Jim Su Demo Reel

DemoReel2020 from Jim Su on Vimeo.

Creature/Character TD show-reel by Jim Su. Amazing work!

Mouth System

Mouth System from Gael lang on Vimeo.

Intuitive mouth setup demo by Gael Lang.

Character Rigging by Johnathon Slender | Student Demo Reel

Character Rigging by Johnathon Slender | Student Demo Reel from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Character Setup (Rigging Workshop 2) show-reel by Puppeteer Lounge student Johnathon Slender from Australia. Well done Johnathon!

Puppeteer Lounge Character Rigging Student Showreel | 2017

Character Rigging Student Showreel ~ 2017 from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Watch a compilation of the best character rigging work from Puppeteer Lounge students enrolled in our Character Rigging Training Workshop. Presenting you our Character Rigging Student Show Reel 2017 :) Apply now and learn character rigging with Puppeteer Lounge! For more information about Character Rigging Training Workshop, click here. Best Wishes to all the talented students at Puppeteer Lounge :)

Charlie Rig for Blender available for download

Wonderful news! Charlie Rig for #Blender is now available for download

We are pleased to share with you all one of the finest #Blender character rig available to-date, all rigged by our instructor Jeremy Davidson (of Tears of Steel and Sintel).

You can download Charlie Rig here: www.puppeteerlounge.com/free-characters

You can watch some of the Key Features of the rig below!


Cartoon Character Rigging Workshop in BLENDER from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.


If you are interested to learn and setup a character rig like Charlie, you can apply for our Cartoon Character Rigging Workshop in Blender. Apply here: http://www.puppeteerlounge.com/apply

More info: http://www.puppeteerlounge.com/blender-workshop

RIGGING / Bone Modeling Helper Add-On For Facial Rigging by Jimmy Gunawan

Nice article by one of my student Jimmy Gunawan where he goes over bone modeling and rigging stuffs in Blender vs Maya!

Charlie is up-to something!

Meet Charlie!

Charlie features in Puppeteer Lounge's Rigging and Animation Workshops.

More Info on Rigging Workshop: http://puppeteerlounge.com/rigging-workshop

More Info on Animation Workshop: http://www.puppeteerlounge.com/animation-workshop

Enjoy this facial rig demo featuring a Zombie version of Charlie by Puppeteer Lounge's student Mikhail Timkov: https://vimeo.com/75487430

Woody rig by Raluca Feresteanu

Woody rig by Puppeteer Lounge student Raluca Feresteanu. The rig will be freely available for download soon.

Animus rig by Nick Miller.

Animus rig by Nick Miller. The rig is available for download at Creative Crash. Go grab it! Cheers :)

Advanve Modular Rigging System by Davoud Ashrafi

Advanve Modular Rigging System from Davoud Ashrafi on Vimeo.

Auto rigger tool demo by Davoud Ashrafi. The implementation of interactive UI is pretty interesting! Check it out.

The Champ - facial rig experiment

Facial rig animation experiment with extreme snappy cartoon poses. Good experiment and style.

Personal Project - Marco Giordano Character TD

Personal Project - Marco Giordano. Tons of resources and tips & tricks on character rigging and tools! Check it out.

MAYA TUTORIAL : build a poseReader with maya nodes

Brilliant tutorial by Marco Giordano going over how we can create a custom Pose Reader.

You can download the scene files here.

Puppeteer Lounge ~ How it Works!

Want to know what Puppeteer Lounge is all about!? Well here is a sneak peek on how it all works! Enjoy :)
 

Rabbit by Gerardo Castellanos

Rabbit rig and animation by gerardo castellanos.

Free Rig - Flour Sack (2013)

Floor sack rig by Wesley Schneider. Go grab it and start animating!

Terms used for Character Rigger

Did you know!?

Character Rigging is the most confusing and misunderstood process in 3D animation pipeline!

It goes by many names:

i. Character Setup
ii. Character Rigging
iii. Character Enveloping
iv. Character Puppeting
v. Character Technical Director (TD)
vi. Technical Artist
vii. Technical Animator 
viii. Creature Technical Director (TD)

Houdini sparrow rig

Interesting Bird rig with procedural wing animation done in Houdini by Valerio Di Napoli.

Rigging & Python Programing Instructor ~ David Vega

Meet David Vega!

A new member of Puppeteer Lounge family joining the Rigging & Python Instructor team.

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David graduated from the Full Sail University in Character Rigging and Scripting. He is currently a Character TD at Durga Digital ~ Red Giant Studios and Burning Dog. Previously he worked as a Rigger and Techincal Artist at LLC and ESPN. He specializes in Character Rigging, Dynamics, MEL and Python scripting.

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I would like to personally welcome him into this new and exciting venture :)

"Welcome aboard David!"

MG_toolsLite and PRO : custom nodes for maya to enhance your rigs 1.1.0 (maya plugin)

Amazing share by Marco Giordano. Check out his custom tools for character rigging in Maya. Head over to Creative Crash to download it!

Great share Marco my friend! ;)

Source code on github!