by Animator Artist Life on Animator Artist Life
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I recently had to create a 3D hummingbird for a client project that we could pose and animate, and now I'm going to go over how to rig a bird in Maya with Advanced Skeleton.
In this free series I will cover the whole bird rigging process, made easy for animators and non riggers.
In this part 01 we will cover the 3d model prep, joint placement from the bird template and setting up advanced skeleton.
This will work with any bird model, you can use your own or purchase various 3d bird assets on stock market places
I will NOT be covering how to create feather systems, this is a whole deeper skillset, but you can build a beautiful animator friendly bird right here!
PART 02 COMING SOON !!!
I look forward to seeing what you create in the Discord community, you can join here: https://discord.gg/g6REvhbWGP
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0:00 - Intro
00:35 - Model prep
08:00 - Non-symmetrical
09:01 - Referencing vs Importing
11:38 - Joint placement
21:29 - Eye centre trick
28:12 - Rig build test
32:54 - Conclusion
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