Rigging a Cartoon Character in Maya Tutorial Day 2

Creating Stretch in the Node Editor


Here I am using the Node Editor to create stretch. I used the option to create a Double Linear node, but I have to plug it in with my second LegRef_DistShape2. I will have to use the connection editor since I can not plug them together just by dragging on point to the other.




Before getting to Finalizing Leg Chain I had a small problem with the leg stretch. On the Leg stretch mine was snipping out of the area. Looking at the video you should be able to see the problem at the beginning, but it fixed itself after moving it around.
I had permission to open the next project file, but when I fixed the problem I will be continuing from here.


Finalizing Leg Chains

I am creating 2 more expressions for both Scale Y & Scale Z using the expression editor to finalize the leg chain.
The Connection Editor can be used also for the same process.



Then I am cleaning up the outliner and hiding things I don't need such as the references.





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Rigging a Cartoon Character in Maya Tutorial Day 1

Image
Setting up the Leg Joints Here I am using the simple "Create Joints" Tool  to create a joint for this character. [Create Joints Tool circled] Here I used the "Create IK Handle" Tool to create on the characters leg. Om the outliner I am also making sure I rename the names for each join.  Here I 1st added Circle Nurbs Curve on the bottom of the foot and made sure I made it a bit bigger just to be outside the geometry. 2nd I then used the Snap tool located at the top to Snap the Circle and the IK Handle together. I also moved the IK Handle together with the Leg Control at the end. Measuring the Joints Here I used the Measuring tool to measure the length of each joint is etc. Using the Measurements later to figure out the stretch. I am also putting both the locator and the IK handles together. *The picture above this one shows a fixed measurement problem I had. They were not snapped exactly...
Read more

Rigging a Quadruped in Maya Part 1

Image
Creating the Basic Body Rig Creating the Skeleton: In this part of the tutorial it shows us some quick basics in half the video. How to use Joints, the options, Orient Joints, and so on. In the next of the video it shows that we already have been given a guide joints. (Picture) Then lastly I have to create the same joints using the guide joints and then mirror them to the other side of the dog. (Picture) Rigging the head, neck, and ears: In the tutorial I had to parent one of the ear joints with the head part of the rig. ( Quick way to parent select the first main joint then selecting where you want it to be parent with and press P ) Then I have to create a circle curve and make it a group. Then freeze the transformation so the Control doesn't change and only the offset. Next I will use the connection editor. (Video) * The video should of only been less than a minute long, but all I did was use the makeFKControls.mel script that was provided to add FK controls on ...
Read more

Game Art: Model & UV Map a Low Poly Character tutorial Final part

Image
*opening one of his current files because mine does not show the rest of the high poly mesh, but I deleted all the work done before that.* In Section 3, Creating and Mapping the Head, I will be working on the following: Modeling the head shape: Here I started creating the head shape mesh and in the next part I will add in the eye sockets. I used tool like box to sphere, relax, spherify, and so on. Creating the eye sockets: Here I will be adding more detail including the eye sockets. Well just the area for now, but this next part should be the rest of it. Detailing the shape: Now for the rest of the head shape. Unwrapping the head: Then finally after making the mesh I will now UV unwrap it as always. Ran into a problem ill fix it later..... In section 4, Modeling and UV Mapping the Piston Assembly, I will be working on the following: Creating the piston support: Here I am creating the simple low poly piston support and uv mapping next.. UV Mapping ...
Read more