Ziva VFX Muscle Simualtion

Ziva VFX muscle simulation by Puppeteer Lounge student Sanal Deep. Looking forward for the next iteration Sanal Deep.

Rigging Demo Reel by Heba Sadek | Student Demo Reel | Mechanical Robot Rigging in Maya

Puppeteer Lounge student Heba Sadek did a great job with this robot rigging with procedural walk-cycle. Good job Heba and keep it up! Below is an overview of the rig setup.

The Art of Character Rigging in BLENDER

Puppeteer Lounge's BLENDER rigging course will teach you how to make a powerful biped rig for a cartoon like character in the free open source 3D package, Blender. The rig you will build from scratch will be focused on creating a standard biped that can be easily applied to other characters with minimal effort.

Introducing Gulu & Mulu

SUBSCRIBE & STAY TUNED for Puppeteer Lounge new animated series on YouTube!

Let's learn how to setup a procedurally animating tentacle rig!

Learn to setup a tentacle rig using procedural animation with this old tutorial of mine! Did this video a long time ago and I find it still relevant. Enjoy the rig tips and techniques!!

Dynamic Page Turn

Learn to setup a book rig using dynamics with this old tutorial of mine! Did this video a long time ago and I find it still relevant. Enjoy the rig tips and techniques!!

Bird Wing Setup

Learn to setup a bird's wing with Puppeteer Lounge training workshop program!

Learn how to setup dynamic tail rigging in Maya!

Hope you like this short tutorial on setting up a dynamic tail rig. Check out professional character rigging techniques with Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs here:

Basic Character Rigging in Maya | Puppeteer Lounge LIVE Training Workshop Demonstration

This is an actual recording from one of our online LIVE training workshop program! In this video we go over how to setup IK-FK blending spine setup. Check out professional character rigging techniques with Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs here: puppeteerlounge.com/rigging-workshop

Sticky Lips Tutorial

Quick rigging tips and techniques on how to setup sticky lips in Maya! Check out professional character rigging techniques with Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs here: puppeteerlounge.com/rigging-workshop

Rigging Demo Reel by Jessica Tung

Well done Jessica! Check out Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs for professional courses in character setup.

Learn how to setup a train to follow a path!

Using the rigging techniques shown in this tutorial you can easily rig a train to follow a path in any direction! Check out professional character rigging techniques with Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs here!

How to setup controller visibility

Did you know you could turn on and off the visibility of controller with mouse cursor proximity? Using the techniques shown in this tutorial you can easily customize the visibility of control objects based on mouse proximity which can be very handy to simplify the rig visibility for animation. Check out professional character rigging techniques with Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs here:

How to paint skin weight

Skinning is the process of binding a modeled surface to a skeleton. You can bind any model to its skeleton using skinning, or you can model over a pre-existing skeleton to create its skin. In this video tutorial I go over the techniques of skin weighting. Check out professional character rigging techniques with Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs here!

How to rig a rocking chair | Rigging tips & techniques | Puppeteer Lounge Free Tutorial

Learn how to rig a rocking chair rig with this video tutorial. Check out professional character rigging techniques with Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs here

Rigging Reel by Benjamin

2022 Rigging Reel from B Cuddehe on Vimeo.

Check out rigging showreel by Puppeteer Lounge alumnus Benjamin Rodriguez. Give going Benjamin and best wishes!!

An overview of cartoon body and face rig!

In this video I go over the rigging and features of a cartoon character by PL Toons!! Check it out!!!

How to rig cloth | Rigging techniques without using simulation | Puppeteer Lounge Free Tutorial

Learn cloth rigging techniques for clothing and accessories without the use of simulation and dynamics. The technique can be used for rigging character clothing such as skirt, coat, cape, loin cloth, etc with proper sliding and collision deformation that seamlessly follows the base model.

Puppeteer Lounge Character Animation Demo Reel

A collection of Puppeteer Lounge student character animation showcase! Join Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs to learn how to rig and animate a character for 3D production!!

Character Rigging Demo Reel | Animation Montage of CGI 3D Rigs

A collection of Puppeteer Lounge student character rigging showcase! Join Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs to learn how to rig a character for 3D production!!

Bird Rigging Demo by Shuva Shakya | Student Demo Reel

Dorito/ Bag of Chips Rig for Autodesk Maya

Creative rigging of a bag of chips by Lord Luigi.

Cartoon vehicle rigging demo by Anne-Lise Darcis.

Anne-Lise Darcis Rigging DemoReel 2021 from Anne-Lise Darcis on Vimeo.

Cartoon vehicle rigging demo by Anne-Lise Darcis.

Check out my good friend Ashim Shakya's creation. Realtime assets rendered in UE4 with an impressive background music! The real-time assets, ruins, godly apocalyptic vibe and the music blended very well!!

Training at Puppeteer Lounge is more affordable than ever!

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Hello everyone! FYI we have dropped the prices of our training workshop programs (celebrating more than 10 years of training at Puppeteer Lounge) to even more affordable rate so that more artists can benefit from our training workshop programs. Do check out our new pricing list on the webpage and feel free to get in touch if you are interested in any of our courses. Thank you for training with us and Namaste!

New Student Showreels

Here are some of the latest show-reels by Puppeteer Lounge student.

Cartoon facial rig demo by Mason Smigel.

Mason Smigel- Bartok Facial Rig from Mason Smigel on Vimeo.

Rajesh Dai in Parallel Universe

Check it out! 😁 Bringing cartoon Rajesh Hamal to life 😊 Join our training workshop program to learn how to rig and animate cartoon characters!

I am Shankar

Check it out! 😁 Bringing cartoon Rajesh Hamal to life 😊 Join our training workshop program to learn how to rig and animate cartoon characters!

Muscle Rigging by Shuva Shakya | Student Demo Reel

Muscle Rigging by Shuva Shakya | Student Demo Reel from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Character Setup (Rigging Workshop 3) by Puppeteer Lounge student Shuva Shakya.

Character Rigging by Hen Avisror | Student Demo Reel | Music Video

Well we tried out some dance moves for the APE rig done by my student Hen Avisror for his Rigging Workshop 2 assignment. Also I am really happy to hear that Hen Avisror recently landed a job as Junior Rigger at Snowball Vfx Company 😁 thanks to this demo-reel 🥳. Congratulations!