Workshop 1 (Introduction to Character Rigging & Software Tools)

Duration: 5 Weeks

Class 1 ~ Introduction of 12 Principles of Animation and Animation tools.

Class 2 ~ Animating a Bouncing Ball.

Class 3 ~ Animating a Ball with Different Weight.

Class 4 ~ Animating a Ball through an Obstacle Course.

Class 5 ~ Finishing a Ball through an Obstacle Course.

Class 6 ~ Animating a Pendulum.

Class 7 ~ Animating a Simple Ball Character.

Class 8 ~ Animating a Jump.

Class 9 ~ Animating a Simple Walk cycle.

Class 10 – 12 ~ Finishing the Walk cycle with Character and Appeal

• What is 3D character rigging!? A character rig or a character setup is a digital skeleton bound to the 3D mesh. A 3D character rig is essentially a digital puppet that animators can use to manipulate the digital character into the desired pose for character animation. With this introductory rigging course we will learn the fundamental principles and technicalities of character rigging and build our very first character rig. We will start off by rigging a Cartoony Bouncing Ball by implementing the fundamental principles of animation. The second half of the workshop is concentrated towards setting up a fully functional bipedal character rig! By the end of this rigging course, you will be familiar with the fundamentals of character rigging! Software: Autodesk Maya or Blender

Workshop 2 (Cartoon Character Setup)

Duration: 8 Weeks

Class 1 ~ Introduction to Body Mechanics.

Class 2 ~ Clarity in Blocking.

Class 3 ~ Walk through from Blocking to Final. (Animating a character with hip and legs)

Class 4 ~ Hip in Depth.

Class 5 ~ Walk through from Blocking to Final.

Class 6 ~ Weight and Balance.

Class 7 ~ Walk through from Blocking to Final. (Animating a full body character)

Class 8 ~ Advance Posing.

Class 9 ~ Arc and Path of Action.

Class 10 – 12 ~ Timing and Spacing. Polishing the animation.

With this character rigging course we will learn to build a production ready character rig for film. We will start off by understanding the character, from it’s anatomy to the emotions! Character rigging is a very modular process, hence we categories each section of the body and face to setup an animator friendly rig that delivers superb performance and expression. The first half of the workshop is focused towards building a flexible body rig and the second half of the workshop is geared towards building an expressive facial rig, keeping the puppet very intuitive to work with. Towards the end of the workshop, you will have created a production ready cartoon character rig. Software: Autodesk Maya or Blender

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Workshop 03 - Hyper Real Character Setup

Character Setup demonstration from Puppeteer Lounge Character Rigging Training Workshop 3 "Hyper Real Character Setup".