maya rigging tutorials Archives

find out how you can create a Fabric Weaving Effect in Maya and animating it using Hair systems and built in tools

a walkthrough for creating a Bidirectional Wire Deformer in Maya and how you can avoid cyclical graph issues while gaining rig stability

Best practices for clean rigs and a technical guide for Maya Joint Orients

getting started using the SHAPES Blend Shape Editor for Maya, and making corrective blend shapes easily on character poses

create a Procedural Ribbon Rig in Maya using nonlinear deformers and nodes, offering more flexibility and better performance

How to create a dynamic pivot for an object in Autodesk Maya and how to expand on that to incorporate a dynamic pivot in a character rig

Daryl Obert offers some great beginner and advanced user tips for working with the Maya Blend Shape and Blend Shape Deformer.

How to create a texture based pose space deformer in Maya by using a NURBS Sphere, a Ramp and the Closest Point On Surface Node.

Learn how to make the most out of your animation controls in Maya by getting more functionality out of using less shapes making for a more intuitive rig.

Somewhere inbetween rigging heaven and hell, wandering spirits roam the toonosphere, searching in vain for that perfect animation rig.

A look at the differences between the shape node and transform nodes in Softimage and Maya, intended to ease the trouble for people switching to Maya.

A Masterclass presentation showing a few ways to debug your complex Maya scenes with the Maya Profiler tools

have a particle emitter turn a gear system in Maya using rigid dynamics.

A straight forward and easy approach to creating the dorito setup in Autodesk Maya, where the deformer controls can sit on top of the initial deformations.

A simple walkthrough showing how to apply motion capture data to characters that may already be rigged.

Learn how using a character picker can speed up your animation workflow.

A look into using ngSkinTools Layers in Autodesk Maya for painting rig weights, rather than the tedium of locking influences and micromanaging weights.

Have you ever wanted to st up set drive keys in Maya but still be able to keyframe the controllers?

Use Maya's Utility Nodes to create stretchy limbs in a character.

Need a stretchy leg or arm to scale with the rest of the rig?

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Build an Animated Fabric Weaving Effect in Maya

Create a Maya Bidirectional Wire Deformer Avoiding Cyclical Connections

A Technical Guide to Maya Joint Orients

Sculpting Fixes With the SHAPES Blend Shape Editor for Maya

Creating a Node Based Procedural Ribbon Rig With Maya

Incorporating a Dynamic Pivot in Your Rigs With Maya

Tips for Working with Maya Blend Shapes

Create A Texture Based Pose Space Deformer With Maya

Building Better Animation Controls in Maya

The Seven Deadly Rigging Sins

Maya For Softimage Users: Understanding Shape Nodes

Masterclass in Using The Maya Profiler Tools to Debug Problems With Your Scenes

Create a Gear System in Maya Driven by Particles

Recreating the Doritos Setup in Autodesk Maya

Applying Motion Capture Data to Custom Rigs in Maya

Getting Started With the AnimSchool Character Picker

A Closer Look At ngSkinTools Layers in Maya

Have Both Set Driven Keys and Animated Keyframes in Maya Controls

Stretchy Legs With Maya Utility Nodes

Scaling a Stretchy Rig in Maya