Rig a Skeleton with Blender and Rigify (Video Course)
In this step-by-step video course, you'll learn how to rig a Skeleton 3d model. We'll be using Blender - the free and open-source 3d content creation suite - and the free auto-rigging system Rigify.
NOTE: If you purchased my other Rigify course "Rig Anything with Rigify", before July 18, 2022, you can get this course for FREE as a thank you gift! Just contact me with a screenshot of your invoice and I'll set things up!
What you'll learn
By the end of the course, you'll have a fully rigged skeleton model, animated using mocap and retargeting. Just like the one you see in the product images. You can even get it ready for export to a game engine, should you wish to.
Why rigging a skeleton is Difficult
The rigging and weight painting techniques you learn in most tutorials are meant for "standard" characters with skin and clothing.
Rigify offers amazing features such as twist bones (aided by Blender's bendy bones)...
Automatic Weights and advanced add-ons such as Voxel Heat Skinning help us quickly skin connected meshes...
However, when applied to a Skeleton, many of these techniques are not just useless ...but they cause more problems than they solve.
Rig a Skeleton with Blender and Rigify (Video Course)
Rig a Skeleton with Blender and Rigify (Video Course)
In this step-by-step video course, you'll learn how to rig a Skeleton 3d model. We'll be using Blender - the free and open-source 3d content creation suite - and the free auto-rigging system Rigify.
NOTE: If you purchased my other Rigify course "Rig Anything with Rigify", before July 18, 2022, you can get this course for FREE as a thank you gift! Just contact me with a screenshot of your invoice and I'll set things up!
What you'll learn
By the end of the course, you'll have a fully rigged skeleton model, animated using mocap and retargeting. Just like the one you see in the product images. You can even get it ready for export to a game engine, should you wish to.
Why rigging a skeleton is Difficult
The rigging and weight painting techniques you learn in most tutorials are meant for "standard" characters with skin and clothing.
Rigify offers amazing features such as twist bones (aided by Blender's bendy bones)...
Automatic Weights and advanced add-ons such as Voxel Heat Skinning help us quickly skin connected meshes...
However, when applied to a Skeleton, many of these techniques are not just useless ...but they cause more problems than they solve.
