Last week, after many failed binding attempts with auto creation rigs like RapidRig, abAutoRig, humanIK and maybe more, I tried to create a rig again by hand. If had a few experiences rigging in the past but never really had one decent tutorial to follow, so I always mixed up a few which always resulted in many problems, mostly in wrong orients, misshapen arms and hands and of course candy wrappers. With my connections in Leeds I got my hands on a wonderful tutorial made by my tutor from my course, which explained splendidly and foremost easily all the steps. Because I already had experience it was mostly a quick walkthrough and overcoming earlier problems since I followed just one tutorial. Since the tutorial was for an easy rig, I added my own adaptations since my model was what complexer than what the students in Leeds are creating now
So I added an IKFK blend for the arm, a common toe controller (and independent ones for each toe since she's barefoot), and added more attributes to the foot for more control and movement.
Before finalising the rig I already tried a quick messy bind to check how the "butt area" would behave, so my work wouldn't have been for nothing. It looks quite alright! Better than with the autorig systems so I guess it paid off. This week I'm aiming to bind the skin and clean it up so I can use the model to practice animating and hopefully, little simulation as well to try it out if I could use it for my final film.
So I added an IKFK blend for the arm, a common toe controller (and independent ones for each toe since she's barefoot), and added more attributes to the foot for more control and movement.
Before finalising the rig I already tried a quick messy bind to check how the "butt area" would behave, so my work wouldn't have been for nothing. It looks quite alright! Better than with the autorig systems so I guess it paid off. This week I'm aiming to bind the skin and clean it up so I can use the model to practice animating and hopefully, little simulation as well to try it out if I could use it for my final film.