproval and registration fee required The course uses the HippyDrome face mesh that we have exclusive permission to host the download file. Great deformation control over the eyelids Understanding the control and deformation needs of the faceįace Topology and foundation for the rest of the rig. Introduction and Rig Planning and organization of the rig The course focuses on deformation quality, skinning, control building and creating a rig that can be exported to a game engine or upgraded for full feature animation, our course build a foundation for you to continue growing your skills. In our 8-week class, students will learn the why and how of and animation friendly production facial rigging using Autodesk Maya, with feedback and help from our Mentor during the course. I’ve learned a lot over the years from people selflessly sharing their knowledge and tools, and hopefully this site will be a way to give a little bit back to our awesome community.įace Rigging 101 – 8 week Mentored course from Rigging Dojo. I’m always looking for ways to improve animation workflow and pipeline, and I enjoy scripting almost as much as animating.

He has been an animator and rigger in the visual effects industry since 2005 at top industry feature film VFX studios like Tippet and W?T? FX and is now rigging in games as Rigging Supervisor at Steamroller Studios. Morgan was one of our first mentors here at Rigging Dojo and we are so glad to have him back as our 3rd mentor to update and build an amazing Face Rigging course. It has been rebuild from the ground (skull?) up by the amazing About the mentor

We have updated our Face Rigging 101 course.

Rigging a face in maya