The other day I created a simple Joystick control that I shared here on the site. The idea was to develop animation joystick controls to be used in all sorts of rigs, but primarily character facial rigs. I dusted off the old Ivan model that I box modeled in Modo years ago and created some [...]

I’ve had to rig and animate iris doors several times over the years and the first couple times I attempted it proved to be quite a challenge. It turns out to be a trivial task when you break it down but isn’t that how it always works? While exploring rigging in Modo, I created this simple [...]

Eleven years ago I developed a simple reverse foot rig that is easy to setup. It’s an alternate setup to how most artists rig feet and I have used for the majority of the productions I have worked on.  You can watch an old video tutorial for how I set this rig up in LightWave below:   [...]

I’m in the early stages of exploring facial rigging in Modo and wanted to setup a basic joystick controller. The first step was creating the joystick with defined position limits that would keep the joystick within the confines of the box frame. So far this is what I’ve come up with. I’m still looking into other options [...]

Kurt Smith recently posted a new rigging reel that is most impressive. Kurt is one of the top LightWave rigging artists I know, and keeps one-upping himself with each new rig. Be sure to check out his latest rig of a character I modeled based on a design by Carlos Negron. You can view the [...]