http://www.ethivierge.com The technical side of animation. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:26:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2010/04/14/ice-kine-basics/ http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2010/04/14/ice-kine-basics/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:33:25 +0000 admin http://ethivierge.com/?p=228 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Made a down and dirty video tutorial on how to do some simple constraints using ICE Kinematics.]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2010/04/14/ice-kine-basics/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/11/09/community-title-sequence/ http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/11/09/community-title-sequence/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:40:06 +0000 admin http://ethivierge.com/?p=125 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Rigged and modeled the base Cootie Catcher / Fortune Teller while at SpeakeasyFX. You can take a look at a little bit of a Cootie Catcher Rig Demo:]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/11/09/community-title-sequence/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/11/09/et-spider-rig-demo/ http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/11/09/et-spider-rig-demo/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:23:10 +0000 admin http://ethivierge.com/?p=114 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } WIP Spider Rig to be released as a free rig to Softimage Community.]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/11/09/et-spider-rig-demo/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/06/19/noodle-arm-setup/ http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/06/19/noodle-arm-setup/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:05:09 +0000 admin http://ethivierge.com/?p=99 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } As per a discussion on XSIBase: http://www.xsibase.com/forum/index.php?board=11;action=display;threadid=39869;start=0#lastPost I followed RayFigs video and setup his arm but then aslo took it a bit further to ensure that the Arm bones wouldn't drift in rotation. Take a look at the attached file. NoodleArm.emdl Eric T.]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/06/19/noodle-arm-setup/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/04/03/bendy-stretchy-adjustableknee-leg-setup/ http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/04/03/bendy-stretchy-adjustableknee-leg-setup/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:18:22 +0000 admin http://ethivierge.com/?p=93 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } So I decided tonight to figure out how to do a stretchy-bendy-adjustableknee leg setup. Attached are my results. I am having issues with the ThighFollow_Null and ShinFollow_Null and used a hacky way to stabilize it. Also I'm not 100% satisfied with the bend when you use the adjustable knee control. Feel free to pull it [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/04/03/bendy-stretchy-adjustableknee-leg-setup/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/03/03/rest-nulls/ http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/03/03/rest-nulls/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:24:06 +0000 admin http://ethivierge.com/?p=54 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } As this is my first post about a Rigging and Animation topic I have decided to explain something rather simple yet extremely useful. The concept was introduced to me while I attended Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada in 2008 by my Rigging professor Mike Fabris. Keith Lango also has an article about "Layers of [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/rigging/2009/03/03/rest-nulls/feed/ 0