Hello world,
Just a little shameless self promotion here. I started a new rigging blog, just started out so not a ton of content but getting bigger by the day! Check if out if you have the time!
Comments and criticism always welcome,
Cheers!
Things i think you should work on:
-Change the blue header, it doesn’t work at all with the rest of the site.
-The animation in your “Setup Demo” needs some love! I couldn’t focus on the rigging while the character were twitching
-“K, so here is the link to my demo. It’s mostly rig related stuff mostly”
Suggestions noted, thanks for checking it out!
hey I took a look at your blog and I agree that the animation needs some work
I also took a closer look at your weighting during the run and when the front legs stretch out you get a crease when the Arm meets the Shoulder which would normally just bludge out. I am assuming the reason for this is because you are not rotating the shoulder joint forward as the arm (or front leg in this case) move forward.
I got some reference images to explain cause I’m not the best at explaining.
In that picture it shows the cease that you were getting but in this front shot it shows what is actually happening
in this next shot it shows a horses leg stretched out back in an extreme pose
http://i.pbase.com/o3/31/498631/1/88764099.sedM769J.071110Beulah027.jpg
and for your animation I just found a simple horse gallopping cycle
I would just look at reference more to betta your weighting
Also two things I would change in your video is to take out the spinning car model. If it is a rigging blog dont show a car model that you made if it has no rig in it. Because even though it made be a 1 min and 12sec video 15seconds of it is being waste by a basic car model. And the last part of the video is showing of a walking rig that transitions into a person. Unless you are showing something more complex or deformations in a certain area its not needed. Not to disclaim or less your work but a lot of ppl can show a basic rig wit simple deformations, so if you want people to be interested show more push the poses to an extreme to show that you rig can handle it. So instead of a walk put that same in a few different yoga poses because that is not only a little be different but its extreme natural motion that you can get reference from.
Sorry if I sound like a dick or anything its really hard to show sincerity though any form of messaging unless its phone or face to face.
Also check out the Fahrenheit Digital dvds they have great tutorials on rigging. They start you from scratch and go over a lot of advance techniques but in a basic way. And they are pretty good on keeping you entertained while you watch. Because watching tutorials in general can get sometimes a little boring.
http://www.fahrenheitdigital.com/dvds/rigging/
I hope this helps a little. Take care and good luck with everything.
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Very helpful! Its is now an old demo more time will be devoted to a new one shortly. I havent posted much (really any) content in the past few months due to time constraints. Ill be finishing up my degree come July, then there will be some more interesting stuff to put up.
Two more months of grind, then its real rigging time!
Your advise is greatly appreciated, thanks for all the links. The journey continues!