Jul 15, 2007

“Lady of Shalott – part 3” by Zhang Yang The whole tutorial is divided into 3 parts.The first part is preparement and about how to creat all the things and the environment by modeling.The second part shows about how to creat the surface and how to form the whole atmosphere.The third part is about how to compose everything together and refine...

Jun 22, 2007

“Foot rigging” by Sean Hewitt So where do we start when building rigs? Where I start is listing off all the types of motion I what to achieve, and then from there I try to come up with some easy to use control for that motion. I call this a list of requests. I usually make out this list when ever I start rigging. If I neglect one feature while...

Jun 16, 2007

“Simple game rigging” by Sean Hewit This tutorial is for people that already know a little about rigging. I won’t cover everything here. The goal of this tutorial is to show you how to make the most simple of simple game rigs. This set up is by no means perfect. What it is though is very simple to make, and it will cover the basics for those of you...

Mar 27, 2007

“Dynamic rigging” by Sean Hewitt The purpose of this tutorial:I had had to make a rig for an underwater vehicle with some fly by wire parts coming off of it.  We wanted to have control over them, and be able to position them by hand, but seeing as how everything was supposed to be under the sea, we really didn’t want to have to animate all the...

Oct 24, 2006

“CHARACTERS USING PROPS in CAT2.5” by Tom Mooney This simple demonstration shows how to use Link Controllers and Helpers to make a convenient process which allows objects to follow the CAT bones and for IK controlled CAT bones to follow objects. It is a bit more complex than using direct links because it deals with cases where you want the objects...

Oct 8, 2006

“Upside down ” by Mathias Koehler This making-of is intended for intermediate users. Beginners are welcome to read this as well of course, but don’t expect detailed descriptions of how I’ve modelled this special head part or that leg or something. There are about 50 pictures showing the process. I’m focussing mainly on the creation...