Fundamental difference between rigging in Maya & Blender

In this video I go over building a Spine Rig using Spline IK Handle in Maya and Blender! I am also delighted to share that Puppeteer Lounge is now offering rigging workshop 1 and 2 in Blender as well. Feel free to check out the program on here!

Fundamental difference between rigging in Maya & Blender | Inverse Kinematics

In this video I go over some key difference between rigging in Maya & Blender focusing on bone and IK Handle creation. As a long time Maya user to me Blender is very new, has a lot of quirk and looks a bit modern compared to the dated Maya look. Also I have found Blender to be lot stable! Will be creating more overview videos like this regarding fundamental rigging difference so stay posted on Puppeteer Lounge YouTube channel by subscribing. Next videos will be set driven keys, constraints, skin weighting, etc.

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.

Wrap3 FACS Facial Setup

At Puppeteer Lounge, we are launching a new facial rigging workshop called Wrap3 FACS Facial Setup training workshop. With this new workshop we will learn to setup a believable FACS based facial rig using DIY photogrammetry to 3D scan a face and integrate it to the pipeline for CGI animation creating your very own digital double. Learn to extract facial expression based on FACS from 3D scans. Make it compatible for 3D workflow and create a rig based on it. Learn to create automated maps for wrinkles and fine facial details. The motion capture ready FACS based facial rig is compatible with game engines and films. For this course we are using the amazing Wrap 3 tool-set!

Procedural Rigging by Thai Ha Trieu | Student Demo Reel

Procedural Rigging by Thai Ha Trieu | Student Demo Reel from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Procedural & Dynamic Character Setup by Puppeteer Lounge student Thai Ha Trieu. Well done Thai Ha!

Character Rigging by Francesco Gioia | Student Demo Reel

Character setup by Puppeteer Lounge student Francesco Gioia. Assignment for Rigging Workshop 3 training workshop. Well done Francesco!

Character Rigging by Asya Alkooheji

Character Rigging by Asya Alkooheji | Student Demo Reel from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Character setup demo by student Asya Alkooheji from Puppeteer Lounge Rigging Workshop 3 training workshop program. Asya did a splendid job with rig. Check it out!

ZIVA VFX Muscle Setup by Ricardo Medina Fernández

ZIVA VFX Muscle Setup by Ricardo Medina Fernández  | Student Demo Reel from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.



Ziva VFX muscle simulation breakdown by Puppeteer Lounge student Ricardo Medina Fernández. Ricardo did a great job with the setup and simulation!

Character Rigging by Luay Saqer

Puppeteer Lounge student Luay Saqer did a great job with his assignments from our intro to rigging training workshops! Modeling and animation by Luay Saqer! 

Puppeteer Lounge Student Character Rigging Showreel 2018

Puppeteer Lounge Student Character Rigging Showreel 2018 from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Truly amazed, inspired and motivated by our students work at Puppeteer Lounge! Check out some of the best character rigging work by Puppeteer Lounge student for the past year. Best wishes to all of our students :)

ZIVA VFX Muscle Setup by student Avaya Pandey (Rigging Workshop 4)

ZIVA VFX Muscle Setup by student Avaya Pandey (Rigging Workshop 4) from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.
Watch  ZIVA VFX muscle simulation and character setup by Puppeteer Lounge student Avaya Pandey.

Avaya has progressed very well and upgraded his rigging skills coming from a basic understanding of character rigging. With Puppeteer Lounge character rigging training workshop programs together with his strong passion and learning caliber, I feel very happy to see his progress and wish him the very best for his CGI venture!

Feel free to watch Avaya's progress rigging show-reels below:

CGI Tiger Breakdown

CGI Tiger | Breakdown from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Watch CGI breakdown video of Tiger setup driven with ZIVA VFX toolset. The tiger rig features in Puppeteer Lounge ZIVA VFX Hyper Real Quadruped Setup training workshop.

Newton | Morphing Cartoon Character (Walk Cycle Test)

Newton | Morphing Cartoon Character from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.
Watch Puppeteer Lounge new morphing cartoon character in action morphing into multiple characters (Multiple characters from same base rig)! The idea is having the same base rig that can blend into multiple characters. You can watch a demo about it below. Learn to model, setup and animate Newton with Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs.
BoGo Morphing Character Setup Demo from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Human Musculo-Skeletal Model | Anatomy

Human Musculo-skeleletal model for tissue-skin simulation with ZIVA VFX tool-set. Learn to setup realistic character rig at Puppeteer Lounge with ZIVA VFX tool-set. Watch breakdown by Puppeteer Lounge's student Atsushi Yasuoka below:

Character Rigging by student Benjamin Morgan (Rigging Workshop 3 - Body Setup)

Maya Muscle Rig from Ben Morgan on Vimeo.

Character Rigging by student Benjamin Morgan (Rigging Workshop 3 - Body Setup) from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Body setup animation test by Puppeteer Lounge student Benjamin Morgan! Also I would like to congratulate Benjamin on his new position as Character TD intern at Insomniac Games, the makers of Ratchet and Clank, Resistance, Sunset Overdrive...

Demoreel by Deivid Garcia Betancourt

Demoreel_2017 from Deivid Cg Artist on Vimeo.

Check out this rigging demo-reel by Puppeteer Lounge student Deivid Garcia Betancourt.

Character Rigging showreel by Raka S. Saptamardhika (Puppeteer Lounge Rigging Workshop 2)

Character Rigging showreel by student Raka S. Saptamardhika (Rigging Workshop 2) from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Character Setup show-reel (Rigging Workshop 2) by Puppeteer Lounge student Raka S. Saptamardhika from Indonesia. Character Model by Julie Tardieu. Character Animation by Puppeteer Lounge student Nitin Shakya.

Facial Setup by student Raka S. Saptamardhika

Facial Setup by student Raka S. Saptamardhika from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Facial Setup by Puppeteer Lounge student Raka S. Saptamardhika and Facial Animation by Puppeteer Lounge student Nitin Shakya. Great Combo!

Puppeteer Lounge Human Transformation Animation

Human Transformation Animation from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Watch real-time rendered CGI animation of Zero character from Puppeteer Lounge Human Transformation Setup training workshop.

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 :)