It’s been way too long since I last posted any goodies for the community, so I thought it was perfect timing to release a new rigged character.
Meet Liam! He’s a toon character I created a few years ago that was selected to be part of...
2011 is about to come to an end and has been quite the roller coaster ride. Over the last two months I took on the monumental task of writing a new book for Peachpit, [digital] Modeling, and I’m happy to say that I made it through to...
Computer Graphics World has a cool article about Tofu the Vegan Zombie by Karen Moltenbrey. She does an amazing job of painting the picture of how Tofu came to be as not only a concept, but the toy and animated short.
Here is an...
Joe, Phil and I just landed in Philly after a red-eye flight back from San Diego. I’m running on zero sleep so I’ll apologize in advance for any errors in this post.
Comic-Con was a major success for Applehead Factory this...
I’ve received quite a lot of feedback from the release of the Roid Ribbit and Magma Toad source files, so I thought it was time to add to the collection with a new set of Character source files.
Once again, I’ve pulled...
I just finished listening to the latest Modcast over on the Modo site and was surprised to get another mention from Brad in regards to rigging in Modo. I appreciate the kind words as always and I’m...
I saw a topic on the Modo forums where someone was looking for a solution to animate a geared belt. It sparked my interest and I setup a quick animation of one in action. It takes a couple minutes to setup and...
It’s been awhile since I last checked the reviews for my book, [digital] Modeling over at Amazon and I was happy to see some new reviews popped up.
I’m even happier that people continue to enjoy...
Having worked on the Modo 701 Cartoon Truck Rig, I was itching to create my first OoO Full Character rig.
This character takes advantage of the Order of Operation (OoO) ability of Modo when working with...
I’ve been putting the finishing touches on the Modo 701 Truck Rig and have added the Engine.
It’s powered by Hemi… Not a HEMI, but a gerbil named Hemi The belt and gears are powered by this...
I’ve been diving into rigging in Modo 701 and absolutely loving it. I wanted to share a work in progress rig that I started that takes advantage of many of the new modifiers and other features introduced...