Bones are the building blocks of your rig.Β You'll learn everything from the ground up to build your knowledge and understanding
You will learn the roles of each of the bones in a rig so that complexity becomes simplified.
Learn the art of weight painting.Β You will master all the different techniques to get your verts to move exactly the way you need.
What good is learning if you don't get to practice it right?
Along the way you will have several exercises and projects to build yourself.
Each designed to build upon what you have learned and solidify that knowledge.
The projects start out easy and build in difficulty as your skills improve.
The final project is to build a basic character rig that you can actually animate. This rig is designed to be a simple as possible and no simpler.
But more importantly, you can take what you learn from this project and apply it directly to your own characters.
This is the ultimate goal of the course.
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I have struggle to understand rigging, but this course really helped a lot. The basic and theory with simple excercises really helps to understand it very well, Wayne is an amazing teacher and thanks for sharing your knowledge!!
This course gives you the theory and practice for learning to rig. If you want to animate anything it is useful to have an understanding how a rig works.Β
Learned a ton, captured the basics. Wayne is really awesome, thanks for getting me started with the fundamentals of rigging.
Wayne is the most knowledgeable instructor on the subject for blender in clear english. This course is all you'd need if you were looking to finalize your work in blender, but if you're looking for any info on how to use this in games, you'll have to look elsewhere for now.
Personally I'd love an additional video or two that shows us how to apply this to unreal or game engines in general if that's how it works.
I've been looking for a long time and there's only one course on the subject matter which is expensive and the instructor has a thick accent.
the free content on youtube just barely skims the surface.
Short version: 10/10 would recommend. Want to learn the bare minimum to be an effective rigger? This course is it. Want to get a solid foundation on rigging to become the best rigger out there? This course is definitely where you should start.
Holy moly, rigging is hard! Maybe even harder than animation. But in both subjects Wayne makes it look easy, and makes the learning process both entertaining and effective!Β
The lessons are very well structured and well paced, and I particularly love that some of those are designed to contain all the little bits you might want to return to for later reference, all in one spot.Β
I have taken the previous Fundamentals of Rigging and believe this one is even better. The addition of the Wrangler rig is a really nice touch and makes it more well rounded with real world examples.
Thank you Wayne for a tremendous course!
Amazing introduction for anyone new to this craft.
I have conceptually understood what rigging was for the longest time, this has not only lifted a lot of high to mid level question, but also explored them in detail without being overwhelming or hard to follow.
A must for everyone wanting to pick up rigging.
Helped me to get from laying on belly to standing on my knees in a world of rigging. Instructor is very helpful an willing to teach.
Welcome to Wayne's World!
Hold on to your seat as you embark on the fascinating journey of rigging. Wayne will guide you through the basics of bones and armatures and gradually lead you onto more advanced quests such as weight painting and constraints. Before you complete this journey you will have had ample opportunity to practice with feedback as you make progress through the course. Wayne's clear explanations, sprinkled with his unique style of humor makes this a course a must watch if you're interested in rigging. So, what are you waiting for? Fasten your seat belt, enjoy the ride, and see you on the other side!
Wayne teaches you how to make a cylinder do the worm dance, how to make a gun turret spin around and go pew pew pew, how to make a crane pick things up and put them down, and how to make a cowboy sing "these hips don't lie" (Not actually, but he does teach you how to make a cowboy flap their arms, legs, and booty around in a brilliant fashion).
Wayne also teaches you the ins and outs of rigging - What an armature is, what a constraint is, what weight painting is, and how to set up drivers and custom properties to do some really neat stuff among many things. And also what happens when something isn't done quite right and how to fix it.
But most of all, he has a really great teaching style. He is very easy to follow along with, while keeping things positively entertaining. And most, most importantly, he gives fantastic feedback and it's incredibly clear he's passionate about helping others learn.
Thanks again, and I look forward to taking more of your courses!
The second half of the course was more difficult than I had imagined, but I was able to enjoy it all the way through. I look forward to taking the next course.Β Thank you for a wonderful course!