#characterrig

[catswilleatyou]

early rig walk

[mair-animation-illustration]

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Dragon! Part of a current animation project for a client. #aftereffects #motiongraphics #motiondesign #mograph #animator #design #illustration #digitalart #vector #vectorart #Illustrator #flatdesign #duik #characterrig #rigging #2danimation #knight #freelancelife #wip #videoproduction #production (at Mair Perkins Ltd. Animation and Illustration)

[syedmajorstudies]

Forefront – Modular Rig

Unreal engine, known as one of the best game engines, is evolving with every update. While working on my project, I had problems with the character. There was no control rig present, and I was unable to generate a quick control rig without the tools creating their own skeleton.

Unreal Engine, in its latest 5.4 version, released a new feature called Modular Rig. It is a life saver especially for people who need a control rig inside of Unreal Engine and get their work started without manually rigging.

Using the modular rig is very simple. You simply right click on the skeleton mesh, go to animations and in the bottom option, select control rig. Then select modular rig. This takes you to the modular rig section and all you have to do is to drag and drop the icons to create a control rig.

This above is the tutorial by Smart Poly that I followed and was able to get my work done.

References:

Smart Poly (2024). Modular Control Rig Tutorial | Unreal Engine 5.4. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KrrE4heS7s

[karmalilac]

A rig test before adding the turn around. 

[karmalilac]

animation of a character rig i made recently

[animativgame]

CHOOSE 5 POSES AND WORK ON THE ASSIGNED RIG. “WHAAAAT!??” This was a nightmare for me. Not only both characters lacked IKhandles, but the Skinning was terrible and it was difficult to adapt the poses in a way that look as natural as possible. Also, halfway through the week, all my work files were corrupted and had to start over. I started working with the character Sergio at first, but decided to move to the Character Mery. While Sergio didn’t have proper skin painting and IK, Mary didn’t have IKhandles and Locators. The upside of this is that I am now able to identify what is wrong with a character rig and made me understand better how things SHOULD work.

[unicornstation]

Yellow boi #character #characterrig #rig #bigrigs! #characterdesign #design #cartoon #animate #animation #animator #illustration #illustrator #meh (at Hastings, East Sussex) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2QVhaFN2p/?igshid=176mw7wavo6az

[mair-animation-illustration]

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A behind the scenes peek at a current animation project I'm working on. These characters were so fun to design and rig! Software: Drawn in Adobe Illustrator. Animated in After Effects. Rigged with the plugins Duik and Joy Sticks n Sliders. #animation #aftereffects #adobe #2Danimation #characterrig #duik #rig #joysticksnsliders #rigging #characteranimation #illustration #illustrator #digitalart #art #instaart #artistsoninstagram #motiongraphics #motiondesign #explaineranimation #explainervideo #animator #design (at Mair Perkins Ltd. Animation and Illustration) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1On9AeH8KT/?igshid=1cmwyicq7vo4y